I'm fairly new to tennis, after playing for 2 years I'm at a 3.25.
At the courts I see people hitting this stroke that kind of looks like a slice, but isn't really? I don't know how to describe it. I couldn't find anything online regarding it.
This guy does it a lot in his TW racquet demo https://youtu.be/FvFijKS7V8A?t=174
kinda similar to that.
Is it just called a slice?
Posted Aug 4, 2022, 7:49 PM UTC
3.25? Are there now quarter NTRP leagues now?
Probably looking at their estimated dynamic on one of those website.
OP don't post in that format, either say 3.0 or 3.5 or self-rated 3.0 or self-rated 3.5
There actually are in some states
Aspiring to be a 3.5 đź‘Š
Some people call that a chip. Chip and charge, it's a good way to get to net. You could categorize it as a slice though.
It is a slice or maybe a chip shot like the commenter above mentioned. The term slice is sometimes a misnomer in that you should not really be slicing or slashing at the ball.
Slice is really just any shot you put backspin on in my mind. So pretty much any up to down (sometimes side to side on very low balls) motion that cuts the back of the ball.
Looks like a slice approach then drop volley
Is it just called a slice?
Yeah, that's just a slice. For higher balls, the racket is practically flush at contact. You will also notice this on high backhand volleys with the pros especially. I say "pros especially" because I didn't hit my high backhand volleys as flush.
But on high backhand slice ground strokes, I hit it similar to this. Way more wrist snap too.
edit: to me, a chip is defined by the LENGTH of the stroke, not by racket trajectory... a chip is basically a very abbreviated slice IMO... Both chips and slices involve the racket going from high to low as it strikes the ball... On lower slices, yes, the racket path is more like a bowl, less severely going down, more like ramping through the ball then eventually going back up again on follow through
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Chip and charge. It’s a form of slice really just kinda a punch shot. That seems to be this guy’s play style. Isn’t very “modern”
I would just call that a slice. Another word would be a "chip", such as the chip-and-charge strategy. I use the two terms interchangeably though.
It's a slice approach shot that was taken high.
literally the simplest, most correct answer.
i don't know why others here are getting semantic/philosophical about it.
I think it's just that not all slices look the same. What OP might be talking about is that there's the slice that sort of "drifts", but you can also hit through it pretty hard. Especially in slo-mo like they show it on TW, it looks like they're just sort of pushing straight through it.
But yeah, every shot is either flat, slice, or topspin. Just that not all slices are about cutting under the ball so much, and it looks different depending on whether you're defending/rushing the net/dropping it short.