Your Strokes: Larry Landsman: Slice Backhand

How does Larry's slice compare to pro technique? And how should it? This month we take a look at the slice backhand of long-time Tennisplayer subscriber, supporter, and forum contributor Larry Landsman. He hits it with many of the elements you see in the slices of the top pros. But, paradoxically I am going to suggest he go away from much of the pro model. If he does, I think can Larry can remake the slice into much more of a weapon, a weapon that is underused at most levels, but one that could be very effective for him in improving his practice match and tournament results. Confused at Many Levels My personal opinion is that the slice backhand is probably the most confusing shot to understand when we look across all levels of the game. It's the stroke that is the single greatest disconnect when we compare the pro game to recreational and/or NTRP play. Of course we have to be cautious on all the strokes when he comes to blindly trying to imitate pro technical elements. But many of the components on the pro groundstrokes and the serve still translate well at lower levels as we have seen...