Photo Lesson: The One-Handed Backhand Sidespin Slice

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• Racquet has dropped roughly another foot since previous frame: strings are brushing down the back of the ball
• Racquet face fairly open: necessary to give ball some lift, given that the strings are brushing downward
• Meeting ball around 18 inches in front of front foot
• Upper body well balanced above center of gravity
• Left hand balancing right

• Starting Backswing
• Backswing Complete
• Mid-Swing - One Frame Before Contact
• Contact
• One Frame After Contact
• Early Follow-Through
• End of Follow-Through