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Backhand slice
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Backhand slice
Step three

As you get in position load the weight onto your back foot and then as the ball starts to arrive transfer the weight onto the front foot and lean into the shot.

The racket swing should be a knifing action down from high to low grating the racket strings down the back of the ball - this should really make the ball fizz with all the backspin.





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