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The Slice Service Navigation   Browse Other Pages Homepage A Viewpoint on the Game How It Began A Viewpoint on the Game 2 A Viewpoint on the Game 3 Concentration; Practice Condition, Physical and Mental Keep Your Eye on the Ball Footwork and Weight Control Women's Tennis The Grips The Service The Drive The Chop and the Slice The Volley The Subtle Shots Courage Your Opponent's Weaknesses General Tactics Outside Conditions Pressure on Your Opponent Doubles and Mixed Doubles The Coaching Job Legendary Tennis Players Olympic Tennis Does Youth Rule Tennis Hall of Fame Amateurism to Open Tennis Some Defects in Tennis Doping Olympic Review Technology and Sport The Slice Service Flat Serve The American Twist The Drive The Backhand Drive Drive - The Main Uses The Volley Net Position The Volley Position The Overhead Smash The Half-Volley The Drop Shot The Mechanics of the Slice The Main Uses of a Slice The Grips Doubles and Mixed Doubles To Open the Court Doubles In Europe and US Legendary Tennis Players (1940's) Questions in Australian Tennis History of Australian Tennis History of Australian Tennis 2 History of Australian Tennis Players Women's Tennis in Australia Australian Tennis: Nature Ages of Tennis Players The Careers of Women Players Having taken the position near the centre of the baseline indicated previously, glance at your opponent's court to get your final direction, then look at the ball in your left hand. Let the racquet swing slowly back to the right of the body and then up to the right of the head and above it. Much of your weight has now gone back on your right foot. As the racquet starts up, start the left hand, holding the ball, up with it, and from a point about shoulder-high toss the ball to a point as high as the racquet will comfortably reach, slightly to the right of the head and about eight inches forward, toward the net. As your weight flows forward on to your left foot, throw the fiat face of the racquet against the ball, meeting it on the upper right surface, and keep your eye fixed on the ball as you hit it. Do not look down at your opponent's court until the ball is hit. Having hit the ball, make the racquet head keep travelIing directly at your opponent's service court. The racquet head carries directly through to the very end of the swing, ending below the waist on the left of the body. This will impart a spin that will cause the ball to curve and bounce to your left (your opponent's right). Do not feel your job is done when the ball is struck, and let your arm sag and your swing collapse. Rather feel that the racquet head is going after the ball into your opponent's court. The Slice Service The Cannonball or Flat Service The American Twist  Next Page:  The Drive - The Strikes and Their Uses