Is there a tennis shot where you hit the ball with a backhand slice and the ball speeds up on the bounce?
My friend and I are almost always playing tennis. We play as much as possible to have fun and better ourselves, plus it’s good exersice but thats just part of the history. One day I decided to hit the tennis ball as hard as I could with my favorite way to hit a one-handed back hand slice. he claims that when the ball full of back spin as soon as it bounces it speeds up. logically this should be impoosible correct? oh and those who thinks it goes backwards it goes across the net on my friend’s side and most of the time i score the point, and the ones thinking it’s a one in an infinite shot i can pull it off sometimes under a few conditions. has to be to my left side for a backhand shot, has to be slow enough so i can focus the shot, and have a lot of luck. there are to outcomes to this eithe rit slows down and keeps the normal path or it stays the same until the bounce then speeds up. We named them second gear and downshift to make them sound cool. if they are really shots and have a proper name please tell me. if no one can prove me with answers as it is real, then i can call it my own signature shot. please respond soon.
March 5th, 2010 at 5:10 am
No…. It is not possible at ALL. When you hit a slice and the ball hits the grounds, it slows down because of the back spin you’re putting on the ball. If you were hitting a forehand, then it’s possible, but not a slice, forehand or backhand.
March 5th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
You cannot create energy out of nothing, pal. Hence, what you are describing is physically impossible. The ball does not accelerate upon contact with the ground after you sliced it. However, what it may do, is change directions, especially if you put a LOT of slice on it – can even bounce back to your side, or just ‘die’ (drop shot).
Same – i.e., trajectory change is possible with the top spin – just look at Nadal and his ground strokes, which are more like kick serves – the ball bites the ground and bounces almost as high as the opponent’s head.
March 5th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
haha nope, a backhand slice is a backhand slice, and there are no actual names for the shots you described. Even as a player whose played tennis competively for a long time and is hopefully going pro, I’ve never hit a slice that speeds up after it bounces, so you must be really talented…But it is possible to hit a slice that has so much backspin on it that it bounces back towards the net after you hit it.
good luck with your downshifts and second gears
March 5th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
the slice seems to speed up but it doesn’t. it just isn’t slowing down as much as the person expected so the ball seems to be faster.