It naturally closes the racquet face more than a regular Eastern backhand and moves the ... Some of the most powerful backhands in tennis are held with this grip. Its limitations are similar ...

While I could still use my Western grip, the wood racquets worked best when ... a good way to separate my shoulder, not play tennis. On my slice backhand, I had to take the stick back earlier ...

This is the way to hold the racquet for the serve, volley, sliced backhand and smash. It is known as the chopper grip, because it is the way you would hold an axe. It allows you to swing the racket ...

As with all the groundstrokes the key is in the preparation. For the backhand slice you need to use the continental grip. To find this put the V between your thumb and index finger on the edge of your ...