{"id":1238,"date":"2026-10-29T06:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:15","slug":"backhand-slice-fix-carve-forward-dont-chop-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1238","title":{"rendered":"Backhand Slice Fix: Carve Forward, Don\u2019t Chop Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"How to Hit a Backhand Slice That Stays Low \u2014 Complete Fix\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCIrZoKltfw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Universal Rackets rebuilds the backhand slice that floats into the strike zone. Three mistakes: chopping steeply down, opening the face to the sky, and stopping at contact.<\/p>\n<p>Fixes: path is mostly forward (high-to-low through the ball), face slightly open via grip \u2014 not a sky-facing chop \u2014 and full follow-through to the target. Drill: start high at the net tape, brush along the tape forward as far as you can stretch so the path stays through, not down.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Carve forward through the ball \u2014 don\u2019t chop straight down<\/li>\n<li>Slight open face from grip; too open = sail long<\/li>\n<li>Follow through to the target; net-tape drill locks the path<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Net-tape drill: high start \u2192 brush tape forward \u00d720<\/li>\n<li>Then 20 live BH slices; scrap any that float into chest height<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tdd-newsletter\">\n<p><strong>Get the 5 best pickleball tips every week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com\/v3\/loader.js\" data-beehiiv-form=\"0e5f3fe0-e4d3-4036-8d7f-c33b311980b2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Rackets rebuilds the backhand slice that floats into the strike zone. Three mistakes: chopping steeply down, opening the face to the sky, and stopping at contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,4,19,381],"tags":[1152,71,288,76],"class_list":["post-1238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backhand","category-drops","category-soft-game","category-technique","tag-backhand-slice","tag-backspin","tag-swing-path","tag-universal-rackets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}