topspin/slice service with forehand grip?

[tennis-teufel]

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Ist heutzutage besser der Englischunterricht

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[Victorious]

@ African Tiger

Nice to have you here!
It's noch the grip at all. You should try not to move your feed while throwing the ball. Then you should try to turn you hip/your upper body to the right!
In the moment you are hitting the ball you let your body come back fast in the "normal" position.

It helped me, to get more spin.

[eumel]

mal kurz auf deutsch, hab den letzten post net ganz verstanden, will er nen sliceaufschlag mit kick haben? xD

[african tiger]

howy!

right! consider the toss to be fine. than the spin is that what i do not get. the slice is there. but i want them both. remember? the service is called top spin slice. and i only get it right with the grip moving slightly to the forehand one. should i be just happy with it and continue?

gruss

[african tiger]

thanks bomberman,
exactly that is what confuses me. service has to be done with the middle grip (semicontinental)or slightly backhand (continental), due to my instructor. but holding the racket that way, i just hit the ball without spin. what i managed to get is a bit slice and the ball goes deep into the net. now, with the grip moved a bit to forehand (just a bit) so that the face of the racket opens just a few, the hitting, wich´s supposed to be from the center of the ball to 1.30, works pretty well and spin comes in and the ball goes in a higher loop over. how can one explain this?

thanks!


by the way, if i hold the racket in the middle and do the pronation, than the ball also goes over, with out the spin of couse.
that means in term of net clearance: middle grip + pronation= slightly forehand grip. is that correct?

[howy]

I think that best thing to vary is the way you throw the ball. Acting this way you will put mor slice or spin on the ball. Use the grip which suits the best to you for your serve.
If you throw the ball slightly to the right (if you are right handed) then you should get more slice on the ball.
If you throw the slightly to the left the you should get more top spin on the ball.
Hope this helps.

i think there are players who change their grip for different kinds of services but you can reach the spin without changing grip as well. have you tried to vary your throw of the ball? usually this is the most important difference between slice, straight and kick service. do you know about that or shall we explain?
by the way, my brother does change his grip for service a little bit. but instead of having a middle or forehand grip, he tries it with a little backhand grip (not completely of course). i can't imagine how to get kick or even slice with a forehand grip, but i have not tried on court yet

kann einer das per PM für mich richtig übersetzen und die Antwort auch, wäre nett, kann zwar viel verstehen, aber eher schlecht schreiben. Ist heutzutage besser der Englischunterricht

[african tiger]

Dear german tennis budies,
I tried the top spin slice service for a while without much succes. Desperate, I moved the grip to a rather fore hand one (V slightly to the right) and managed promptly to get some spin/ slice and the ball in. (They used to go to the net). Now, serving with forehand grip is highly forbiden is´n it? So what should I do now. Who can tell me more about that. My african instructor is not likely to say much about it. Advices in german are welcome.
Thanhks