Want to add a unique stroke to your pickleball game?  Check out this helpful video with Sarah Ansboury as she demonstrates the slice!  We have even included slow motion so you can study the movement as well as pop up tips with instruction.  Sarah has won numerous pickleball medals including Gold in Mixed Doubles at the US Open Pickleball Championships and Tournament of Champions, and we think you can learn a lot just by watching her mastery of this stroke.  The slice is a challenging stroke to add to your arsenal as you play pickleball, but worth the effort as you practice. Watch and learn now!

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22 Comments

  1. Wow great video. Nice and clear. I liked the way you paused it and showed the way the ball spins. And cool to see it from every angle. Amazing how far out in front of her body Sarah hits the ball. Also amazing how ‘open’ the paddle is when starting the stroke. Thanks so much!!

    (The little sum is out of line…the one to prove I’m a person not a robot…it took me a few tries to figure out as I only saw half the sum.)

  2. Great video in slow motion. I would like to see an extreme top spin shot. As an ex table tennis player, the shot is called a loop shot. Thanks again for a great video .

  3. Great video. I really like the slow motion
    I would like to see an extreme top spin shot like in table tennis called the loop. Thanks again for making great videos.

  4. A great video especially in slow motion. I would like to see an extreme top spin shot. In table tennis it’s called a loop shot.

  5. A great video, especially in slow motion.
    I would like to see an extreme top spin shot like in table tennis called a loop.

  6. Great video. What effect does this shot have if your opponent volleys the shot instead of hitting a ground stroke?

    A possible video instruction I would like to see. When I am at the NVZ line in a volleying dual with my opponents, I tend to keep punching the ball straight back at them. Maybe it is so quick that it is all I have time to do, but I would like to hit it down or to the side. Video help with this would be helpful. Thanks.

  7. Please show the forehand topspin stroke.
    Thanks.

  8. I agree, great video, Thanks!! I was watching you play in a tournament in Bend and saw you use this shot, loved it. Have been trying it out but it’s been going a little high. I see your paddle face is not as open as I think mine is, stay low and get the ball out front. Can’t wait to get working on it. The slow motion is a real help. Have you done any volley slow motion? Really appreciate your insight into the game!

  9. Loved the slow motion. Should add that this shot should be exclusive for the return of serve that must bounce before returned, and not only does it come off the surface faster, due to the reverse spin, it keeps the ball from going long.

  10. A great video especially in slow motion. I would like to see an extreme top spin shot like in table tennis called a loop.

  11. Love watching the slow motion video.. I am a Sarah Ansboury fan.. I also enjoy the matches that are sent by email.. It would be nice to see, a few shots in slow motion during a match…

  12. Very helpful! I would love to see the same sort of slow motion video for the chop shot at the net. In our group, the good tennis players are able to “chop” a hard volley coming at them from the opponent’s baseline and drop it in the kitchen. It looks very similar to the shot you demonstrate here but I need help! They barely swing or swing not at all and have perfect control. Thanks.

  13. Great slow motion video. I’d like to see a slice serve that is considered legal. Or is there such a serve?

  14. I’d like to see the slice performed closer to the no-volley zone, possibly combined with a drop shot. Also, how about a demo on how to return a slice shot.

  15. This slice produces underspin. How about more showing a forehand sidespin serve and then a backhand sidespin serve to the other direction, both very useful when mixed in with power and lob serves to keep your opponent unnerved on returns.

  16. I would like to see how to execute the backhand slice in slow motion.

  17. Love the video. Like the idea of working on individual elements. Arguably the best way to improve ones game. I’d like to work on my backhand in general, but especially the backhand uppercut slam. I’ve gotten to switching hands rather than use my backhand. I’d like your opinion on that. Switching hands seems to work, especially with returns that when you arrive late and end up hitting the ball somewhat behind you. Also on shots that you cannot reach with a backhand… Love your stuff. It makes Friday seem like a weekend:-)

  18. I cannot hit a topspin shot. Also starting the dink game by slowing down a hard shot is very difficult. Any tips on either problem?

  19. Great video. Will have to practice that shot. A video on the amount of backswing needed would be helpful. I seem to take too much backswing which affects timing.

  20. “pop up” text at 1:12 says “creates low, fast bounce” but the bounce shown looks normal to me. Anyone know of a video that actually visually compares backspin and no-spin shots bouncing? And what is even meant by “fast bounce”? Commenter 10Sman seems to think it means the ball is traveling faster than a no-spin ball, which certainly seems like an obvious interpretation. But this video doesn’t show that it happens, nor explain how it even _could_ happen. Frankly, it sounds as silly as saying your bike accelerates forward when you spin the wheels backward, so I think evidence is needed if that is the claim and you want to be taken seriously! I wish I had the slow motion (high frame rate) camera needed to take care of this…but I don’t and obviously you do, so I think you’d be doing yourselves and others a favor if you’d shoot that video.

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