For a start i'm gonna talk about Slicing. I'm sure many of you know wad slicing is. However, Many of you slice a shutter unknowingly. A proper net, drive, lob or smash is done by striking the shutter FLAT-faced with racket. A slice occurs when the shutter is hit when the racket is faced diagonally-flat.

Slicing may be used to fake ur movement from time to time. However, when done unknowingly Everytime u hit a shutter, it is to your disadvantage. Slicing a shutter reduces it's speed and impact. So for example, everytime you unknowingly slice a shutter when you smash, you are wasting your energy as not all your strength is channeled into your shot.

These few examples are how slicing should be used in your strokes.

Sliced dropshot
A sliced dropshot allows the player to deceive his opponent about both the power and direction of the stroke. For example, the opponent may expect a straight clear or smash, but receive a crosscourt dropshot instead. Slicing the shuttlecock heavily will cause it to follow a curved path and dip more sharply as it crosses the net.
There are two types of sliced dropshots - the normal slice and the reverse slice. The normal slice is played so that the shuttle goes left while the receiver thinks it goes right, however the reverse slice requires more of a brushing motion in order to slice the shuttle to the right while the opponent thinks the drop is being played to the left.

Sliced smash
A sliced smash allows the player to deceive his opponent about the direction of his smash. Slicing a smash also allows players to hit in directions that they might otherwise find impossible given their body position on the court.

Spinning netshot (also called a tumbling netshot)
Slicing underneath the shuttlecock allows the player to spin the shuttlecock so that it turns over itself several times as it crosses the net. The opponent will be unwilling to address the shuttlecock until it has corrected its flight. The spin also makes the shuttlecock fall tighter to the net. It will also be difficult for ur opponent to net the shutter over to you as the shutter may be reversed in another direction by natural physics.

Ryan

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