Pickleball Pro Demonstrates the Slice Serve

Watch (2) 3.5 level players learn this simple Pickleball serve

[@frankburke3973]

Loose or tight grip?

[@elgunn75]

This is my serve but people question if the swing has an upward trajectory. I am coming up at contact but it still gets question. What do you say to this?

[@vincentperagine]

If I can suggest a wider camera angle so we can see the entire serve....Great tutorial though!

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks, I am going to do another video this Thursday. Please stay tuned.

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks for watching. I will try and get you the desired view. Stay tuned for more videos

[@videosrus8631]

1:06 How can he "get in quick" following his serve when he needs to stay back for the return: think bounce-bounce?

[@christinaagoncillo5100]

You’re being perfectionist with serving.

[@wardsnyder]

always striving for perfection. thanks for watching, and please spread the word around as I would like to grow my subscriber base and produce more content as well

[@joemarshall4226]

If you bounce it first, you can get straight backspin on it, which can be really tough for your opponent especially if the wind is at your back.

[@wardsnyder]

Hello and thanks for your comment. I will put together a video on the bounce serve. Stay tuned for a new post this week.

[@ahhhhhyeah]

Very nice tutorial, but yes some different camera angles would help

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks for your suggestion! I am going to do a second video on Thursday to show better angles and how it spins toward the backhand.

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks! I will be doing many more videos in the near future and the camera angles will be included for sure.

[@garygorgo3600]

Grate tip, if I could do it! My problem is that I'm not sure if you are putting paddle to side or coming straight back. When I try it the ball goes high and yours goes straight. How could I correct that??

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks! Glad I can help you. Please stay tuned for more videos

[@wardsnyder]

You need to go immediately to your left after contact (assuming you are right handed of course).. If it is going too high you are probably opening the paddle face too much. You must keep the face open but if you do as I said, it should work.

[@yasim9435]

After 5 serves opponents will get used to the spin. Can you demo backhand slice spin serve?

[@wardsnyder]

I certainly can demonstrate the sliced back hand, serve and will do another video soon

[@LarryFisher-q4c]

What are you talking. About? If you’re good, you’ll beat them to the net. You have to let the return bounce.

[@wardsnyder]

Hello please forgive me if I replied prior to this, but my strategy is to hit it as deep as possible and if I get a short reply, I’m gonna take that ball early and then beat the returner to the net and my goal will be to take their ball on the rise, and find their feet And I can find their feet because I have pinned them back on the return. Thanks so much for your comments, and I hope to demonstrate what I mean in a future video.

[@michaelp_42]

Do you serve that way to a lefty opponent 🤔

[@wardsnyder]

yes of course.

[@lizlemon9632]

Good video, saw that you hook your wrist. Also, what about slice on the bounce serve? Thx.

[@wardsnyder]

yes, you can do this on the slice off the bounce, but I prefer it higher up as I think the bounce brings other factors in that are beyond your control whereas hitting it from your hand, I think is easier more consistent and you’ll be hitting from higher up so that clearing the net is not as much of a problem

[@surfdocer103]

That’s the service I usually use

[@wardsnyder]

hope it works for you and thank you so much for watching my KZbin channel

[@gg80108]

I found a way better way to slice serve the ball. Use a bounce serve but let the ball bounce low and cut under it. This hits the ball as a deep floater jumping with spin when it hits. 😊 Backhand is especially good. Everyone has seen the one your hitting.

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks for your reply. I will demonstrate a bounce serve as well. I have seen others hit the slice serve but not as much action as mine and possibly due to my tennis background. Stay tuned please

[@gg80108]

Except tricky serves only work on 3.0 and below.@@wardsnyder

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks so much for your reply. You know I have never really warmed up to the valance serve and will try it and see if in fact, it works more effectively than the other normal slicer, but I would respectfully disagree that when I execute mine properly, it moves more than anyone that I have seen but I will try your bounce serve and then post that video. Thank you very much for your comments.

[@gg80108]

@@wardsnyder let the ball bounce low like an earny and get under it and float it over the net. The object of the serve is not to won the point but cause a week return every time, so you can get to the nvz. Take a look at the higher level play serve.

[@orderkaos]

Can’t see the trajectory of the ball, but from how you hit it looks like a side spin, not a slice serve.

[@wardsnyder]

yes it actually is a slice and sides spin at the same time

[@stevehennessey6648]

Thanks but it would have been more helpful if you'd had a camera positioned in the receiver's court showing where those balls landed.

[@wardsnyder]

Did that in the next video titled "watch this ball in your face". Thanks for watching and please let me know what you think of the next one.

[@docar1523]

Detective Olinski, we loved you on Chicago PD!!! Sorry they killed you in season 5. :-)

[@wardsnyder]

thanks for watching and please spread the word as I want to grow my subscriber base

[@aflack690]

I tried this serve today. My opponents told me that it was illegal. We debated for a while. I contended that my arm was still moving forward. I eventually agreed to Just bounce It first. It seems dumb to me that you can do do this off of bounce but not out of hand. Great game, but too many rules limiting the serve. 2 bounce rule already puts the server at a disadvantage.

[@wardsnyder]

thanks so much for your comments and I really appreciate you viewing my channel and hope you’ll spread the word around as I want to grow this and produce much more content

[@alleviate9262]

Absolutely beautiful this is my fav serve to use and yea I always start below the wrist even tho I still get questioned 😂 Will try and slice it more toward the backhand side though

[@jimzimmerman5288]

Show they other side to see it land.

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks. See my video titled “Watch this Ball-in-your-Face-View of a Slice Serve”. Great shots of my slice serves landing in the far corner!

[@wardsnyder]

Agree and will show the other side more often. I appreciate your input and hope you will watch the ones coming up soon

[@michaelpiephoff3724]

Not one shot of the flight of the ball or what it looks like when it hits the court surface. 🥺😳😬😱😤🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤬🙀

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks for your comment. I am going to film again soon and will heed your advice

[@scotttate9475]

the students eem to be starting their swing farther behind them then you did.

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks, still more videos to come and to address this

[@wills00000]

That's an illegal serve, you can do that off a bounce but not like that. "4.A.7.a. The server’s arm must be moving in an upward arc at the time the ball is struck with the paddle."

[@wardsnyder]

Thank you for your comment. However, I respectfully disagree that my serve is illegal. As you stated, the key to being legal is the upward motion. The paddle is below my wrist upon contact and I’m swinging in an upward arc, from low to high. FYI, I’m going to be posting another video with a backhand slice serve that’s equally as effective, and it works very well when playing against a left-hander.

[@gg80108]

A sideways upper arc counts too.

[@wardsnyder]

I appreciate your comment but my arm is moving in an upward arc. Please take a look again and I will as well. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for many more videos relative to other facets of the game

[@gg80108]

@@wardsnyder a tennis background having an upward arc is topspin, not sidespin technically. I got a backhand service that looks legal but ain't, since it floats with backspin. I fake it with a high follow through.

[@TomChabert-z1z]

I do this but some people say that it is an illegal serve. WFH!

[@wardsnyder]

there’s a fine line between legal and not, but I believe this is legal

[@miroslodki2195]

without seeing the ball land...this video is not helpful

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks for your input! I have another video that shows the incoming ball and flight and hope you will take a look.

[@leecornelison6617]

Can’t hear

[@wardsnyder]

Thanks, I will endeavor to speak louder.

[@j7404]

Pro what? 😂

[@wardsnyder]

Hope my videos help you! thanks for watching