Sandy Farquharson teaches Ben how to hit a compact punch slice in paddle. The key: forget the big swing. Instead, adopt a ready stance, turn your shoulders, and use a high-five motion with a vertical racket to create a firm, controlled punch.
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The thing with this is it's a punch shot, so you don't want to have like a big wavy swing at it because then you can't be compact and hit with that slice. So Ben, I'm going to just— one second, sorry. At the moment you're coming on and you're trying to play the slice by waving at it, but I want it to be more of like a punch. So go to the ready position for me, okay, in here. So now turn to the shoulders, okay, and I want you to just give me like a high five with the racket. Yeah, like with a firm— like, that's the punch. Don't worry about the swing, like, like, wait, like, it's just in there, punch. Yeah, and naturally, like, you will just relax. Boy, you're really squeezing, squeezing hard there. Yeah, you don't need to squeeze that hard. Yeah, but, and you're coming in and you're just going to punch through it and it'll go through a little bit, but, but yeah, that's it. But don't worry about the finish, that's just a deceleration of the racket. Forget the finish. Like, more important, like, punch on this shot rather than a big, big swing. Even shorter, even shorter. Yeah, good. That's better though, shorter. Yeah, that's better. And again, and step in with the— like, turn shoulders instead. Yes, that one, that one. Good, good. And again, keep the racket vertical. One more. Good. If you want to get a really great understanding of the game, that is why we built the paddleschool.com. It's broken down into different areas of the game for different levels so you know exactly what to focus on to build your game. Head to the link in the bio to check it out.
