Tennis Forehand Evolution⚡️ Which One Are You?

Tennis Forehand Evolution⚡️ Which One Are you?
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In this video we show the possible grips you can use on your forehand technique as it has evolved throughout the years. Each grip has its advantages and disadvantages:
✅ 1. Continental (chopper/hammer) grip - the original grip for tennis used by players like Rod Laver and great for low bouncing balls on surfaces like grass. We now use this grips for serves, slices and volleys. This grip is not suitable for producing topspin.
✅ 2. Eastern grip - allows for some topspin and gives the ability to hit flat hard shots, it also allows for a lot of feel on the strokes. It’s the ultimate grip for using a straight arm at contact and great for reaching balls that are further away. This grip was made famous by Bjorn Borg and used by players like Sampras and Federer who sometimes adjusts it closer to Semi-Western.
✅ 3. Semi-Western - the most used grip on the pro circuit allowing for great spin generation and power while the ability to maintain a high arc trajectory of a shot making the ball bounce higher off the court creating difficulties for the opponent. The ability to create the perfect amount of spin means players can accelerate through their shots more giving them more powerful strokes which dip before the baseline. Famously used by Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal who edges closer towards the western grip.
✅ 4. Western grip - used by players like Jack Sock, Kyle Edmund, Karen Khachanov and Nick Kyrgios. Gives a player a tremendous amount of topspin and the ability to deal with high balls while giving a player power of they use the wrist lag and snap correctly. This grip is less suitable for handling low balls because of the position of the wrist needed to execute the shot. The player also needs to be a lot closer to the ball and have the arm bent at contact.
Which grip is the best?
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