Here in germany pickleball isn t so popular like in The USA, so we have no many trainers here. That is why i am looking so many you tube pickleball training videos. Your videos are short and directly, and although my english is not good i can understand the most. Thousand thanks for your fantastic videos, it helps a lot!!
Excellent tutorial on advance fundamentals. I shifted my paddle by releasing the hold and rotating the wrist slightly. It’s more about the brain to signal the hand on the timing.
I like how you demonstrated both grips, how to hold the paddle, and how each grip affects different shots. I may not have caught the following; continental grips will require more wrist movement and are more difficult to hit topspin; slight eastern or eastern grips will give you more ability to hit topspin without having to be too wristy. In the end, biomechanics and flexibility in a person's wrist will dictate what works best for them, but as you mentioned extremely well, that semi-eastern to eastern grip is the ticket to easier success. Keep up the good work on your channel and in your endeavor to make it to the pros!
you are a REMARKABLE communicator. i mean, stellar. You and Barrett Kincheloe are two of the most dynamic people i have EVER seen and i'm 56 years old and opinionated.
Let me tell you something. I have done video work my whole life. I have done national commercials. I know talent. You are comfortable in front of the camera. Your conversational. You are calm yet energetic and fun. And you get right to the point. But your biggest talent is your communication skills. You communicate specifics in a quick way that people can understand. Basic teaching skills. Not everyone has that. Together that's just amazing. Keep up the great work. You and Barrett should join forces or at least connect. I find him talented as well. 2 amazing coaches.
Good video on adjusting the grip. Continental is the hammer grip. Shaking hands is Eastern. Rotating more is semi-western. If you’re right handed, the base of your knuckle on your pointer finger is on bevel 2. Eastern is on bevel 3. Semi-western is on bevel 4. At least it’s this way in tennis anyways.
Thank you for this lesson. Hope to use this to increase my consistency without losing power. Also, this may help explain my wrist pain post games… overextending my wrist while topspin flicking with a continental grip.
I like how Tanner "cuts to the chase" right away. BUT ... I've also learned to really pay attention to his last two minutes; that's when Tanner drops some real gems on us. Well done!
Holy cow! I spent the last month experimenting changing my Grips. I couldn’t figure out how to change grips during speed ups. . . So I was explaining this to a friend today. Lo and behold your video pops up and I find your channel!! Thanks for the help tanner! Definetly subscribing! Good luck bro
What are the odds of that! Thank you so much for subscribing it’s really helping out my channel. Hope to see you in the common section on future videos!
Something worth noting is that when hitting a backhand flick the grip pressure with the middle, ring, and pinky fingers is very slight. To maximize spin you almost want to pinch the battle between the where you index finger meets you palm on your index finger and the same knuckles on your thumb.
@wolf-xf6hf I'm sorry, but I don't understand your last sentence. Please restate it in slightly different words. I think you have an important tip, but I'm not quite getting it. Thanks.
My secret grip is, putting my thumb on top of the handle, which creates a modified Eastern grip. It's interesting that others in my community comment that I have improved my skills immensely, since the change from the standard Continental grip! LOL
Gosh your such a good teacher. You explain and demonstrate so well. I watch a lot of videos on different shots and Know one explains them better than you. The pickleball community is lucky to have someone like you taking the time to do these videos
No one else out there has addressed grip changes in a video this completely. and how it's not a rotation but a shift in how the paddle grip sits in your hand by changing your bottom 3 fingers. Personally I go Semi-western (serve) > Everything you suggested going forward. Would be nice if you added off-hand grip for two-handed backhand. For me it's an eastern or the "aggressive continental". Others to add, overhead smash (straight on and directional), tomahawk, one handed backhand Ernie, and tweener.
I do the grips you mentioned, plus 1. When I have a shot to my backhand that I can put some juice on, I move the paddle the other way, ie, the opposite of the eastern. It gives me lots of power. Hope that makes sense. Tanner, here's possibly an idea for another video: When I watch top players in PB, the person on the left (when at the net) if he's able to, will reach over and hit the ball that is going to his partner, often finishing the point. I find when I'm at that position, I let way too many balls go by me, and at lower levels, I've been chastised for hitting the ball that is on my partner's side of the court.
Hi Mike! Yes I can make a video on this, I have it planned out! The left side player, often takes more balls since their forehand is in the middle. The right side player has their backhand in the middle. The most deadly spot to hit a dink is to the right side players inside foot. That forces them to hit an awkward backhand dink. The left side player should step in and never make their partner have to hit this shot! Left side = aggressive, Right side = passive!
Maybe I shake peoples hands in a weird way. But for me, grabbing the handle like a handshake puts me in eastern. And grabbing the handle like a hammer puts me in continental.
I am the same. Are pickleball grips different than tennis? I grew up thinking that eastern was the shake-hands grip and the hammer =ing the continental.
@@johnblair3234 The grips themselves aren't different, but it does seem that people are using the terms differently at least. But I stand by eastern being the handshake and continental being the hammer.
I'm watching this again, remembering that I never got better at quickly switching grips from a backhand punch to a forehand eastern for the chicken wing speedups. I'd consider it my biggest current weakness😥
WOW! Thank you SO MUCH John. Beyond grateful and thankful for this! This is the BIGGEST tip we have ever gotten on the channel! Thank you, thank you, AND... THANK YOU!
I'd really like to know how to practice QUICKLY going from the backhand eastern grip to a forehand that can attack or defend if you get a speed-up to your chicken wing side. Seems like the arm have to would swing too fast to get a proper grip change
@@tanner.pickleball Tanner, did you release a video on this question? if you have to go from backhand to forehand, very quickly, how does this strategy play out? You just change in the blink of an eye? Very informative videos. Thank you!
Tanner, when returning serve from the left side with a backhand stroke, do you use the eastern or continental grip? I had been contemplating this grip change because it kept happening by accident in the course of the game. I decide not to, to keep it simple, thinking I would be doing too much. But your explanation has influenced me to go ahead and make grip changes in the course of the game. thanks.
Hi Tanner! Thank you so much for this video! I looked for a while to find one like this. I have a question. What grip are you using for forehand/backhand drops and transition zone? I assume you don't have time to change grip in transition zone?
Amazing video. I loved it and learned a lot. How do your grip shift during a hands battle, for example, you hit a high dink and they speed it up at you, and you counter with the punch but they return it back to you, would you stay continental or does it depend? Thanks!
One thing that’s also worth mentioning: one handed backhand rolls are much easier in eastern backhand than in continental. Rotate to eastern backhand for a roll, and stay in continental for a punch.
If it's a backhand, wouldn't that mean the opposite (Western?) would be required to get the topspin advantage? If i hold my paddle in eastern for a forehand and then put in backhand mode without changing grip, that seems very awkward (almost painful) to me. At 2:55 is when you say you get out of Eastern for the backhand roll. @Douglasmurcdoch7247 isn't agreeing with this it seems. Thx again.
@@RunningManOH when you are talking backhand, the positions are directly reversed. So eastern backhand isn’t just using eastern forehand with your backhand side, eastern backhand is rotating one notch in the other direction from continental. Your index finger base knuckle is over the 1 notch, rather than the 3 notch which would be eastern forehand. It closes the paddle for your backhand stroke by rotating the other direction from continental that eastern forehand does.
Thank you! After I hit the flick, I automatically switch to continental. I do this because I am anticipating my opponent getting into a hands battle with me!
Tanner. I misstated my question. On the backhand crosscourt dink you are in the slight eastern grip. Are you switching to continental for the flick when you see higher ball or right after the flick. Great technical advice. Thanks again.
Hey @tanner.pickleball. I found this video and felt it hit me hard as I've been using the continental grip ever since I started playing pickleball, and I felt like I was stuck/plateauing. I've been trying the eastern grip for two weeks now, and I love how aggressive it is for corner drops and third-shot drives. I have a question, though, and hoping you can help me out. For context, I am a lefty like you ( a major reason I subscribed as soon as I found your channel), and my question is about middle drops. If I'm playing on our strong side (right side) with FH down the middle, I can drop aggressively to the near side corner with the eastern grip. I'm having difficulty dropping middle and to the far corner with the eastern grip. They keep popping too high, and I'm immediately in a midcourt defense scramble. Do you change the grip back to continental to hit middle or far side drops? Thanks, and keep up the great content!
Hi! Thanks for subbing and great question! To drop it middle / far corner it will require much more touch and control. It is a matter of practice, when you drop to the right corner, it is across your body, so it is way more natural. Stick with this grip, just practice!
@@tanner.pickleball Not true... I'm soooo confused. I had always thought eastern was the right side of continental and western to the left - makes sense right??!!... continental divide. I close the face for backhand, index knuckle is on the top flat side. Love backhands. Keep up the good work!
Coming from tennis, I already use different grips for forehand backhand and volley. People saying use continental for everything, now it's like ok now the advanced tip is to add changing your grip😑😑😑😑. Not saying you are doing this, but I'm annoyed at how often advice is often different from beginner to advanced in pickleballs We should be practicing the end game from day 1.
I think you make it a bit too complicated. You should stay with continental grip (hammer grip) and semi-easter grip. That is all. Don't get into extreme eastern grip. Here are the rules that I think is good to decide if you should use hammer grip or semi-eastern grip: 1) During serve or return, you have plenty of time for top spin ground stroke, so use the semi-eastern grip. It creates aggressive top spin without wrist movement. Just follow through with the arc of the stroke and the top spin is generated. 2) During transition, use hammer grip. Your objective is to pick up the ball at your feet and reset. So, use the hammer grip to lift the ball. 3) At the kitchen, stay with the hammer grip for dink and block. For dink, it is just picking up the ball and push over, so hammer grip is good enough. For block, you really don't have much reaction time, so just stick with the basic hammer grip and block over. 4) At the kitchen, in the case of opponent's third ball drop going too high, you have plenty of time to switch from hammer grip to semi-eastern grip, to execute an aggressive top spin flick or roll at the incoming volley ball. This will create aggressive "deny the kitchen line" ball at your opponent. 5) At the kitchen, in the case that the opponent speeds up too high, and you are prepared, you could use a semi-eastern grip to hit back. In summary, applying #1, #2, and #3 consistently will help you dramatically improve your game. And #4 and #5 are opportunities when the ball is above net for you to use semi-eastern grip to punish the opponent.
Huge difference in the grip shift. NOBODY but you has shown how to do it on the fly without using the other hand. Great job!!!
Thank you very much :)
I’ve seen many videos on the different grips but Tanner tells us not only how but when and why. Excellent. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Here in germany pickleball isn t so popular like in The USA, so we have no many trainers here. That is why i am looking so many you tube pickleball training videos. Your videos are short and directly, and although my english is not good i can understand the most. Thousand thanks for your fantastic videos, it helps a lot!!
That's awesome! I look forward to continue to teach you :)
Excellent execution of the instructions (with the angles and short clips) right to the point and easy to understand.... thanks you so much Tanner!
Thanks!! Glad you found it useful!
This is the best grip video I’ve seen yet. Thanks Tanner!
Glad you liked it!
I asked a question and you delivered. Amazing video man so helpful. I can't wait to try it out tomorrow!! Thank you 🙏
Glad it was helpful! :)
Excellent tutorial on advance fundamentals. I shifted my paddle by releasing the hold and rotating the wrist slightly. It’s more about the brain to signal the hand on the timing.
Yes exactly! Great input :)
I’ve been looking for a video like this for a long time! Thanks for explaining this so well!
Love to hear that!
I like how you demonstrated both grips, how to hold the paddle, and how each grip affects different shots. I may not have caught the following; continental grips will require more wrist movement and are more difficult to hit topspin; slight eastern or eastern grips will give you more ability to hit topspin without having to be too wristy. In the end, biomechanics and flexibility in a person's wrist will dictate what works best for them, but as you mentioned extremely well, that semi-eastern to eastern grip is the ticket to easier success. Keep up the good work on your channel and in your endeavor to make it to the pros!
Thank you very much Doodle! I will keep this in mind for future videos to address this. I appreciate this comment :)
you are a REMARKABLE communicator. i mean, stellar. You and Barrett Kincheloe are two of the most dynamic people i have EVER seen and i'm 56 years old and opinionated.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you saying that! I love making videos :)
Let me tell you something. I have done video work my whole life. I have done national commercials. I know talent. You are comfortable in front of the camera. Your conversational. You are calm yet energetic and fun. And you get right to the point. But your biggest talent is your communication skills. You communicate specifics in a quick way that people can understand. Basic teaching skills. Not everyone has that. Together that's just amazing. Keep up the great work. You and Barrett should join forces or at least connect. I find him talented as well. 2 amazing coaches.
You teach amazing !Not too many coaches teach all this ! Wow”” thank you 🙏 for making theses videos!
I appreciate that!
Great video. You’re like a personal coach for free. An excellent coach! Hope you get lots of followers.
I appreciate that! That is super kind of you :)
Excellent explanation and demonstration in various applications.
Glad you think so!
Good video on adjusting the grip.
Continental is the hammer grip. Shaking hands is Eastern. Rotating more is semi-western. If you’re right handed, the base of your knuckle on your pointer finger is on bevel 2. Eastern is on bevel 3. Semi-western is on bevel 4. At least it’s this way in tennis anyways.
Yes!!!
Thanks for seeing the shift grip in slow motion. I see a big difference all ready
Right on!
I’ve been so confused about how to hold the paddle. Different grips give me different advantages. It makes perfect sense to switch!
Let’s go!
Thank you for this lesson. Hope to use this to increase my consistency without losing power. Also, this may help explain my wrist pain post games… overextending my wrist while topspin flicking with a continental grip.
Yes that could do it! And no worries at all, thanks for watching!
I like how Tanner "cuts to the chase" right away.
BUT ... I've also learned to really pay attention to his last two minutes; that's when Tanner drops some real gems on us. Well done!
Thanks brother!
Holy cow! I spent the last month experimenting changing my Grips. I couldn’t figure out how to change grips during speed ups. . . So I was explaining this to a friend today. Lo and behold your video pops up and I find your channel!! Thanks for the help tanner! Definetly subscribing! Good luck bro
What are the odds of that! Thank you so much for subscribing it’s really helping out my channel. Hope to see you in the common section on future videos!
Something worth noting is that when hitting a backhand flick the grip pressure with the middle, ring, and pinky fingers is very slight. To maximize spin you almost want to pinch the battle between the where you index finger meets you palm on your index finger and the same knuckles on your thumb.
Great input! I appreciate this comment!
@wolf-xf6hf I'm sorry, but I don't understand your last sentence. Please restate it in slightly different words. I think you have an important tip, but I'm not quite getting it. Thanks.
I appreciate the video Tanner. There are very few quality grip videos.
I appreciate that!
I really like your channel … you give best advice. Keep it up … I find your channel amount the most helpful all among all Pickeball channel .
That’s so kind!
Great video, Tanner! I’m curious to see another video that discusses when to use Western grip, such as JW Johnson’s form for forehand dinks
Great question!! I will get on this for you :)
My secret grip is, putting my thumb on top of the handle, which creates a modified Eastern grip. It's interesting that others in my community comment that I have improved my skills immensely, since the change from the standard Continental grip! LOL
Wow I have not heard of that, I'll have to look into that!
Gosh your such a good teacher. You explain and demonstrate so well. I watch a lot of videos on different shots and Know one explains them better than you. The pickleball community is lucky to have someone like you taking the time to do these videos
You are so welcome! That is a very generous comment :)
Tanner, Thanks for this tip. I find your videos very knowledgeable and informative. Good luck with your RUclips channel and your pickleball journey.
I appreciate that!
I know I adjust my grip during games. Mostly continental but will try to see and to practice this Eastern grip. Thank you.
No worries Marie, glad you found this useful!
Thank so much for your expertise!!! appreciated.
My pleasure!
No one else out there has addressed grip changes in a video this completely. and how it's not a rotation but a shift in how the paddle grip sits in your hand by changing your bottom 3 fingers. Personally I go Semi-western (serve) > Everything you suggested going forward. Would be nice if you added off-hand grip for two-handed backhand. For me it's an eastern or the "aggressive continental". Others to add, overhead smash (straight on and directional), tomahawk, one handed backhand Ernie, and tweener.
Love that, thanks for that, you understand it well
I do the grips you mentioned, plus 1. When I have a shot to my backhand that I can put some juice on, I move the paddle the other way, ie, the opposite of the eastern. It gives me lots of power. Hope that makes sense.
Tanner, here's possibly an idea for another video: When I watch top players in PB, the person on the left (when at the net) if he's able to, will reach over and hit the ball that is going to his partner, often finishing the point. I find when I'm at that position, I let way too many balls go by me, and at lower levels, I've been chastised for hitting the ball that is on my partner's side of the court.
Hi Mike! Yes I can make a video on this, I have it planned out! The left side player, often takes more balls since their forehand is in the middle. The right side player has their backhand in the middle. The most deadly spot to hit a dink is to the right side players inside foot. That forces them to hit an awkward backhand dink. The left side player should step in and never make their partner have to hit this shot! Left side = aggressive, Right side = passive!
Maybe I shake peoples hands in a weird way. But for me, grabbing the handle like a handshake puts me in eastern. And grabbing the handle like a hammer puts me in continental.
I am the same. Are pickleball grips different than tennis? I grew up thinking that eastern was the shake-hands grip and the hammer =ing the continental.
@@johnblair3234 The grips themselves aren't different, but it does seem that people are using the terms differently at least. But I stand by eastern being the handshake and continental being the hammer.
Sorry for the poor explanation. Hammer Grip is Continental!
Sorry for the confusion.
Yes I think the terminology is loosely used!
I'm watching this again, remembering that I never got better at quickly switching grips from a backhand punch to a forehand eastern for the chicken wing speedups. I'd consider it my biggest current weakness😥
Yes!
Your videos are getting better and better. Great explanation.
Thank you so much Liz!!
Thanks!
WOW! Thank you SO MUCH John. Beyond grateful and thankful for this! This is the BIGGEST tip we have ever gotten on the channel! Thank you, thank you, AND... THANK YOU!
This was literally a video Ive been wanting to see made thanks.
Yessss
I'd really like to know how to practice QUICKLY going from the backhand eastern grip to a forehand that can attack or defend if you get a speed-up to your chicken wing side. Seems like the arm have to would swing too fast to get a proper grip change
I’ll make a video on this!
@@tanner.pickleball Tanner, did you release a video on this question? if you have to go from backhand to forehand, very quickly, how does this strategy play out? You just change in the blink of an eye? Very informative videos. Thank you!
Really instructive lesson, thank you!
:)
Good to know and use w caution but-difficult if you get a speed up at your backhand….
Yes absolutley. Anticipation is key!
This was my lesson today you explained it great
Love that!
Wow phenomenal video man. I’ve been wondering about this for awhile and so glad you made this video!
Glad it was helpful!
Hey Tanner - great videos. Noted you're using a different paddle here. What's the main paddle you use?
Thanks eae. I was jumping around a lot. I have been enjoying this one recently for many reasons. This is the Engage mx pro! 7.7 oz weight.
Tanner, when returning serve from the left side with a backhand stroke, do you use the eastern or continental grip?
I had been contemplating this grip change because it kept happening by accident in the course of the game. I decide not to, to keep it simple, thinking I would be doing too much. But your explanation has influenced me to go ahead and make grip changes in the course of the game. thanks.
Great question!! Backhand returns I use continental! Use whatever is more comfortable, just know changing grips is perfectly fine :)
Hi Tanner! Thank you so much for this video! I looked for a while to find one like this. I have a question. What grip are you using for forehand/backhand drops and transition zone? I assume you don't have time to change grip in transition zone?
My pleasure! And yes, I play the entire time in a slight eastern grip to hit all of the shots you listed! :)
Thanks Tanner! I needed this video.
Glad it was helpful!
What should I do when I have a two hand backhand, come from tennis, and that continental grip is how I get topspin for my 2 hand backhand?
That is fine!
I am concerned your courts/park are empty! Good grip advice 100%
Florida, midday, 90+ degrees!
Amazing video. I loved it and learned a lot. How do your grip shift during a hands battle, for example, you hit a high dink and they speed it up at you, and you counter with the punch but they return it back to you, would you stay continental or does it depend? Thanks!
If it is in a hands battle, stay in the continental the whole time! It is too fast to switch!
@@tanner.pickleball thanks tanner I’ve honestly improved so much because of your help. Thank you thank you and thank you!
@@tanner.pickleball So when you switch grips, you're trying to put a ball away and are exposed if the ball comes back too quickly? Thank you!
Your videos are so popular now. Good jobs! Thanks, 🎉
Glad you like them!
One thing that’s also worth mentioning: one handed backhand rolls are much easier in eastern backhand than in continental. Rotate to eastern backhand for a roll, and stay in continental for a punch.
Good input!! Totally agree Doug.
If it's a backhand, wouldn't that mean the opposite (Western?) would be required to get the topspin advantage? If i hold my paddle in eastern for a forehand and then put in backhand mode without changing grip, that seems very awkward (almost painful) to me. At 2:55 is when you say you get out of Eastern for the backhand roll. @Douglasmurcdoch7247 isn't agreeing with this it seems. Thx again.
@@RunningManOH when you are talking backhand, the positions are directly reversed. So eastern backhand isn’t just using eastern forehand with your backhand side, eastern backhand is rotating one notch in the other direction from continental. Your index finger base knuckle is over the 1 notch, rather than the 3 notch which would be eastern forehand. It closes the paddle for your backhand stroke by rotating the other direction from continental that eastern forehand does.
Excellent advice!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow this video was awesome thank you
You are so welcome
please show more right handed grip
Will do!
So with that backhand speed up it seems like you're just going back to the Continental from the semi Eastern grip
Yep!
Thank you for this video!!
You are so welcome!
How tightly are you gripping your paddle when dinking?
5/10 always!
Great video one. About how many inches is your lead tape from the throat up and the top corners? Thanks
Thanks! half an inch from the throat. I will have to measure the top corners, I eyeballed it putting it on!
Outstanding video. I’m left-handed, but can you clarify why you switch back to Eastern on the backhand flick volley. Thank you!
Thank you! After I hit the flick, I automatically switch to continental. I do this because I am anticipating my opponent getting into a hands battle with me!
Tanner. I misstated my question. On the backhand crosscourt dink you are in the slight eastern grip. Are you switching to continental for the flick when you see higher ball or right after the flick. Great technical advice. Thanks again.
@@justinanderson7854 it's probably so you can get a little more spin and to tilt your racket face down for a more aggressive volley.
dear lord. so good
❤️❤️
Found it! Thank you 🙏
Welcome!
Hey @tanner.pickleball. I found this video and felt it hit me hard as I've been using the continental grip ever since I started playing pickleball, and I felt like I was stuck/plateauing. I've been trying the eastern grip for two weeks now, and I love how aggressive it is for corner drops and third-shot drives. I have a question, though, and hoping you can help me out.
For context, I am a lefty like you ( a major reason I subscribed as soon as I found your channel), and my question is about middle drops. If I'm playing on our strong side (right side) with FH down the middle, I can drop aggressively to the near side corner with the eastern grip. I'm having difficulty dropping middle and to the far corner with the eastern grip. They keep popping too high, and I'm immediately in a midcourt defense scramble.
Do you change the grip back to continental to hit middle or far side drops? Thanks, and keep up the great content!
Hi! Thanks for subbing and great question! To drop it middle / far corner it will require much more touch and control. It is a matter of practice, when you drop to the right corner, it is across your body, so it is way more natural. Stick with this grip, just practice!
why is Tanner the only RUclipsr who addresses this?!
Hehehe
Semi western-western for backhands here
Nice!!!
@@tanner.pickleball Not true... I'm soooo confused. I had always thought eastern was the right side of continental and western to the left - makes sense right??!!... continental divide. I close the face for backhand, index knuckle is on the top flat side. Love backhands. Keep up the good work!
Ahhh...so that's what the pros are doing. Now I see!
Yes Kathleen!
Will be good if you do a close- a grip on that backhand speed up. You can just do it the left hand who cares about them right-handed people. 😆 🤣
Good call!!
Can you stay continental during dinking but just adjust form to achieve the same level of aggressiveness when speeding up?
Yes! At the end of the day, it is all comfort and personal preference. What you said in your comment would be just fine.
“Slight” eastern grip= “semi- eastern grip.
Thanks for that!
What are your feelings about those that put their index finger on the paddle face?
Do NOT recommend it. On backhands it is ok!
I thought u said hyperion c2 was the best paddle
I love it, however it’s delaminated after two weeks of using it. I did not know that until after my video.
Coming from tennis, I already use different grips for forehand backhand and volley. People saying use continental for everything, now it's like ok now the advanced tip is to add changing your grip😑😑😑😑. Not saying you are doing this, but I'm annoyed at how often advice is often different from beginner to advanced in pickleballs We should be practicing the end game from day 1.
Totally agree with you! I’m on the same page absolutely.
Too bad that serve wasn’t actually continental grip haha😅
Hmmm
I think you make it a bit too complicated. You should stay with continental grip (hammer grip) and semi-easter grip. That is all. Don't get into extreme eastern grip.
Here are the rules that I think is good to decide if you should use hammer grip or semi-eastern grip:
1) During serve or return, you have plenty of time for top spin ground stroke, so use the semi-eastern grip. It creates aggressive top spin without wrist movement. Just follow through with the arc of the stroke and the top spin is generated.
2) During transition, use hammer grip. Your objective is to pick up the ball at your feet and reset. So, use the hammer grip to lift the ball.
3) At the kitchen, stay with the hammer grip for dink and block. For dink, it is just picking up the ball and push over, so hammer grip is good enough. For block, you really don't have much reaction time, so just stick with the basic hammer grip and block over.
4) At the kitchen, in the case of opponent's third ball drop going too high, you have plenty of time to switch from hammer grip to semi-eastern grip, to execute an aggressive top spin flick or roll at the incoming volley ball. This will create aggressive "deny the kitchen line" ball at your opponent.
5) At the kitchen, in the case that the opponent speeds up too high, and you are prepared, you could use a semi-eastern grip to hit back.
In summary, applying #1, #2, and #3 consistently will help you dramatically improve your game. And #4 and #5 are opportunities when the ball is above net for you to use semi-eastern grip to punish the opponent.
Thank you very much for your input I appreciate this feedback. I will take this all into account for future videos!!
Great job! @tanner.pickleball really needed this video from watching your backhand flick video!
So glad it helped you :)