You are the first coach to say Eastern grip is easier and I completely agree. I can use both, however I always find western grip to harder with low balls.
@@drtopspintennis if you do, remember that to win all those matches he had to break serve. Mac's return of serve, ground game, and tactics don't get enough respect. Example, on the return he would often try to go down the line, very aggressive, and on groundstrokes his cross court hard slice was a money shot. His lob was underrated too. Mac was much more than a slice serve to the ad court, what Bud Collins called The can=opener, and a volley to the open court, I hate Mac's antics and outbursts but his game at its peak was explosive, aggressive, and he deployed some of the best tactics of his day. BTW my favorite Mac match is the 1984 US Open SF match v. Connors. Have you seen it? Night time prime time match with the greatest announcing team ever - Tony Trabert, Pat Summerall, and John Newcomb. They had a camera set up low on the court behind the players so you could really get a great perspective on the shots. Only a handful of points separated the two combatants. Five set thriller!
Coach, can you get more pace/pop with Eastern grip over a semi western. I use a semi W grip but would like a little more pop = Pistol Pete Sampras used an Eastern grip. At least some of the time I intend on switching to the Eastern to hit a flatter faster shot.
You are the first coach to say Eastern grip is easier and I completely agree. I can use both, however I always find western grip to harder with low balls.
Great coaching.
I am using (Continental Grip) for both forehand & backhand and I have no problem.
Excellent! I suspect you can chip and charge the net better than most.
old school, Johnny Mac style!
I may have to do a Johnny Mac tribute video….
@@drtopspintennis if you do, remember that to win all those matches he had to break serve. Mac's return of serve, ground game, and tactics don't get enough respect. Example, on the return he would often try to go down the line, very aggressive, and on groundstrokes his cross court hard slice was a money shot. His lob was underrated too. Mac was much more than a slice serve to the ad court, what Bud Collins called The can=opener, and a volley to the open court, I hate Mac's antics and outbursts but his game at its peak was explosive, aggressive, and he deployed some of the best tactics of his day. BTW my favorite Mac match is the 1984 US Open SF match v. Connors. Have you seen it? Night time prime time match with the greatest announcing team ever - Tony Trabert, Pat Summerall, and John Newcomb. They had a camera set up low on the court behind the players so you could really get a great perspective on the shots. Only a handful of points separated the two combatants. Five set thriller!
Yes!! What a great match! His antics did really overshadow the quality of his tennis.
Ok thought all this time your Eastern grip was my semi western grip
I play with a western grip. Only did an eastern for this video.
Coach, can you get more pace/pop with Eastern grip over a semi western. I use a semi W grip but would like a little more pop = Pistol Pete Sampras used an Eastern grip. At least some of the time I intend on switching to the Eastern to hit a flatter faster shot.
You can definitely get more pace on an eastern grip; however your errors will go up more because of the lack of topspin.