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Joe: Tennis grips. There are probably as many tennis grips as there are
tennis players, but there are some basic ones and important ones that
you have to use for particular shots. The most basic and classic grip
is the Eastern grip. It's used on the forehand when you hit a forehand
ground stroke. It's basically what we call the shake hands grip. You
put your hand slightly to the right of the middle and you always want to
look at your grip, by the way, with your racket in this position. Don't
put your racket in this position, or this position. Always have the
racket in this position when discussing grips and when finding out what
grip you have. Eastern grip is here. Shake hands. Almost like I'm
shaking hands with the racket. A very prevalent grip today for the
forehand is what we call a semi-Western grip where we move the hands
slightly to the right. It's slightly underneath the grip. My fingers
are slightly underneath the grip. That's a semi-Western. It creates a
lot more top spin and that's a big thing in today's tennis. Another
grip not so prevalent and not recommended is a Western grip where I turn
my hand even further to the right so it's almost underneath the racket
and that creates a tremendous amount of topspin but also creates a lot
of problems because you can't get underneath a low ball and it's very,
very hard to hit the ball deep. So, Eastern, semi-Western, Western.
Going the other direction, we have what we call the Continental grip.
The Continental is vital for three shots. First, the serve. You can
not be a master at the game of tennis without using a Continental grip
for the serve. Also, it's vital to learn to volley with a Continental
grip. The overhead, like the serve, same motion, you want to use a
Continental grip. Those are the basic grips in tennis - Continental,
Eastern, semi-Western and Western. That's it.
Kurt: Tennis pros these days, when they hit their forehands, are
typically using the semi-Western grip. The simplest way to find the
semi-Western grip is to put the racket on the ground, pick the racket up
in this position. You're basically ready to go. This is not a natural
volley grip, though. That's why Joe mentions the Continental. If
you're going to play with the semi-Western, when you come to the net,
you need to change your grip to the Continental grip.
Joe: Also, where your hand is on the grip is important. Most tennis
players that play at a high level hold the racket at the very end of the
grip almost from my little fingers at the very bottom. You don't have
to hold it there when you first learn tennis. Sometimes, it's a good
idea to choke up so that the racket is a little shorter. You have a
little bit more control. At the end, when you get good at the game,
maybe a little higher when you start out.
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[@rogansleftpeg]

how about a close up of the grips, that stay in frame for more than half a second?

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[@isihombing7896]

The camera couldnt be further than the hands. Might as well zoom on the face

[@lisamakifit]

Did you guys show the continental grip? I didn’t see it.

[@ranga1979]

Thanks! Most videos talk about various grips but not about where to hold...I mean, at the end this video mentions about how you start and how you can change as you move up...very helpful...

[@aikenhoxha6783]

I actually use the eastern grip but I have a nadal shot type and my shots 50% of the time go above the baseline 😂

[@123xyzabccba]

Short & Sweet & Clear 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻thanks 💐💐💐

[@MinecraftPlayer-ro5pt]

I finally learned how to hold the semi-western grip!
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[@김길동-x2m]

very helpful: thanx!!

[@yogidilip]

How abt a closeup shot of the grips??

[@AlbinPeterChinnamma1991]

Thank You...

[@ji-nemyu8843]

What's the difference between Eastern grip and Continental grip? Are they basically the same grip?

[@Britishmajestic]

kaka ika the continental grip, otherwise known as the "chopper grip" is slightly different. One holds the grip with V between your thumb and index finger is pointing straight down the edge of the racket. The Eastern is only a bit more angled to be able to put topspin on the ball.

[@Britishmajestic]

Beginners use the continental grip, and then tend to switch to an eastern grip once they are more proficient and have the right technique to be able to add topspin into their game.

[@ji-nemyu8843]

What's the best grip for single-handed backhand and what grip for double-handed backhand? Seems like they use different grip. Thanks.

[@brunobarthas]

That would be great if they could actually show the hand and the grip

[@ShooterMcGavin32]

Back hand??

[@jagrubster]

Why did they shoot this from the front???

[@MiguelVilla1234]

now this was helpfull

[@slaveofgod8474]

Western grip is really hard.. but its effective... too much topspinn... it will take time if u wanna learn it.. ... so most recomended is semi-western

[@EXDRA100]

why not include backhand grips?

[@Daniyalumer95]

EXDRA100 continental is also good for Backhand specifically for one handed backhand

[@shrinidhims5498]

which grip for slice

[@mustafarashad7353]

Eastern grip is a good one.

[@tennisdevelopmentinnovatio3138]

typical bush league tennis instruction, throw out a bunch of names that new players don't care about, but you didn't actually demonstrate the process to locate the grip position. So typical!!!

[@JumarCruz]

2nd

[@awsomeman746]

First