TENNIS GRIPS

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How to Hold a Tennis Racket

There are 4 main ways to grip the tennis racket, they are, continental, eastern, semi-western and western grips. Each grip has it's own pros and cons. Your grip of choice has a rather large influence on how you play the game. Watch the videos below to learn how to hold each grip.

Semi Western Grip & Continental Grip

Semi Western Grip

Continental Grip

What grip to use for volleys? What grip to use for the serve?

The continental grip is it.

This is the most versatile grip and everyone must learn how to use this grip.
This is the grip that you use for every single shot other than the forehand.

Serve, volley, overhead smash, slice/chip, drop shot, blocking and defensive scrambling. This versatile grip allows you to hit down on the ball to generate enormous backspin.

Do check out our continental grip blog for more details.

Eastern Forehand Grip

Eastern Grip

Western Grip

Tennis Racket Handle

The tennis racket has 8 bevels. How you rest your hand on the handle determines what grip you are using. Have a look at the images below. The fleshy part of the index knuckle will be placed on the appropriate bevel.

Eg. On number 4 and it'll be the semi western grip. The grip is that held across the palm along the red arrow in the image below. (Do not hold it like a you would a bicycle handle)

Backhand Tennis Grips

Single Backhand Grip

Mastering this however is tedious and the shot is more difficult than the two-handed backhand. However, the likes of Federer and Wawrinka show us what a deadly one-handed backhand can do.

Firstly, how to hold a single backhand grip or the eastern backhand grip:

You start off with placing the base of the index finger on the 1^st bevel, do check out our introduction to the different grips for a clearer picture.

Double Backhand Grip

Firstly, how to hold a double backhand grip:

Your dominant hand will be at continental grip, bevel 2 for righties and bevel 8 for lefties, and non-dominant hand, just rest it comfortably above your dominant hand. The hands must not be separated apart from each other. Your non-dominant hand will basically be in a forehand position.

Your non-dominant hand will usually be the semi western or eastern grip. Again to check our series on grips.

NOTE: The non-dominant hand is the master hand controlling the swing in the double backhand shot.

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