Gripping for the Forehand Shot -
The most common way to grip the tennis racquet for the forehand is known as the eastern forehand, and this is likely going to be the one that you utilize for forehand drives and for the majority of your shots as well. This is also known as the shake hands method of gripping the racquet because of the fact that you are going to take the racquet into your hand much in the same way as you would reach to shake hands with someone. In order to make sure that you have the right grip, it will be a good idea for you to put your hand down flat on the strings of the racquet, sliding your hand down in the direction of the handle. Now you should wrap the fingers of your hand all the way around the racquet, but keep the tension away from your fingers. The first finger of your hand should be just slightly forward as if you were holding onto the trigger on a gun.
When you are playing on harder courts, you may want to use the western grip, which is especially useful when it comes to higher bouncing balls. For this particular style of grip, you are going to want to move the thumb in a clockwise fashion along the top of the handle so that your palm slides under it, making it easier for you to respond to shots that are waist high.
Gripping for the Backhand Shot -
First you are going to want to adopt the grip mentioned above; the eastern forehand grip, and then you are going to want to move your hand in a counter clockwise fashion around the handle. You should tuck your thumb down underneath, and you should make sure that your palm of your hand is closer along the top of the handle. Now you should wrap the thumb along the handle making a firmer grip. You are going to want to make sure that your grip is really firm but that your fingers are not pressed too closely to one another in order to achieve the best grip.
Many players like to adopt a backhand grip with two hands in order to gain some extra strength. You might consider adopting this same type of grip, which will involve bracing your second hand much in the same way as you did with the first. As a general rule, you are going to want to adopt the eastern style forehand grip when you are serving and completing overhead smashes, as well as for basic forehand ground strokes. When you are making volleys on the other hand, either grip will work depending on what direction you are attempting to volley the ball into.
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Originally posted 2009-11-25 03:00:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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