Can someone show me the grips?

siowmotion · 11-03-2009, 06:29 PM

Hi, I was wondering if someone can show me western,eastern, semi eastern/western and all the grips to hold a racket. I try to find on google but can't get a clear view of them.

Funbun · 11-03-2009, 06:38 PM

http://www.tennis.com/yourgame/gear/...al.aspx?id=649

By the way, no grip is ever exactly defined. I think Federer's grip could be an in-betweener of an Eastern Forehand and a Semi-Western Forehand.

SystemicAnomaly · 11-04-2009, 05:46 PM

^ The Tennis (mag) grip guide is good but it does not use the de facto standard for bevel designations. More common is to refer to the top side as bevel 1, the right side as bevel 3, bottom as bevel 5 and left side at bevel 7.

As an example, the continental grip would have the base index knuckle on bevel 2 (but what Tennis mag refers to as bevel 1).

11-03-2009, 06:29 PM	#1
siowmotion New User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 12	Can someone show me the grips? Hi, I was wondering if someone can show me western,eastern, semi eastern/western and all the grips to hold a racket. I try to find on google but can't get a clear view of them. __________________ Head Prestige Mid-Babalot Revenge @ 57lbs Dunlop 300-Big Banger ALU @58lbs

11-03-2009, 06:38 PM	#2
Funbun New User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 46	http://www.tennis.com/yourgame/gear/...al.aspx?id=649 By the way, no grip is ever exactly defined. I think Federer's grip could be an in-betweener of an Eastern Forehand and a Semi-Western Forehand. __________________ Lefties Rule!

11-04-2009, 05:46 PM	#3
SystemicAnomaly Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Stuck in the Matrix somewhere in Santa Clara CA Posts: 3,466	^ The Tennis (mag) grip guide is good but it does not use the de facto standard for bevel designations. More common is to refer to the top side as bevel 1, the right side as bevel 3, bottom as bevel 5 and left side at bevel 7. As an example, the continental grip would have the base index knuckle on bevel 2 (but what Tennis mag refers to as bevel 1). __________________ . Every tool is a weapon -- if you hold it right. (~Ani DiFranco)

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