Has the Eastern Forehand Struck Back to the Mainstream?

[WeaponX]

i want to revive this thread, to describe my situation.
Almost all my life, i was using SW almost Western grip for forehand, til last year that i change to eastern, i change because my forehands didn't penetrates the court well, i was consistent but i wasn't able to make winners, so i change to eastern, make topspins is no problem, but higher balls or balls that come with a lot of topspins are difficult to handle (i play in clay courts).
so i need help, i continue to play with eastern? or i go back to western because is more consistent? i like to play close to the baseline, and take the ball on the rise.

pd: sorry for my english

[rkelley]

Are you using full Eastern? If so, you might want to try semi-Western or strong Eastern (between Eastern and semi-Western). Those grips both still allow you to hit through the ball more easily than a Western but make high balls a bit easier than a full Eastern.

Your English is fine. I can understand what you're asking.

[WeaponX]

Yes i use eastern, i tried strong eastern but if i do that in the next stroke i change to eastern, everybody tell me that my game is no suitable for clay courts, because i don't hit with many topspins and y play to close to the baseline, i guess that i'll keep trying to practice on consintency, thanks for the reply

[Agassi-Fan]

I have been using an eastern forhand grip my entire life and have a very nice forehand. I find that i do struggle with people who have very whippy western forehands becuase their ball is heavy and bounces high up.

People do have problems returning my forehand due to the fact that it has low clearnace over the net and it penetrates deep into the court. Problem is I don't have much margin due to the fact of the low net clearence.