semi western

This is just my personal inclination but when I use a SW or anything further I end up ripping as much spin on every ball as I can and just hope it lands in because I find that it's hard to get a good feel of the ball with SW or anything more extreme. With an EE I have more control over pace...

Hi, I'm a 56 y.o. NTRP 3.5 player. Recently affected by tennis-elbow. After a 3-4 months break - want to start off slowly. I am trying to understand what variant of semi-western grip I use. I heard that extreme grips coupled with improper techqniue can cause injuries. I think I'm either using...

I've been playing tennis for quite sometime now (10+ years as a junior, and been consistently playing for the past 3 years now at 28 yo). And I just discovered the following: At almost 100% of my forehand shots, I hit the ball in a contact point where my hand is tilted like this, creating an...

Hi guys, Maybe you can help me out. I am struggling with my forehand for way too long now. I use a semi-western grip, as you can see in the video's below (regular speed and 0.25x speed). I tried to change it to a western or eastern grip but that was no success at all, so I hope you can give me...

I switched to this bh grip today. I thickened my 4 1/4 grip to allow for my palm to almost be locked in. What I realised is that before I used a lot of wrist in my one hand backhands and it felt "shaky". This change lets me lock, load and rip!!! This is a semi-western backhand grip...

EDIT: this thread is dedicated to fans of Semi/Western forehand grips so if you're not please don't troll. Thank You! This doesn't apply given the Borg/McEnroe/Connors era, or prior to Sampras/Federer, but given recent advances in tennis in general, is an Eastern Forehand Grip now approaching...

(Apologies if I posted it on the wrong forum) For me, I'm using the strong eastern (In between e/sw) but I'm planning on switching to the semi western as it is quite difficult for me to hit high balls and hitting more spin. Which one's better all round? Which one would you prefer to use...

Hi, I play tennis for 3 years, got to somewhat 4.5 lvl and still improving, practicing hard daily. Last week practicing for a tournament I've found myself hitting only with notable weaker players, (3.5 best) that couldn't handle my pace, and I had difficulty maintaining a practice rally that...