tennis-kid
Rookie
I use eastern grip for FH volley and continental for BH volley. I heard many people use conti for volleys
I don't know how to use conti for FH volley. It looks uncomfortable. How can you carve with conti for FH volley?
I wonder what grip most pros use for volley.
I have a friend who uses eastern forehand grip for everything.
No seriously, Serves, forehands, backhands (one handed too, looks kinda weird) and volleys and overheads. He never changes grips lol.
I personally use Conti for volleys as that's the way I was taught
I know what you're describing there in terms of using a forehand grip for everything. It's certainly unfortunate looking, but as a part time teacher and coach, I can only look at someone playing like that and think "job security"... HA!
OP (tennis-kid), get busy learning to volley everything with a continental grip. As you get better and the action heats up, you'll need to hit reaction volleys with no time to change your grip. That's where continental will save you, but even when you need to put extra zip and mustard on more routine volleys, you'll accomplish that more with your forward move through the ball than with a swing of the racquet. That's why some of us encourage the thought of volleying with your feet. That's where the energy is up at the net.
I have a friend who uses eastern forehand grip for everything.
No seriously, Serves, forehands, backhands (one handed too, looks kinda weird) and volleys and overheads. He never changes grips lol.
No range of control? Continental all the way.Mild eastern bh grip for both fh and bh volleys.
Hmm. What do you mean no range of control?No range of control? Continental all the way.
If you use continental then you need no mental awareness(if it is a reflex shot) to hit the ball, as long as you keep the racket level or a little down off plane, and not swing, you are fine. With eastern fh or bh grip you run the risk of the ball going out if the fh is coming 75 mph+ because of the natural tendency of the angle of that grip. You also will need to hit the ball farther out to the side with that grip. Make sense? If it doesn't I could find a video.Hmm. What do you mean no range of control?
Let's put it like this, what do you gain from a more open face grip on a volley?Its a bevel over from continental.
Only the fh is more open. BH is more closed. I don't have to change grips from serve to volley. Sure, its not a huge deal but it helps. Also with such an open grip on the fh, you can make contact well behind the body especially when some one is trying to drill you.Let's put it like this, what do you gain from a more open face grip on a volley?
Interesting. You serve with eastern fh, too? If you do you are losing at least 40 percent of the power you could have. In order to hit the ball in with that grip you have to hit it more above your head and not in front of you, loss of leg drive and shoulder rotation.Only the fh is more open. BH is more closed. I don't have to change grips from serve to volley. Sure, its not a huge deal but it helps. Also with such an open grip on the fh, you can make contact well behind the body especially when some one is trying to drill you.
It might be easier on his shoulder / arm, particularly on high balls. For me, I also feel that I can hit a bit more aggressively, on high balls, with an Aussie (semi-conti) grip than a standard conti grip. This could be the reasons that Pat Rafter used this grip for many, if not most, of his volleys.Let's put it like this, what do you gain from a more open face grip on a volley?
I mostly hit kick serves and so cheat a bit with the grip. So no eastern Fh to serve. I actually can serve pretty well. For a rec player who hangs out on TT that is.Interesting. You serve with eastern fh, too? If you do you are losing at least 40 percent of the power you could have. In order to hit the ball in with that grip you have to hit it more above your head and not in front of you, loss of leg drive and shoulder rotation.
Djoko grip? Is it an Aussie (semi-conti) grip? I noticed, nearly 20yrs ago, that Patrick Rafter, a much better net player than Novak, employed an Aussie grip for medium & high volleys on both Fh & Bh. For low balls, he appeared to use a standard conti grip — since the Aussie grip can be awkward for hitting low balls. I developed this habit since the mid/late 00s![]()
It don't seems continental for me. I use continental grip for both volleys, but I can't be aggressive with either, especially with the forehand side. I'm going to start using this Djoko grip.