What's Your Forehand Grip

[soyizgood]

Today I made a slight adjustment to my grip. I decided to move my grip slightly more towards the eastern. It's still an extreme eastern, but I was having fun with this grip. When I used to hit with an eastern forehand, I had fun hitting with it. I made errors, but also a good amount of winners with it. I got tired from a long day practicing, but at the end I seemed to get more familiar with this grip. I did okay hitting against someone with it (hit a good number of winners down the line and cross-court with it). But it was just a practice, so I'll try to work on it more. I felt I had more control of the racquet at least.

 

[njohnson]

When I first started I was inadvertently using an Eastern but after learning more about grips soon switched to a Semi-Western.

 

[indpndntrd]

Extreme Western

 

[Vince Has Spin]

Semi-western for me, usually.

 

[tennisfreak15347]

wtf? two people on this forum uses continental grip as a forehand?

 

[user92626]

soyi,

Is your swingpath with EE the same as sw? ?? Can you do windshield wiper with ee?

I can swing with both eastern or sw, but the swingpath has to be modified appropriately. Imagine same for EE.

 

[Uncle Emmitt]

thanks sig

 

[TommyGNR]

Is there anybody out there who uses more than one grip for hit forehand? I use continental for slice shots, Eastern for low balls and Western for high balls.

 

[soyizgood]

Is there anybody out there who uses more than one grip for hit forehand? I use continental for slice shots, Eastern for low balls and Western for high balls.

Most intermediate and above people change up forehand grip, though some do so without even realizing it. You're not going to find that many Western forehanders using that grip for knee-high balls. Even Hawaiian grippers commonly switch to a continental for low balls. I'm pretty sure many Eastern grippers will go to extreme Eastern or semiwestern on high balls.

 

[soyizgood]

soyi,

Is your swingpath with EE the same as sw? ?? Can you do windshield wiper with ee?

I can swing with both eastern or sw, but the swingpath has to be modified appropriately. Imagine same for EE.

You can use either swingpath, but I mainly use the one that more closely resembles the Eastern (finish over shoulder). Now if I am forced to back up before making contact or I have to hit a ball that came real low and close to me my swingpath might resemble a windshield wiper motion though that's not my intent.

 

[Uncle Emmitt]

TGNR

continental for slice. EE for flatter shots. Somewhere between EE and SW for spinnier FHs

 

[FloridaAG]

Western for me

 

[unprotennis]

my forehand grip floats around extreme eastern and eastern. me likes hitting flat shots :twisted:

 

[Storm_Kyori]

My grip is right smack in between eastern and semi-western. What is that called? :?:

 

[Uncle Emmitt]

kinda fed like??? SK??

 

[soyizgood]

My grip is right smack in between eastern and semi-western. What is that called? :?:

Extreme eastern.

 

[wyutani]

after so many months, im still using the eastern but im two handed, well so.

i asked a friend once what his grip was, he told me it between semi-western and western grip. lolz. i didnt know such a grip exists...

 

[El Pelele]

after so many months, im still using the eastern but im two handed, well so.

i asked a friend once what his grip was, he told me it between semi-western and western grip. lolz. i didnt know such a grip exists...

What do you mean with not knowing it existed? Any grip can exist. You just place your hand on whatever part of the racket and bam, that's a grip.