why do ppl reject the eastern fh?

[wyutani]

i dun understand this. why arent there more people using the eastern grip. most of the players in my tennis club are semi-western. this is weird cos i feel eastern is the most natural movement in the body. it prevents injury and you can hit both topspin and flat wif it. my question is why dun you use the eastern?

by the way, im a double handed fh type.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

i dun understand this. why arent there more people using the eastern grip. most of the players in my tennis club are semi-western. this is weird cos i feel eastern is the most natural movement in the body. it prevents injury and you can hit both topspin and flat wif it. my question is why dun you use the eastern?

by the way, im a double handed fh type.

Because most people suck with it and can't generate their coveted "extreme topspin like nadal!!" that's why.

Personally I use an extreme eastern.

 

[dman72]

Eastern takes more patience, self control, and precision. With Semi Western, I can basically swing as hard as I can, and the ball will still land in if my technique is correct. With Eastern, if I swing as hard as I can, the ball will be 10 feet out. I still slice with an Eastern.

I do experience some wrist pain with semi-western the last 3 years, where as before, when I used Eastern, I never had pain, so there are risks to that style, granted.

In general, it's about consistency.

 

[futurepro177]

I just feel like i have more variety with s-w fh

 

[WildVolley]

There's nothing wrong with the eastern FH. It was the grip I initially used.

Though, it really is easier to generate topspin using the SW grip. Most of the pros are using SW because they can take a big cut at the ball and generate a lot of topspin.

 

[tennisfreak15347]

I switch between extreme eastern, semi western, extreme semi western, and full western grip all the time. I can't decide which to use. Consequently, I'm going to test them out tomorrow during practice and finally decide which I like better.

 

[xtrakewl]

wuts extreme eastern?

 

[Rickson]

Eastern isn't exactly ideal for a grip and rip. The sw allows you more of a free swing than the eastern without the ball being sprayed.

 

[basil J]

I find the semi western, much more natural. It allows for a relaxed wrist that you can lock into a small "L" and provides more variety of shot. I found with the eastern, I hit flatter and sent more balls long. Since I have gone to the semi western, the eastern feels unnatural.

 

[futurepro177]

xtrakewl,if you know what eastern and semi-western are,just imagine a grip right in between the two,thats extreme-eastern,in the pro tour probablly the most known person to use it is federer

 

[Steady Eddy]

Eastern feels very natural, and is proven to be the best grip. Well, better than the Western. Some people think that some use the semi-western because if you pick up a racquet off of a table, that's the grip you'd use.

 

[futurepro177]

Erm..."proven to be the best grip",i dont know about that..>.<

 

[mucat]

Think of it this way. The ball does NOT know which grip you use, the ball only care about at contact, angle of the string bed, swing path, mass of racket, racket head speed. The grip will affect angle of string bed mostly. However, you can have pretty much the same parameters even for different grips if you varies the strike zones for each grip a little.

This is what I found out when I was trying out SW grip, I found out I can generate the same shot with my E grip if I change my strike zone a little bit.

 

[paulfreda]

Why do so few play with an Eastern these days ?
One way to see it is not that people do NOT play Eastern now but that 30-50 yrs ago they did.
The reason was that the game was mostly played on grass and low balls are great for Eastern or Continental grips.

Now hardcourt dominates and high bouncing clay courts even more so make an Eastern difficult to play with.