View Poll Results: Which Grip Do You Use For Your Forehand?
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Eastern Grip
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35.29% |
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Semi-Western Grip
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24 |
47.06% |
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Western Grip
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7 |
13.73% |
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Other (Cant really think of another but I dont want to discriminate)
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2 |
3.92% |
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Mar 10th, 2011, 11:34 PM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
I use semi-western and hit a pretty loopy ball on that side. It's great when I play on clay, but lately I've been playing on hard courts so I try more to hit my 2-handed bh which is flatter.  |
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Mar 12th, 2011, 10:54 AM
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#17
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
What are Hawaiian and Cantonese grips?
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Mar 13th, 2011, 12:21 AM
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herpa derp
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
Eastern. The Hawaiian grip would be hilar. 
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Oct 4th, 2012, 05:31 PM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
How awkward. I always use a semi-western grip, but I have very little spin on my shots. I don't like spin, I prefer BBB-ing my way through life haha. Sometimes I think I'm more Eastern than Semi, but that depends how good I'm playing.
I experimented for a little with a continental grip for my serve, but it ruined it.
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Oct 6th, 2012, 08:02 PM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
I use a western grip and thats why my forehands are always so flat, like I am talking about absolutely no spin.
I have learned to play with a lot more spin now, maybe too much at times! |
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Oct 6th, 2012, 09:28 PM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
It's somewhere between eastern and semi-western, meaning my first knuckle isn't right in the middle on the second bevel, but closer to the third bevel, yet not on the third bevel. Or something like that.  I actually get quite a lot of spin, but that might just be my strings or racquet.
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Oct 7th, 2012, 04:32 AM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
I use a semi- western, I think but still hit relatively flat
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Oct 7th, 2012, 11:01 AM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
Can someone help me identify what grip this is because I am completely hopeless at this stuff
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Oct 7th, 2012, 07:10 PM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
Quote:
Originally Posted by Petkorazzi
Can someone help me identify what grip this is because I am completely hopeless at this stuff
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That's western grip 
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Oct 8th, 2012, 03:34 AM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
One time I thought it would be a great idea to start hitting forehand groundstrokes with a continental grip 
That lasted exactly one drill. My coach has me using semi-western now because he wants me to stop slamming it out on every even slightly important point – i mean, get more spin. |
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Oct 14th, 2012, 04:36 PM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
I use the western grip.
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Oct 14th, 2012, 09:35 PM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
Between eastern and semi-western |
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Oct 16th, 2012, 11:27 AM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
i always thought i was eastern but the pictures tell me semiwestern
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Oct 17th, 2012, 05:25 AM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
I change my grip based on a shot that I wanna make. If I want to generate power, I use Eastern, and if I want to add spin to it I use Semi-Western. The latter is an awesome grip for the times that you are in trouble because it confuses the player who expect a flat ball coming through, however it takes some time to get used to when you start switching into it from other grips.
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Oct 26th, 2012, 02:33 PM
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Re: What Grip Do You Use On Your Forehand Side
I use semi-western. I think continental was used for every stroke in early tennis history using those wooden racquets and all.
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