US OPEN TENNIS

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They hold the racket like they would a fly swatter and take whack at the tennis ball. This makes perfect sense to them, as they are yet unaware of the relationship between loading, twisting, unloading, acceleration, pronation and follow-through. They just want to hit the ball! As these players start to improve their technique through proper instruction, they are weaned off of the Full Western grip and toward the Continental grip. This is the primary grip used for the serve. There are two reasons we use this grip: Power and Spin. We’ll get into those in a minute; but let’s first take a closer look at the grip itself and how we actually make contact with the tennis ball using the Continental grip. The Continental grip is achieved by ’shaking hands’ with the racket grip, with the tennis racket being perpendicular to the ground. There is ‘V’ shape formed by your hand when you ’shake hands’ with the tennis racket. Picture an imaginary line running from the center of the ‘V’ formed by your …

Grip is how you hold the tennis rackets. A faulty grip may ruin your service and injure you badly. Hold the racquet head perpendicular to the ground, the edge of the racquet frame pointing towards the ground and the handle facing towards your body. It is sort of a hand shake gesture if put plainly. Ensure that the line of the racket, the handle, your arm and hand is one. This is ideally your forehand grip. The backhand grip should be about ninety degrees turn of the handle from what it was for a forehand grip. The hand should be on top of the handle and the knuckles of your hand should be facing up (as in pointing up). It is advisable that the natural grip is modeled around these grips for maximum output and efficient play. Do not give up your comfort but try to reach a middle path if need be. Once you have your grip in place, you need to learn the stroke. Returning the ball will be impossible unless you learn strokes - the forehand and the backhand. Shoulders parallel to the ball or …