Forehand grips in womens pro tennis

[florian80]

Hey guys,

Just curious about thoughts from some of the experts here on forehand grips in womens pro tennis. if john could comment on this as well it would be great.

what grip would you consider too far underneath on the forehand in womens pro tennis taking into consideration how important it is to hit through the ball and penetrate the court in womens tennis ?

i know its hard to put a number on it but lets try anyways. i am supposed to do a video analysis for a very promising 15 year old girl that seems to have a pretty severe grip. i have only seen a short clip of her but the hand is definitely significantly underneath the handle. the only player with an extreme grip i can think off right now is mauresmo and her forehand seems like a significant liability to me. not sure about safina...her grip seems somewhat underneath. maybe something like a 4 / 3.5 ?


thanks in advance

[uspta146749877]

John Yandell

Hey guys,

Just curious about thoughts from some of the experts here on forehand grips in womens pro tennis. if john could comment on this as well it would be great.

what grip would you consider too far underneath on the forehand in womens pro tennis taking into consideration how important it is to hit through the ball and penetrate the court in womens tennis ?

i know its hard to put a number on it but lets try anyways. i am supposed to do a video analysis for a very promising 15 year old girl that seems to have a pretty severe grip. i have only seen a short clip of her but the hand is definitely significantly underneath the handle. the only player with an extreme grip i can think off right now is mauresmo and her forehand seems like a significant liability to me. not sure about safina...her grip seems somewhat underneath. maybe something like a 4 / 3.5 ?


thanks in advance

You may consider placing a small note for John in the section entitled
"Sticky:Have a question for me"
regards

[uspta146749877]

A bit related article

I assume you know already

http://www.tennisplayer.net/members/high_performance/rick_macci/starting_kids_right_forehand/starting_kids_right_forehand.html

[uspta146749877]

Change of grip

A basic questions here is whether a player is willing to change a grip
in the age of 15