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    • Functional Variations of Tennis Teaching Styles
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    • Net Clearance Fix
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  • TENNIS READINESS
    • Breathe, See the Ball Better, Take Everything Early
    • Watch Your Tennis Opponent Prepare and Execute
    • Fix Your Tennis Cross-training
    • Each Day Tennis is Different
    • Grip Locator for a Right Handed Forehand
    • Grip Locator for a Left Handed Forehand
  • TENNIS STROKES
    • One Hand, Sliced, Backhand Groundstroke
    • Fix Your Tennis Serve
    • Tennis Serve Sequence Photos
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    • Functional Tennis Ball Toss Variations
    • Serving Wrist Flexion or Snap
    • Fix Your Service Return
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​Grip Locator for a Right Handed Forehand

 (Tennis article by Randy Lynn Rutledge - a former USPTA tennis teaching professional) ​
​​This article identifies the butt cap bevel numbers necessary to achieve various tennis racket grip changes.

Left handed players click here

​  ​The tennis grip change locator (below left) shows the order of numbers (1 through 8) which have been assigned to the bevels of a tennis racquet grip. The tennis racquet (below right) has been labeled to show bevels 1, 2, & 3.
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For players using a right handed forehand.
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Grip change bevels 1, 2, & 3 are shown here
​Grips by Bevel Identification Numbers (right handed forehand)
Bevel 1: Eastern Backhand - This is a basic backhand grip used by all-court tennis players.
Bevel 2: Continental Grip - This is a basic service grip; it is also used for volleys, slice, and low balls.
Bevel 3: Eastern Grip - This is a basic forehand grip used by all-court tennis players
Bevel 4: Semi-Western Grip - This grip is used to hit high bouncing balls with topspin.
Bevel 5: Full Western Grip - This grip is rarely used.
Bevel 8: Semi-Western Backhand - This grip is used to hit high bouncing balls with topspin. 
​​Note: The above grip change bevel indicator is for right handed forehands; for left handed forehands begin counting at one and continue counter-clockwise around the grip.
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Grip change repositioning
​Changes of grip can easily be made by moving the grip change repositioning line (an imaginary line between the heel pad of the palm and the base knuckle of the index finger) to the left or to the right around the tennis racquet grip. The red dot rests at the base knuckle of the index finger and the blue dot rests on the heel pad of the palm of the hand. 
Popular reasons for making grip changes are to present a different racquet face bevel for the string-to-ball contact and to reposition the forearm from a pulling position to a pushing position.
​Presenting a Different Racquet Face Bevel for the String-to-Ball Contact
It is common practice for an all-court tennis player to make a grip change from the basic forehand groundstroke grip (Eastern grip: bevel 3), to the basic service grip (Continental grip: bevel 2) to serve during a game of tennis, to hit low groundstrokes, to apply slice to forehand groundstrokes, and when volleying.
​Grip Change to Reposition the Forearm into a Pushing Position 
Net players routinely make grip changes from the basic forehand groundstroke grip (Eastern: bevel 3) to a volley grip (Continental: bevel 2). This change moves the forearm from being even with the grip of the racquet to a position which is just slightly behind the grip of the racquet, from a pulling position to a pushing position which is particularly helpful for volleying on the backhand side.

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  • FIX YOUR TENNIS - RANDY LYNN RUTLEDGE
  • ABOUT
  • SEND A MESSAGE
  • FAITH
  • USEFUL WEBSITE LINKS
    • Education
    • Entertainment
    • People
    • Reference
    • Travel
  • BASIC TENNIS ERRORS
    • Fix Netted Tennis Errors
    • Fix Long Tennis Errors
    • Fix Wide Tennis Errors
  • BASIC TENNIS ERROR FIXES
    • Fix Tennis Errors on the Ball
    • Four Racquet Parts for Fixing Tennis Errors
    • Basic Tennis Error Over-Correction
    • Corrective Tennis Methodology
  • MENTAL TOUGHNESS FIXES
    • Fix Tennis Confidence
    • Fix Your Tennis Belief System
    • Your Tennis Zone Fix
    • The Tennis Zone Described
    • Tennis Dancing
    • Tennis Player Skills Fixed
    • Fix Your Tennis Flow
    • Fix Visual Input to Your Tennis Mind
    • Fix Your Mental and Physical Tennis
    • Fix Listening Skills to Enhance Tennis Learning
    • When a Tennis Champion Loses the Number One Spot
    • Fix Your Tennis on a Bad Tennis Day
    • Conscious and Subconscious Tennis Roles
  • STROKE PROGRESSION FIXES
    • Tennis Stroke Progression Fixes
    • Functional Tennis Variation
    • Functional Variations of Tennis Teaching Styles
    • String-to-Ball Timing Fixes
    • Non-dominant Hand and Arm Fixes
    • Net Clearance Fix
    • Tennis Muscle Memory Fixes
    • Parts of a Tennis Stroke
    • Tennis Ball Spin Fixes
    • Hints for Tennis Fixes
  • TENNIS READINESS
    • Breathe, See the Ball Better, Take Everything Early
    • Watch Your Tennis Opponent Prepare and Execute
    • Fix Your Tennis Cross-training
    • Each Day Tennis is Different
    • Grip Locator for a Right Handed Forehand
    • Grip Locator for a Left Handed Forehand
  • TENNIS STROKES
    • One Hand, Sliced, Backhand Groundstroke
    • Fix Your Tennis Serve
    • Tennis Serve Sequence Photos
    • Ball Toss Fix for the Serve
    • Functional Tennis Ball Toss Variations
    • Serving Wrist Flexion or Snap
    • Fix Your Service Return
    • Fix Your Tennis Volley
  • ATP AND WTA TENNIS MATCH PLAYLISTS
  • PROFESSIONAL TENNIS NEWS LINKS
  • TENNIS DRILLS
    • Tennis Drill: Back Court Rally
    • Tennis Drill: Hit the Light Pole
    • ​Tennis Drill: Improve Tennis Action Flow
    • Tennis Drill: Over-correction for Inadequate Footwork
    • ​Tennis Drill: Visual Focus
  • TENNIS GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • TENNIS REFERENCE
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