The General Techniques of Tennis

Don’t slavishly learn this grip exactly as I say, but rather model your own natural grip as closely as possible to these lines without sacrificing your own comfort or individuality. Footwork is weight control. It is weight that determines the pace of a stroke; swing that decides the speed. When you learn tennis techniques it is essential to master your grip. To acquire the forehand grip, hold the racquet with the edge of the frame towards the ground and the face perpendicular, the handle towards the body, and “shake hands” with it, just as if you were greeting a friend. The swing brings the racquet head on a line with the arm, and the whole racquet becomes an extension of your arm. The backhand grip is a quarter circle turn of hand on the handle, bringing the hand on top of the handle and the knuckles directly up. In explaining the various forms of stroke and footwork I am writing as a right-hand player. It is a question of having the correct body position for strokes, and out of it all strokes should grow.

Never allow the weight to be going away from the stroke. The shot travels ACROSS the wrist. With the handle settled comfortably and naturally into the hand, the line of the arm, hand, and racquet are one.

This is the best basis for a grip. It should pass from the back foot to the front foot at the moment of striking the ball. Left-handers should simply reverse the feet. Having once settled the racquet in the hand, the next question is the position of the body and the order of developing strokes. All tennis strokes should be made with the body at right angles to the net, with the shoulders lined up parallel to the line of flight of the ball.

The weight should always travel forward. Obviously racquet grip is a very essential part of stroke, because without a proper grip you will ruin the finest strokes.

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