To return a first serve confidently, begin with a good starting grip. Place your top hand in the backhand position and your bottom hand in the forehand grip so you can easily swap between a ...

“Players like the thin grips because they can come over the ball much more and whip it,” says Roman Prokes, owner of RPNY Tennis in New ... snap and speed on the serve,” Macci says.

This is the way to hold the racquet for the serve, volley, sliced backhand and smash. It is known as the chopper grip, because it is the way you would hold an axe. It allows you to swing the racket ...

A tennis racket consists of a lower handle, called a grip, and a frame that contains a tightly wound ... On each half, a center line extends perpendicular to the net until connecting to the service ...

Here, Wilson ambassador Ferrer gives his five basic tips for returning in tennis, making sure every serve you face becomes ... A versatile grip can significantly enhance your return game.

It is the grip adopted by most of the professionals on the tennis tour because it is the best way to add top spin. Andre Agassi, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis, who have three of the best ...