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Grip.

Grip styles affect racquet control, comfort, and injury risk. Compare overgrip vs replacement grip, sizing, and materials with performance data.

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Grip ·5 min · June 2026

Tennis Grip Size and the 0.42 mm Question: What Building Up a Grip Actually Buys You

The number we kept coming back to is 0.42 millimeters. That is roughly how much one quality overgrip adds to the radius of a handle — which works out to about 1/16 inch of added circumference, or…

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Forehand ·5 min · May 2026

Western Forehand Grip Test: Does the "Extreme" Grip Actually Produce More Topspin?

The short version: a full western forehand grip produced roughly 12–18% more measured topspin than a semi-western in our hitting sessions, but cost the same testers about one in five low balls they…

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Forehand ·10 min · May 2026

Tennis Grip Technique: Is the Eastern Forehand Still Worth Learning in 2025?

There is a question intermediate players ask their coaches, then ask again on Reddit, then ask a third time when they're stringing a new frame: should I still bother learning the Eastern forehand, or…

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Forehand ·6 min · May 2026

Testing the Semi-Western Forehand Grip: What Actually Happens From Hand to Ball

There is a sentence that gets repeated in clinics, lesson bays, and the comment sections under every forehand video on the internet: "switch to a semi-western forehand grip and you'll finally get…