Roger Federer's Forehand Grip

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This video examines the grip that Roger Federer uses when he hits a forehand. Turns out that Federer uses an eastern forehand grip, which is the most conservative grip you can use when hitting a forehand.

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[rcminit109]

ur like a weatherman but tennis style

[rogerigez21]

isn't fed's forehand half way between and eastern and semi-western?

[CommanderSwedePlays]

@TopTennisHighlights Anything capable of "chroma keying"...so pretty much anything that isn't Windows Movie Maker

[TopTennisHighlights]

SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER THIS:

When the tennis racquet pops up on the screen firstly in the video, what editing program would I need to do that? Also to add the numbers on the bevels, it couldn't be that complicated surely?

[matx97]

actually federer forehand grip is halfway between eastern and semi-western grip

[jebzino]

Please, please, do one of these of these on Roger's backhand grip. It seems he's between Eastern backhand and and Continental but no-one has proven this right or wrong. Thanks!

[dailydoseofrawr]

roger's face in that picture just says to me, " lol i dunno just playing tennis" :D

[darinZtennis]

this video was well constructed but inaccurate. Roger is clearly a semi-western forehand and not eastern. an eastern forehand would place roger's bridge(between the thumb and the index finger) in the center of bevel #1. His bridge is resting on the first #2 bevel. Nadal's is on the back bevel #2 . YOU CAN NOT base the grip on the index knuckle only due to the fact we all measure out differently but the grip size is fixed. the bridge is the only precise way to determine grip .

[Bomberdoom]

@mrbobevans the modification for the semiwester and western is different, as the semi western already tends to a frying pan-ish grip(western). The eastern and semi western are in two different sets altogether, so unless the knuckle is on the line between the bevels/slightly on the 4th, then it's eastern. Once you move your knuckle onto the line, between the bevels then it stops being an eastern and you can't really call it a modification of the eastern.

[Bomberdoom]

@mrbobevans the eastern is smack in the middle of the third bevel, so even if it tends to the 4th a bit, the modification does not matter. This is ebcause the semi western is such a completely different grip for the forehand. I can't play that way and I see people who do and can. The eastern comes naturally to me, and even if my knuckle slips off the centre of the bevel, or in the sense of a modification, it makes no real difference. Only real change occurs when you move an entire bevel.

[Bomberdoom]

@mrbobevans I think it's probably like that to generate more spin or that's probably what comes more naturally (with the teachnique/feel/shot), but the knuckle is still on the THIRD bevel which makes it an eastern. The middle of the knuckle (geometrically speaking) is in the middle of the two then it's still on the third bevel. Also from the picture, it doesn't look modified, but I think it has to do with the shot/feel, or what comes naturally rather than trying to seeif it's halfwaybetween or..