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2. Grip (tennis) - Wikipedia

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   A grip in racket sports, such as tennis and pickleball, refers to the technique a player chooses to grasp the racket handle. Commonly used grip styles include the continental grip, the eastern grip and the semi-western grip. Grip styles may also be categorized by whether it is a forehand or backhand grip.

3. Forehand - Wikipedia

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   The extreme-western or Hawaiian grip is a very extreme tennis grip where the player places their knuckle past the 5th bevel on the tennis racket. It's considered by some to be too extreme for tennis, as the optimal strike zone for this grip is very high up and is suitable only for pure spin hitting.

4. Why tennis players grunt during matches - AOL

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   The Women’s Tennis Association, which oversees the women’s professional tour, addressed gripes about on-court grunting in 2012, saying it would work with coaches and tennis academies to quiet ...

5. Tennis - Wikipedia

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   The most important ones are the continental, the eastern, the semi-western, and the western. For a number of years, the small, frail 1920s player Bill Johnston was considered by many to have had the best forehand of all time, a stroke that he hit shoulder-high using a western grip.

6. Racket (sports equipment) - Wikipedia

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   Squash racket and ball Racquetball racket and ball. A racket or racquet [1] is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in a variety of sports. A racket consists of three major components: a widened distal end known as the head, an elongated handle known as the grip, and a reinforced connection between the head and handle known as the throat or heart.

7. Why tennis players grunt during matches - AOL

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   Why all the racket? Experts cite several reasons — and say that while it may annoy spectators, grunting can actually improve performance. Why tennis players grunt during matches