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Continental grip

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Hold the racket for volleys, bandejas, viboras, and controlled defensive shots.

What coaches agree on

  • Find the continental grip by placing your hand flat on top of the racket and sliding it straight down to the end of the handle, closing your fingers around it like you are shaking hands or gripping a hammer.
  • Use this one continental grip for every shot — forehand, backhand, volley, smash, bandeja, and vibora — rather than switching grips between shots.
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  • Keep your wrist free to pronate and supinate inside the grip, since that rotation is what angles the racket face and creates spin on the smash, bandeja, and vibora.

Common mistakes

  • The grip quietly drifts from continental toward a forehand-style, palm-up position, especially before a smash or volley, leaving the backhand volley weak or scooped and the smash flat and mistimed.