Back To Basics: Grips

Back To Basics: Grips

May 6, 2026 ยท 43 min

About this episode

Steve Smith and Dave Anderson discuss the importance of proper grips in tennis and the common mistakes players make.

Steve Smith and Dave Anderson dedicate the latest episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast to one of the most fundamental and overlooked topics in tennis teaching: grips. Responding to listener requests to go back to basics, Steve works through his notes on the subject while he and Dave dig into why so many players, even experienced ones, are holding the racket incorrectly and why so few coaches are doing enough about it. The conversation covers everything from the math behind bevel changes an...

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