Multiple Serve Grips

[vmiller]

John,

Hopefully this will be my last question for a while.

What's your opinion on having two serving grips - continental for the first and eastern bh for the second? Or what about something in between for all serves?

[John Yandell]

I think it's hard to have a good serve with one grip. For the vast majority of players a continental or even a mild continental like Mac. The Eastern backhand grips you see very rarely even in top players. People get mesmerized by the spin but spin is only effective if you don't give up too much speed. Find one grip and stick with it.