The contact point
it’s interesting today because the majority of the players use what we call a semi-Western Grip there are eight panels on the racket and if you were place your hand on the very first or top panel of the panel of the racquet that would be panel one.
The next would be panel two, the next panel would be panel three moving your hand to the right the next one to the right would be panel four that’s where the base knuckle or your pointer finger knuckle goes and the heel of your hand should end up on panel three the semi -Western grip the contact point for that grip should be about 3 to 4 inches in front of your left foot if right handed , your stance is not square more open with that grip. The stance has to be more open to allow the body to be less to the side or not totally square in the lineup on the address position before contact. The grip allows you to hit highballs more aggressively with topspin and still recover quickly so the majority the pros today are getting aggressive baseline shots with semi-Western grip.