The continental, or hammer, grip keeps the racket frame neutral and lets you play forehand, backhand and volleys without rebuilding the hand between strokes.
Most amateur mistakes start before the ball arrives: the hand slides toward a frying-pan grip and every stroke suddenly needs its own correction. With a neutral starting point, preparation gets shorter and contact gets cleaner.
Find it by greeting the handle as if you were shaking hands, with the index finger slightly separated. The challenge is keeping it under pressure: AURO turns that abstract cue into something the hand can feel.
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