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on 9/1/2008 I didn't think the description was so bad. I think what was meant was to try bouncing the ball on the court using only the bottom edge of the racket, rather than the racket face. This would require a downward chopping motion, as though you were trying to cut the ball with a cleaver. Another way I've heard this grip explained is to hold the racket as though you intended to hammer a nail with the bottom edge of the racket. It amounts to the same thing.
on 8/11/2008 Incomprehensible description. Example. In step 6 it says: To test the grip "bounce a ball on the bottom edge of the racquet frame". Bouncing a ball means throwing the ball at the racquet and cause the ball to bounce. How do you throw a ball at the bottom edge of the racquet?. Impossible. Then it says: "It should feel as though you are slicing the ball in half" ??? I don't know how that feels. I could only possibly know if I had taken a knife and laboriously cut a ball in half!! This really poor english and not much brains.
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