Tennis Grip Training Device and Methods of Use

A continental grip training device for removably or permanently installing onto a grip/handle of a racquet or paddle for positioning a player's dominant hand on the grip/handle to teach or train the player the strokes associated with a continental grip, wherein the device comprises:

• i) an annular elongated member for positioning over a grip of a racquet or paddle handle including a top end and a bottom end and at least a top end opening,
• ii) a contoured thumb heel plate or pad protrusion extending outward and diagonally downward from the device starting from a B8 bevel of the handle at about midway down from the top end of the device to a B1 bevel of the handle at the bottom end of the device for positioning and supporting a thumb heel area of the player's dominate hand on the device,
• iii) a horizontal or diagonal plate or pad protrusion located about a third down from the top end of the device and extending outward and across B8, B1 and B2 bevels of the handle for positioning and supporting a palm area between the thumb and the index finger of the player's dominate hand on the device, and
• iv) a recessed palm area for positioning and supporting a palma fascia area of the player's dominate hand on the device.

A two-handed backhand grip training device for removably or permanently installing onto a grip/handle of a racquet or paddle for positioning a player's bottom dominant hand and top non-dominant hand on the grip/handle to teach or train the player a two-handed backhand stroke, wherein the device comprises:

• i) an annular elongated member for positioning over a grip of a racquet or paddle handle including a top end and a bottom end and at least a top end opening,
• ii) a first contoured thumb heel plate or pad protrusion extending outward and downwardly along a B1 bevel of the handle starting from proximate the top end of the device to about one-third down from the top end of the device for positioning and supporting a thumb heel area of the player's top non-dominate hand on the device,
• iii) a second contoured thumb heel plate or pad protrusion extending outward and diagonally downward starting from about two-thirds down from the top end of the device at a B8 bevel of the handle to the bottom end of the device at the B1 bevel of the handle for positioning and supporting a thumb heel area of the player's bottom dominate hand on the device,
• iv) a diagonal or horizontal hand divider plate or pad protrusion located about half-way down from the top end of the device and extending outward and across B8, B1 and B2 bevels of the handle for positioning and supporting a pinky finger heel area of the player's top non-dominate hand and an area between the thumb and the index finger of the player's bottom dominate hand on the device,
• v) a first recessed palm area for positioning and supporting a palma fascia area of the player's top non-dominate hand on the device, and
• vi) a second recessed palm area for positioning and supporting the palma fascia area of the player's bottom dominate hand on the device.