Changing grip for low balls

1) no, it’s not continental. You change the grip. 2) very effective. For ball that have little bounce off the glass, this is sometimes the only way to get the ball back 3) most of the time, you want to hit it fast to the opponent’s body. Play soft and they can do a drop shot, play a poor lob and they will smash it 4) it’s a grip change to open up your racket to face the sky more, and you hit the ball forward (not up)

Changing the grip and using the wrist is very often also compensating for not bending your knees and getting low with your body. Look at all the pro's defending volleys from the back of the court - they are always super low with their bodies scraping the balls from the floor. Yes its way more exhausting but will give you more control over the shot you're playing

Its an advance technique. Especially for the backhandwhen dealing with low balls its better to change to forehand grip.

It's eastern forehand if you're playing a low backhand and eastern backhand if you're playing a low forehand. It usually only allows you to play a lob. It's not a great option because it telegraphs the shot you'll be playing unless you're extremely good at it, which means your opponents have all the time in the world to set up for a smash. Di Nenno uses it quite a lot, and so does Lamperti. If you're playing against players who have good x3s without outside play it will usually be point over, much like a boast. If conditions aren't great to kick the ball out then it can see much more play.

I think it depends on the player wether it’s more of a wrist action or a change of grip. For very difficult ball that dies after the glass or just so low it almost roll on the floor I personally use a mix of both. I change the grip to a slight eastern backhand grip AND use the wrist (like if you were decelerating a motorcycle). Usually this means that you are under a lot of pressure and these balls when you defend them will naturally go flat and low (preferably with power but more like pushed and not hit). But with slightly less difficult balls, with that change of grip and/or wrist action you could be able to do a decent lob if you can get under the ball. Risky though

If the volley is really good you kind of need to open your racket to fit the racket under the ball, otherwise rerurning the ball is very difficult. Also opening uo the racket ables you to get more height to your lobs. In back hand corner oprning the racket also opens your wrist more so you can hit cross court better. So answer to your question. Yes. Mnay good players intentionally change their grips.

My understanding is that this is only for when you are forced to hit the ball basically at the floor level - if your swing is normal then you’ll just hit it in the net, so you switch to ‘frying pan’ grip, opening the face, so you can get under it just enough to get it over the net. Your anticipation has to be extremely advanced to recognise when to do this and execute it effectively.

First time ?

1. It's a grip change. I use forehand grip for low backhand of the wall sometimes. And I use backhand grip to scoop low forehands of the wall. 2. Yes. Bit lazy too because I'm very tall and my legs don't always do the work. 3. I personally lob it a lot even though I shouldn't. But depends how comfortable you get with it. 4. I'm working on a padel-related app to check your grip. Would you be interested? It seems I can't post media, but here's a gif link https://imgur.com/a/hApsQ7W