Tennis racket grip

Claim 1

As a novel article of manufacture, a tennis training aid comprising the combination of a tennis racket and an elongated hollow grip therefor, having a central opening adapted to enclose the tennis racket handle, said opening being defined by a pair of wide sides and a pair of narrow sides; and means for detachably securing said grip to said handle, said grip being provided with indentations for positioning the four fingers and thumb of a user''s hand in either a forehand stroke position or a backhand stroke position, said indentations including: a first thumb indentation adapted to locate said user''s thumb along one of said wide sides when said user''s hand is in a backhand stroke position; a second thumb indentation adapted to locate said user''s thumb across said one wide side when said user''s hand is in a forehand stroke position, said first and second thumb indentations overlapping at a location intermediate the length of said first wide side; an upper finger indentation adapted to locate the index finger of said user''s hand in a forehand stroke position, said upper finger indentation being formed in the other of said wide sides in general alignment with said second thumb indentation; a lower finger indentation adapted to locate the little finger of said user''s hand across the other of said wide sides in a backhand stroke position; a plurality of three finger indentations extending across the other of said wide sides and adapted for positioning various of said user''s fingers around said grip, said indentations defining the location of the index, middle and ring fingers when said user''s hand is in a forehand stroke position and further defining the location of said middle, ring and little fingers when said user''s hand is in the backhand stroke position; a heel indentation extending rearwardly of the handle from the joinder of said first and second thumb indentations and adapted to locate the heel of said user''s hand when in either said forehand or backhand stroke position; a protuberance extending longitudinally along said grip from adjacent said first thumb indentation with a decreasing width and increasing height to a juncture of said first thumb indentation and said heel indentation to fit between the user''s thumb and index finger.