hey guys in today's video i'm gonna explain the difference between an over grip
and a replacement grip to some of you guys this might be obvious but a lot of you guys
will get this wrong so let's start off with a replacement grip so any
racquet that you will buy will have an original grip okay there's nothing underneath this grip
if you pull this grip up usually a good way to tell is if you see the plastic part
underneath or the exact material that is i don't know i think it might be plastic it used to be
wood back in a day but regardless doesn't matter if you pull this grip up and you see nothing
underneath it no other grip this means it's your original grip so in this particular racket
this original grip is pretty bad okay and needs to be replaced usually it wears off on the bottom
okay and this is why you sometimes do need to replace the original grip so once we take this off
we're going to remove this original grip and you'll see that there's sometimes with some
kind of plastic left over we're going to remove all that okay so everything has been removed and
now we can see that there's nothing underneath here but the butt cap and now we have to apply
a replacement grip so make sure that you're buying a replacement grip there are some players who
will put an over grip on top of this and now the racket will be too edgy in other words you
can get a blister because the edges will be too sharp because this is very sharp here and an over
grip by itself on top of this will cause blisters on your hands so it's absolutely necessary that
you put a replacement grip on top of this so when you buy this make sure that in a pro shop you ask
for a replacement grip or when you go online to purchase this it must say replacement grip and not
over grip now one thing about replacement grips is that they're a lot thicker than over grips
and they are also a little bit more difficult to apply but in today's video i'm going to show you
how to do it so usually the replacement grip is going to be adhesive on the bottom of it and now
we're going to apply it just like a regular over grip we're going to start on the bottom we got
to make sure that we make no mistakes and we're going to go along the edges if you want to know in
great detail my technique of putting on overgrip check out my video titled how to replace your over
grip this is going to be the same whether you're replacing replacing a replacement grip or an over
grip you can apply the same technique now i will say that it is a lot more challenging to apply a
replacement grip because the thing is a little bit more rigid it is thicker and it does take
some getting used to so it wouldn't be a bad idea to ask your pro to do it for you or to ask the
person in the pro shop to apply your replacement grip so guys a lot of times the replacement grip
is going to be too long and it's going to be too much slack left over so you can do is
a draw a line with a pen that goes along the bottom piece of the grip so simply apply this
piece right here and then just draw a line right here that matches this bottom line now i don't have a
pen with me i'm just going to do it like this and i think it should be pretty accurate so i'm going
to cut this piece right here okay we're gonna put this away okay and that fits pretty good now
i recommend that when you're putting a replacement grip on that you don't use the adhesive tape that
comes with it because what happens a lot of times is that when you put an over grip on top of the
replacement grip and you play for the with it for a time those type of adhesive tapes that the
replacement grips come with are not good quality so what i use actually is regular athletic tape
on top here this is a little bit better quality and it won't come apart every single time you take
the over grip off so with the other adhesive every time you take the over grip off which
is going to be super frequently the adhesive tape starts coming off so with athletic tape
is a little bit more stable and it's going to give you less headaches down the road all right
guys so that is your replacement grip and now an over grip which is what you can buy pretty much
anywhere you can get it even at walmart or target any pro shop will have over grips you
can buy them anywhere online will come on top of the replacement grip this is where you need
to understand now here's an important question can you play with just a replacement grip yes you can
but just mind you that if you're a really sweaty a player and your hand sweats a lot that the
replacement grip usually doesn't absorb sweat as well as an over grip so while it is possible
to play with just a replacement grip some players prefer this i highly advise against it if you have
sweaty hands because your grip is going to start to slip so now we're going to put this over grip
on top of the replacement grip using the same method as before
guys one important tip that i want to give you is that when you replace your original grip and then
you put a replacement grip on top of your racket and an over grip on top is that it's going to feel
a lot bigger it's going to feel like as if your grip size went up by one and here's the reason
why your original grip on the racket has most likely deteriorated depending on how long you've
been using the racket so now you've replaced that grip you put a new replacement grip on top
and all of a sudden it feels a lot bigger and you're uncomfortable but don't worry there's a
solution to that there is such a thing as a thin replacement grip there is such a thing
on sale all you got to do is type in thin tennis replacement grip and you will find
something that's going to take care of this problem i will also say that if you're
willing to suffer a little bit and play for a couple months usually the replacement grip
will deteriorate as well and it's going to start getting a little bit smaller and probably start
feeling a lot more similar to the original way you had your racket so there it is guys an
important distinction between the replacement grip and an over grip that you need to know
if you want to play tennis to the best of your abilities but something that's also important is
throwing your trash away on a tennis court i see a lot of people that throw their grip on the ground
it's really disgusting and especially in times of covet but also all these little adhesive plastic
tapes that the crips come with people just toss them in the air and it flies all over the court
it's not nice guys so when you are replacing your grip please toss all that stuff in the trash