Greatest players grips
Roger Federer-(17slams)-eastern forehand, modified eastern backhand
Pete Sampras(14slams)-eastern and semi-western forehand backhand-looks like eastern or continental
Rafa Nadal (14 slams) western forehand (extreme?)
Rod Laver (11slams) eastern for both
Bjorn Borg (11slams) western forehand
Jimmy Connors (8slams) eastern/continental forehand
Ivan Lendl (8slams) easter forehand, continental backhand
Andre Agassi (7slams) semiwestern forehand
McEnroe all continental
Wilander semi-western forehand
Novak Djokovic-semiwestern forehand
Becker-semiwestern forehand

Only Rafa and Borg hit western. Was wondering if I could hit a forehand slice with a semiwestern. Also I don't put away the short balls as well as I should because I have trouble going through them flatter with the western. Probably would make more sense to just work on swinging flatter when necessary... Also not a big deal to change grip... Except on serve... when it's nice to just do continental on ROS.

Random thoughts
1. hit short balls flat or even with backspin
2. lean forward to hit forehands (and backhands)
3. set up usually as if hitting towards center of court and then swing early or late
4. stay very upright on the serve and aim to the left, just "push" it out when going to the right
5. treat first serve like a hard second serve
6. elliptical with weighted pack makes it so much easier to serve and volley
7. if it's not going to be a winner but it is going in, more pace mostly just means the other person can hit it back hard with less of a swing, more topspin means they've got a better angle for hitting it back, additionally it's usually easier to get a slice in. Unless they're rushing the net. Then topspin is very useful.