one-handed grip

Monomanual holding technique

A one-handed grip is a way of holding something—a tennis racket, a golf club, a weapon—using only one hand.

The term often appears in sports instruction and firearms training, where grip technique affects control and accuracy: She switched to a one-handed grip for the backhand slice.

In casual use, it can describe holding anything single-handedly: a one-handed grip on his coffee while texting.

Related
  • graspSeize or understand
  • clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
  • fistTightly closed hand
  • palmHand's flat interior
  • squeezeFirm bilateral compression

wrist · wrist action · forearm · tennis · tennis serve · racket · sword · pistol · dumbbell · steering wheel · wrench · power tool · hammer · shake · firm · tight · control · leverage

Opposites
number of hands used

one-handed griptwo-handed grip

Grasp using both hands

baseball grip · hammer grip

grip security/strength

one-handed grippower grip

Strength-maximizing hand position

death grip · vice grip

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G