semi western forehand grip?

It's difficult to go away from an extreme western to anything else once you've got the hang of it. IMO it takes the longest amount of time to get under your belt and has the highest learning curve (sort of a pun I suppose).

Just have patience and keep hitting a lot of balls. You're basically rebuilding your forehand so patience is the most essential thing. Keep following through to your shoulder and don't neglect your basic mechanics. You'll eventually get it where you want.

1. For a semi western base knuckle should be on the forth bevel. If you want to find a good semi western, place the racquet face down on the ground and pick it up by the LOWER PART OF THE HANDLE. tHIS SHOULD BE ABOUT WHERE YOU SHOULD HOLD IT. 2. The contact point should be slightly in front of you for most shots. 3.The racquet face should be parallel to the ground when you take it back initially then as the shot progresses you should have the racquet face open up and be facing the ball when it hits. 4.To adjust positioning of the ball, your going to need to adjust your body position first off. For an inside out forehand make sure you take quick steps around the ball and give your self space between yourself and the ball. Hope this helps....

Stick with your western grip. By the time you learn how to swing with the semi-western grip, you could have worked out the kinks on your western forehand. I tried to switch grips, but failed miserably, and now I'm very happy with my full western grip. Western grip is a good grip, you can hit tons of topspin, and you can whack the daylights out of high ball that semi-western players would have trouble with. Just learn to get up to that low ball, people with western grips need good footwork to get to low balls.

keep the racket face closed more. its tough to switch that much that fast. try slowly changing it toward your desired grip. have someone just feed you forhands until you get it. good luck