Players who are very aggressive use the deep shakehand grip for smashing the ball as this type of stroke does not need wrist flexibility.
The disadvantage of the deep grip is the same one that shallow grip has — the crossover point. This indecision point can be a source of weakness where your opponent can decide to attack.
The penhold grip is the second most popular grip used by table tennis players. Unlike the shakehand grip which has two types, the penhold has three different versions. It includes the Japanese or Korean grip, Chinese grip, and reverse backhand grip. The penhold grip is derived from the way one holds a pen to write. This version is common among Asian players. Holding a racket with the blade facing the ground is the defining characteristic of the Chinese penhold grip.
It is best used by players who prefer staying close to the table. The positive aspect of this grip is that your wrist will be more flexible than with the shakehand grips. A flexible wrist will allow you to put massive spin in your attacking strokes as well as in your serves. Another advantage is that it is easy to block and push the ball on the backhand side because you can freely bend your wrist for both forehand and backhand strokes. The main weakness of using this grip is that backhand topspin will be pretty difficult to perform on a regular basis.
You will have to twist your arm into different positions which will drain your stamina fast, decreasing the quality of your strokes throughout the game. The difference between the Korean grip and Chinese grip is that the fingers on the back of the bat are straightened rather than curled. Penhold also has the traditional backhand which is amazing for blocks and allows you to play very close to the table while being in position to use your forehand. It's great for 3rd ball attacks or initiating attacks in general.
The ban of speed glue and hidden serves is what hurt traditional penhold the most. The traditional backhand was a lot faster back then with speed glue and smaller ball, so it was much more viable for rallying. So the advantage in penhold: more advantage because you have more options. Word of caution though is that penhold might be a bit more complicated at the very beginning, because the grip itself is the first challenge you encounter: grips variations which are best for RPB might be difficult to use with FH strokes - and vice-versa.
The chinese penhold style has no real advantage over the shakehand style. However, the traditional penhold backhand chop block can cause many problems to most shakehand two-wing loopers.
But paradoxically, that causes a 'crossover point' losing slightly the very advantage of pen hold play. The main disadvantage of CPen with RBP vs shakehand is the fact that you will need more time to improve your skill. Also, you can't play defence style with CPen it will be inefficient and you should have really good physical conditions to release all potential of this style. Downside, you need to be in totally perfect position to play yr strokes.
The way the game is played now with a few exceptions, shakehand is played like the old Cpen and Jpen tactics'''setup from the backhand side to kill off the forehand side. I know a lot of you probably won't see that but it's right there in every game.
I am waiting for Mr. Sharara to address this issue and ban one of the grips as health-hazardous. Serves, backhand block, powerful forehand, short game, these are all advantages of penhold.
But the biggest advantage is what I think APW46 mentioned, the fact that shakehand has a crossover point where you need to decide to play a ball on the backhand or the forehand. In Penhold you just play it. I don't know, this lack of crossover point thing looks like a hoax to me.. With TBH strokes you still have to change the blade's position from pointing right-way to pointing left-way and you still have an indecision area and the same deg movement required - just different plane.
One have to get a very relaxed grip, otherwise forget that grip Originally Posted by violoniste As I was not debutant, it had been too difficult for me. Last edited by violoniste18; at AM. Oct 9, 13, Read 16 Reviews. All spin, no power or footwork. I don't play penhold, and I don't understand it enough to coach it.
I don't pretend to try. I can probably teach forehand loops and basic serves but anything else is beyond me.
Good luck on what NL? Why go away from the style I'm good at and exclude myself from most coaches? It's just to muck around, for me. Jan Read 0 Reviews. I don't pretend to understand what I don't understand either Hey, Lefty penholder here! The thumb, index finger, and the middle finger play huge factors in the penhold stroke. The ring finger sort of merges with the middle finger.
For this post, consider the middle finger to be both the middle finger and the ring finger. The fingers have to be firm; otherwise, the paddle will slip when you do basic multiball. The further your thumb is down the paddle, the more firm.
The more your middle finger touches the rubber, it will also be more firm. Also, wrapping your index finger might help here. After a while, your middle finger might get deformed.
My middle finger is slightly bent sideways away from my thumb. Wrapping your index finger around will make RPB a little easier. The more wrist you intend to use, the more your index finger will have to wrap. If your index finger wasn't there, your paddle would probably fly away. The thumb and middle finger are necessary to close the paddle. Also, the position that the thumb and the middle finger take will also determine what kind of angles you can make with your paddle.
For example, penhold looks like shake hand, except that the paddle got rotated about 90 degrees. Sample V-Grip Source. The V-grip is when the blade is held between the index and middle finger, spread apart at first to form a letter V. When the blade is in place, the index and middle fingers curl down the blade, gripping it, and the ring and pinky fingers are wrapped around the handle of the paddle.
The thumb can be placed wherever it feels most comfortable for the player. Some of the advantages of this grip, as reported by Tom Veatch when he went to China and first observed this new grip unver development, would be an extended reach, more leverage, and more power and spin in attacking. This grip also allows wide-angled shots and more control. And as with all unproven grips, it is hard to find a coach who is familiar with this grip enough to teach it. This grip is mainly experimental, and whether or not it will prove to evolve into a majorly popular grip in the future remains to be seen.
Another minor grip is known as the Seemiller grip, made popular by Dan Seemiller, an American player who won five U. World Team in , and was once rank 19 on the international scale. It can be observed to be a variation of the shakehand grip, but the tip of the forefinger is placed near the edge of the paddle, or around the edge of the paddle. There is a degree turn so that both thumb and index fingers are grasping either side of the paddle.
Most players using this grip will put either put long pimpled rubber or anti rubber on the back, as the combination rubber and occasional twiddling can confuse opponents with their varied returns.
The advantages of this grip would be free wrist movement, allowing strong snaps for forehand topspins, and good for blocking on either forehand or backhand sides.
There is no crossover point or point of indecision like for the V-grip or the shakehand grip. However, disadvantages of this grip would be that backhand side wrist movement is hampered, limiting heavy topspin and powerful returns for the player. Also, ever since table tennis introduced the two-color rule, which states that a player must have either black or red on either side of the blade, the strategy of twiddling the blade with combination rubbers is now less effective, since the opponents can keep track of the rubbers.
The grip is used by players who are mainly attacking style players, who attack with strong forehand topspins and steady backhand returns. Players who use this grip also prefer blocking and countering from either side. Table tennis is unique among racket sports, since it supports a wide variety of different styles of players, and before a player has a definitive style, there is first the matter of grip.
Other than this, there are no laws in table tennis that prescribe how players should grip their paddles, and hence, there are multiple variations on gripping styles. It would be ideal for a beginner to listen to the advice of his or her coach on what style of grip to use, but sometimes, it would be best to just find a grip one is comfortable with.
After all, table tennis is a very individualized sport. May 13, The Shakehand Grip Shakehand Grip Source In popular Western media, such as television series or movies, people who play ping pong are almost always shown to be holding it with their index fingers on the side of the paddle directly facing the body, and the thumb resting on top of the other fingers which are encircled around the blade handle. The New Kind of Penhold Sample Penhold Player: Xu Xin Source The last variant of the penhold grip is the reverse penhold backhand grip, where the back of the penhold is used to hit balls that come over to the backhand side of the player.
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