Japanese penhold banana flick

Noah Clayborne Asked 7 years ago

 Alois, i was wondering does J-pen have its own attack against short or medium distance underspin balls to your backhand side? Or do I just push and set myself up for attack. I notice that shakehand players and cpen players can flick underspin balls to their backhand side and not be so vulnerable because they don't always push.

Jeff Plumb Answered 7 years ago

Hi Noah,

That is a good question. I haven't seen any Japanese penholders executing the banana flick. Has anybody else seen some examples of this?

I think it's important to note however that a really good short push is still a very effective stroke, so you can always keep working on that and make it a real strength of your game.