Penhold backhand
Table Tennis Strokes and Technique
Last updated 12 years ago
Simon Lewis Asked 12 years ago
Hi Alois and Jeff,
How do penhold grip players not hit their fingers when they play a backhand shot? Watching Wang Hao, his fingers seem to cover the bottom half of the bat when he plays a backhand. Surely that is a big disadvantage of playing penhold?
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Simon,
It is a skill that they practice. They tend to curl the fingers up when playing the reverse backhand to get them out of the way.
Traditionally the backhand was the big disadvantage of playing with the penhold grip but ow with the way these players use the Reverse Penhold Backhand it isn't such a disadvantage any more.
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