Penhold backhand

Strokes

Simon Lewis
Simon Lewis Asked 13 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
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 13 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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