Penhold wrist pain

About your pain in the wrist. It is endemic to the penholders that want to do too much with the backhand. You should instead know your limitations and develop your style well within it's margins. That's why penholders are typically good blockers on the backhand and forehand hitters. The main difference w/. shakers is we hold the racket basically w/. the fingers, hence more free movement on the forehand. The backhand is limited. After you have twisted everything twistable in your body to get the racket in position, it is barely vertical. At that point you should also use your fingers in order to close the angle somewhat more. And that's about it. If you keep abusing your wrist the pain will get to a point of no return. I have found that hanging my forearm vertically and keeping my hand totally inert and moving it in small gentle circles (like a rag at the end of a stick) have allways helped me when the pain was not too intense.