Traditional penhold backhand

Table Tennis Strokes and Technique

Last updated 6 years ago

Andy Zhao

Andy Zhao Asked 6 years ago

Hello!

I'm a Chinese penhold player and I am learning to use both the traditional penhold backhand and the reverse penhold backhand when playing. When using the traditional penhold backhand, I have gotten the technique down (pressure on the index finger, thumb used to press the angle down, last 3 fingers stacked on top of each other, all used to make a punching motion), but I don't feel like I have enough power in my stroke. When I watch some traditional penholders like Kaii Yoshida, I wonder how he uses the traditional backhand drive so effectively (he variates the backhand drive with the Japanese penhold smash). Could you please help me with this? Thank you in advance. 


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 6 years ago

Hi Andy,

Try to turn your body more and use your waist to generate the speed in the stroke.  You can contact the ball closer to your left hip rather than in front of your body.  Then to make the smash you extend that even further so that you are hitting the ball from outside the left hip and turning your waist more.


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Andy Zhao

Andy Zhao Posted 6 years ago

Thanks! this helps!


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 6 years ago

Great to hear it.



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