Banana and Strawberry Flick

Joseph Chung Asked 7 years ago

Hi PingSkills,

I was wondering what is the difference between a banana flick and a strawberry flick. Also, how do you hit them and when do you hit them?

Thanks,

Joseph C

Alois Rosario Answered 7 years ago

Hi Joseph,

A Banana flick is when a right hander goes around the left side of the ball with the backhand flick. A Strawberry flick is when they go around the right side of the ball.

They can be effective of low shots that are close to the net with a little backspin.

We have a tutorial on the Backhand Sidespin Flick which is the Banana flick. For the Strawberry flick you drop your fingers below your wrist and the end of your racket pointing to the table. Then whip your wrist to the right brushing the right side of the ball. We will aim to make a tutorial on the Strawberry flick.

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Jean Balthazar Posted 7 years ago

I can understand where the "banana" flick takes its name from, i.e. it has a curved motion (some called it the boomerang flick as well). But who the hell came up with the "strawberry" flick for the reversed motion ??? Was he like "oh, shoot, we're out of curved fruit names already, so lets just pick any other one" ? :o))))