Finger slipping

Strokes

hrishikesh bhaskar
hrishikesh bhaskar Asked 9 years ago

Hello Sir, 

I am Hrishi I been playing table tennis since i was a kid and my grip used to be ok ,i am using the shakehand grip and i use extreme forehand grip when playing forehand and extreme backhand grip while playing backhand. But my finger slips due to the so-called forehand grip and my thumb is rarely on top of the rubber, the finger slipping is not due to sweat.

Can u suggest some solution for this ?


Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago

Hi Hirshi,

Focus on keeping the fingers in one position for both forehand and backhand strokes.  Otherwise it makes it too difficult to change grips in a faster rally and you will make both grips difficult for yourself.

Try putting a piece of paper under your finger and thumb and make sure yo are holding them there in the rally. If your finger slips the paper will fall.


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hrishikesh bhaskar

hrishikesh bhaskar Posted 9 years ago

Sir ,

  actually i am using the shakehand shallow grip and basically i am a looper and i use forehand grip  all my

loops are decent and good but the middle finger is slipping after i execute the loop

i am not able to identify the problem i.e slipping

 


hrishikesh bhaskar

hrishikesh bhaskar Posted 9 years ago

Sir,

actually the fingers are in same position even in extreme forehand or extreme backhand,only the angle is more inclined to

forehand or backhand,please tell me why the middle finger is slipping?

 


Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago

They are probably slipping because you are moving the bat in your hand.  Keep the paper under your finger and see if that helps.


hrishikesh bhaskar

hrishikesh bhaskar Posted 9 years ago

how to prevent the bat from moving in the hand?


Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago

Hold it tighter and focus on it.  It won't take long with a bit of concentration on it.


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