Grip balance
Strokes
thijs gruwez Asked 11 years ago
Hi, when I play 1 forehant topspin (FT),1 backhand topspin (BT), 1FT,1BT,....==> no problems
when I play several backhand topspins, I tend to bring my thumb on the rubber which helps to close the bat more but the bat has meanwhile been rotated a bit in the palm of my hand. If my opponent then switches to my forehand I often don't have the time to recover my grip and make the next topsin. Any tricks to solve this? I bought griptape (as used with tennis rackets) and will be testing if this solves anything. The only other trick I can think of, is ducktaping my thumb. What's your advice on this?
(Should mention that it's the first blade that I used with a straight handle: Bty Petr Korbel)
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi Thijs,
One trick that I have seen work well is putting a small piece of paper or coin under your pointer finger or thumb. If you move your fingers the paper or coin will drop and alert you to the fact.
Give it a try and see if it works for you.
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Rob Janssen Posted 11 years ago
Its natural to move your thumb upwards when playing backhands.
Most pro players use a slight backhand grip, even Ma Long does and they move their thumb up when doing a backhand stroke. For the rest there doesn't really change anything in their grip only that thump. (German players are an exception their grip changes are very large)
But what happens when you do that is that your bat turns a little bit over (more backhand orientated) when you put your thump there. But I found out when you relax your fingers more and if you put your thumb back on the handle your bat angle will for back to normal.
Hope this helps.