Problems with my strokes

I am a lefthanded player, just starting off. I am holding the bat similar to the pencil grip but i am finding it very difficult to play a forehand shot.

All my shots are played hitting the ball in line with my right arm when the shot is played to my left i struggle to adapt quickly to a forehand shot.

Can you help please? Thank you

Hi there,

Firstly look at your stance. Are you standing square to the table, i.e. facing forwards. You should be fairly square to the table when starting out.

The second thing is to have a look at your stroke. Remember the basics of the forehand. Your start position should be down beside you with the bat flat to the frant and your finish position should be up and in front of you.

Take another look at the Lesson on the grip and the
Lesson on the Forehand. This should help. If not let us know and we can make some further suggestions.

Perhaps you could send us a video of yourself playing through our Analysis section of the website.