Shakehand or penhold grip

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Cristh Garrido Asked 9 years ago

Hi Alois and Pingskills

I play table tennis 4 years ago and i always played with penhold grip. I study in the university, so i can't go to training a lot. My level is so bad now, besides i feel hurt in my fingers because of penhold grip so is really difficult to play. If i change to shakehand grip (for comfort), i'll have problems??

Please help

Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago

Hi Cristh,

You can try changing. See how it feels. You will find there will be a lot of similarities behind the two grips but trying to change can also be frustrating.

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Cristh Garrido Posted 9 years ago

Hi Alois,

Today i tried the shakehand grip, and i loved it. I could feel my forehands with more speed, spin and control, the blocks was just amazing (the feeling is something incredible), the backhand is exactly like RPB. I felt lack of spin in my serves and recieving is a little different, but the shakehand grip is amazing, i am going to change forever.
THANKS A LOOT FOR THE ADVICE!!

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago
No problems Cristh. Stay in touch.

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