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Sh players: how high do you hold your blade, and why? What about your thumb position?
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An anecdote to get the ball rolling - feel free to skip and just discuss the above question.
I used to aim to keep my hand as high as it will go. This recently led me to get a handle with a thumb rest designed for that purpose on my BBC flashdrive: Charlie calls it a ledge, shorter and much steeper than anything I’ve seen on a commercial blade.
After a few weeks I couldn’t deny that most of my shots get better if I let my thumb sit a tiny bit lower on the thumb rest; and keep a little more space between the wing, and the skin between my thumb and index. With the ledge, that was uncomfortable on both sides.
Charlie was eager to get me to try his standard thumb rest. Blade flew to the west coast, got surgery, and was back in my mailbox within a week.
Since then I’ve been experimenting with lowering my grip. I wouldn’t call anything I’ve tried a low grip. But lowering it just enough to make wrist movement easier seems to be all upside: esp, more relaxed looping stroke on both wings; also seems to help on blocks and pushes.
Sh players: how high do you hold your blade, and why? What about your thumb position?
***
An anecdote to get the ball rolling - feel free to skip and just discuss the above question.
I used to aim to keep my hand as high as it will go. This recently led me to get a handle with a thumb rest designed for that purpose on my BBC flashdrive: Charlie calls it a ledge, shorter and much steeper than anything I’ve seen on a commercial blade.
After a few weeks I couldn’t deny that most of my shots get better if I let my thumb sit a tiny bit lower on the thumb rest; and keep a little more space between the wing, and the skin between my thumb and index. With the ledge, that was uncomfortable on both sides.
Charlie was eager to get me to try his standard thumb rest. Blade flew to the west coast, got surgery, and was back in my mailbox within a week.
Since then I’ve been experimenting with lowering my grip. I wouldn’t call anything I’ve tried a low grip. But lowering it just enough to make wrist movement easier seems to be all upside: esp, more relaxed looping stroke on both wings; also seems to help on blocks and pushes.
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