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Hi Fellow members I have always played with a more traditional grip where the fore finger and the thumb was almost totally on the rubber.
My playing still is shake hand , close to the table loop drive on the backhand and looping from mid distance . I generally like to attack third ball if the return is half long, if its too long, I try to spin high the third ball and then attack the fifth ball.
My return of serve improved considerably when I switched to hurricane on the forehand and taught myself to go around the spin axis till I am comfortable with taking the spin head on.
My current issues :
1. Transitioning from backhand loop drive to backhand loop from mid distance. My knees are weak and sometimes I am out of position, so I want to have a more free flowing game instead of getting stuck in single style, european or otherwise.
2. I tend to over move on my wide backhand , especially when I am close to the table and late in reading the ball, he same thing happens sometimes on the forehand especially with spins coming into the body. But the latter is less infrequent.
3. Because of my weak left leg, I have the habit of the left leg going up sometimes. When I am conscious my forehand is more compact and quality.
Now, I found that the inner head of triceps especially the part connecting to the forearm on the inside is becoming very sore of late whenever I am playing more than I should ..
I figured if I can loosen my grip further and change to a shallow grip with my thumb barely touching the rubber and more wrapped around the end of the handle and the forefinger just finishing on the rubber , it might resolve a couple of issues , especially the transitions from backhand loop drive to loop. I tend to lock my wrist on the inside to get my elbow stable on the backhand to get my form correct and may be the more traditional grip is not tensing up the muscles in the arm. Also, I am guessing I will be able to gain a few more microseconds when transitioning from my serve grip to my regular grip.
I was trying it out last evening in shadow practice, it seemed that pressure transition from forefinger to thumb while transitioning from forehand to backhand is more natural in the shallow grip. I am hoping it will increase my feeling and even though I lose a little bit of control early on , it might actually help in the long term.
Any thoughts, suggestions , tips or warnings guys ?
My playing still is shake hand , close to the table loop drive on the backhand and looping from mid distance . I generally like to attack third ball if the return is half long, if its too long, I try to spin high the third ball and then attack the fifth ball.
My return of serve improved considerably when I switched to hurricane on the forehand and taught myself to go around the spin axis till I am comfortable with taking the spin head on.
My current issues :
1. Transitioning from backhand loop drive to backhand loop from mid distance. My knees are weak and sometimes I am out of position, so I want to have a more free flowing game instead of getting stuck in single style, european or otherwise.
2. I tend to over move on my wide backhand , especially when I am close to the table and late in reading the ball, he same thing happens sometimes on the forehand especially with spins coming into the body. But the latter is less infrequent.
3. Because of my weak left leg, I have the habit of the left leg going up sometimes. When I am conscious my forehand is more compact and quality.
Now, I found that the inner head of triceps especially the part connecting to the forearm on the inside is becoming very sore of late whenever I am playing more than I should ..
I figured if I can loosen my grip further and change to a shallow grip with my thumb barely touching the rubber and more wrapped around the end of the handle and the forefinger just finishing on the rubber , it might resolve a couple of issues , especially the transitions from backhand loop drive to loop. I tend to lock my wrist on the inside to get my elbow stable on the backhand to get my form correct and may be the more traditional grip is not tensing up the muscles in the arm. Also, I am guessing I will be able to gain a few more microseconds when transitioning from my serve grip to my regular grip.
I was trying it out last evening in shadow practice, it seemed that pressure transition from forefinger to thumb while transitioning from forehand to backhand is more natural in the shallow grip. I am hoping it will increase my feeling and even though I lose a little bit of control early on , it might actually help in the long term.
Any thoughts, suggestions , tips or warnings guys ?
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