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I was referring to using the forehand side for any backhand stroke, but mostly the block and punch. As for strategy, a good placement game is a nice thing to have indeed.By "TPB" you mean traditional penhold backhand, as in an actual backhand stroke (opposite of FH stroke) or do you mean a block or a 'punch' (aka "push-block")?
Was just saying, I suck at this serve:I don't understand this part.
Ages ago, i started off as PH pips. After maybe a year, frustrated i couldn't get a BH smash, i went to inverted and have been playing that for sometime
I've been twiddling the other way..., and it only works on the reverse pendulum serve. Gotta try this way with the regular pendulum serve.I don't have a good source yet. But you can start with watching some of these vids on member suds79's playlist ... all PH twiddlers. I started watching this playlist.
Also, I made this video of me twiddling... only my 2nd time trying to twiddle... at the time of making this video, i didn't really watch other twiddlers. With brief experimentation, this seems to work for me, using my middle finger to facilitate the twiddling.
As the blade is pointing downward, gravity is helping. Didn't try to twiddle since the video. Will watch more of PH twiddlers in action first. At some point, will see if i can twiddle with the blade horizontal instead of vertical. This will be challenging.
As for strategy, a good placement game is a nice thing to have indeed.
Was just saying, I suck at this serve:
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So in order to get the same kinda spin, I do this reverse pendulum serve instead, which is easier for someone who plays RPB, as it's a very similar wrist motion.
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and some opponents just roll over and surrender when they see pips
I've been twiddling the other way..., and it only works on the reverse pendulum serve. Gotta try this way with the regular pendulum serve.
found this vid:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODYwNTM1MTY=.html
Anyway, I'm a "modern" penholder, with RPB, I do like to step over a lot, more Like Xu Xin than Wong CT to put it that way (although can't really be compared...), despite that I use MX-P fh + Acuda Blue P2 bh (on a HH III), after a lot of testing/changing/mixing over a couple years. I've decided to stick with this.
which is closer to Wong CT equipment wise. (he don't use that tacky fh :v).
I do however most often use Traditional penhold to recover shots before I either transition.. or step over. Depending.
I like sidespin. I like lob. I like heavy top spin. And I like killers down the line... that sometimes gets blocked back.
Well that's me.
I have played a bit in a club, and I have ranked decently in "club competitions" (which was a pretty decent club, Norway-wise), but never participated in actual competitions. Now I go to university, and am the head of the TT club there.
I switched over to penhold after a 12 year break because I couldn't do anything with HS. On Monday I Started to learn rpb loop, it's very taxing to lift backspin but it's very fun.
Very cool mky! RPB is challenging for me, i think i may have carpal tunnel syndrome after 30+ yrs typing on computer keyboards, so for now i've not embraced the modern PH style and stuck to the oldschool 1-sided play
Thank you mky!
I sit on the computer a lot as well and stretching my wrists daily really helps.
Thanks for the welcome! And yeah, that's how I feel too, just that I never really went down the path of tackiness, appart from trying it a couple times and then figuring out no... I'd rather get a good euro/jap fh rubber.
Thanks for the welcome! And yeah, that's how I feel too, just that I never really went down the path of tackiness, appart from trying it a couple times and then figuring out no... I'd rather get a good euro/jap fh rubber.
Speaking of stretches I do have a slight tennis elbow problem that comes and goes... so I need to play moderately.
I see the point in "taxing to lift backspin" I personally never "lift" backspin with RPB... unless it's training or a backspin I feel confident to flick over. I always cut or fh step over loops them... I'm not advanced enough on RPB to make lifting backspin worth it. + as you mentioned, it's taxing to repeatedly execute.
as a fairly beginner kinda player, I'd like to ask for advice on my grip. I tend to grip the bat real tight, as in both index finger joints are on the board (pic below). That way, the (somewhat heavy) bat doesn't feel like flying away everytime I do a bigger swing, and backhand strokes are easier to execute. BUT, the ball hits my thumb a lot. And my fingers on the BH side, which take up half the rubber.
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I've been trying to use a looser grip, with the second index finger joint not on the blade. I get more acceleration out of this grip, the ball hits my fingers less, but it's hard to control the racket that way.
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Which grip should I stick to? Or am I supposed to switch between both finger positions in whatever certain situations?
For reference, fingers on the back with the first kinda grip.
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Thanks in advance!
I have a question: why does many penhold players just cut their FH-rubber down? Why not the bh-rubber too?
as a fairly beginner kinda player, I'd like to ask for advice on my grip. I tend to grip the bat real tight, as in both index finger joints are on the board (pic below). That way, the (somewhat heavy) bat doesn't feel like flying away everytime I do a bigger swing, and backhand strokes are easier to execute. BUT, the ball hits my thumb a lot. And my fingers on the BH side, which take up half the rubber.
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I've been trying to use a looser grip, with the second index finger joint not on the blade. I get more acceleration out of this grip, the ball hits my fingers less, but it's hard to control the racket that way.
View attachment 11174
Which grip should I stick to? Or am I supposed to switch between both finger positions in whatever certain situations?
For reference, fingers on the back with the first kinda grip.
View attachment 11175View attachment 11176
Thanks in advance!
as a fairly beginner kinda player, I'd like to ask for advice on my grip. I tend to grip the bat real tight, as in both index finger joints are on the board (pic below). That way, the (somewhat heavy) bat doesn't feel like flying away everytime I do a bigger swing, and backhand strokes are easier to execute. BUT, the ball hits my thumb a lot. And my fingers on the BH side, which take up half the rubber.
View attachment 11173
I've been trying to use a looser grip, with the second index finger joint not on the blade. I get more acceleration out of this grip, the ball hits my fingers less, but it's hard to control the racket that way.
View attachment 11174
Which grip should I stick to? Or am I supposed to switch between both finger positions in whatever certain situations?
For reference, fingers on the back with the first kinda grip.
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Thanks in advance!