Its one of the more advanced concepts ... I will tell you the negative side of it for beginners, if they don't master the timing of the grip pressure change , it results into untimely tightening of the body and slow causes issues with the form where they are not able to generate enough whip . You have to admit , you yourself are quite advanced in terms of technique and normally grip pressure changes are introduced into a players arsenal when they are at an advanced semi amateur level
Yes and no being advanced. Yes and no being a detriment being introduced while still a beginner. Yes and no ought to be taught while still growing.
It is both simple and complex how grip pressure affects a shot. It is only one of the factors, but a real huge one.
Soft grip pressure on a block "eats" spin and makes it real easy to cover a heavy topspin and block it with control off the bounce.
Soft grip pressure allows you to go through over the ball on a short stroke to counter heavy topspin off the bounce.
Hard grip pressure allows you to punch through a higher bouncing loop to keep it on the table fast.
Grip pressure that starts out soft and loose, then right at impact becomes real firm... that allows you to use a real compact stroke and Rambo counter the loop back to where it came from. TTmonster has seen me do this on bh vs advanced players and really discourage them from looping to my bh. My stroke is not even a half foot, but it is a rocket return.
I think it is important for a coach to show a player how to block soft and firm... how to do it... when to impact the ball... this is a beginner's skill in my view. Yet, so many players didn't learn this. So... maybe it is an advanced concept... I still think simplified soft and firm pressure ought to be a beginner's skill.
Over tight grip pressure can sap power and spin from a stroke... yes it can. Still, being tight in other places is where guys lose it. Many guys have a primal urge to tighten the shoulder and arm together, then try to use the muscles on the back of shoulder to make the power.
Think... player could stay loose and initially generated needed kinetic energy... but before the arm whip, locks up the upper body. This fails to transfer the energy to the ball by tightening up the arm shoulder... then the player has to regenerate the power... using back of shoulder or worse... the front of shoulder.
Guys trying to be explosive at the end of that kind of epic fail are just asking to get a torn up rotator cuff.
Yet, the advanced players who have learned to efficiently use the the legs and waist to generate good kinetic energy, then amplify increase it with loose muscles activated in sequence with the right leverage and timing of each part... then form up grip right at impact... these grown guys and gals can really play the smack down on a ball... and do it with what looks like half their potential explosive power.
That is why I think it is basic simple stuff and also advanced at the same time.
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