How to hold the racket for table tennis beginners
Holding the racket horizontally may seem simple, but there are some aspects that you should pay attention to in actual combat. Deep grip and shallow grip are based on the standard grip to adjust the distance between the tiger's mouth and the shoulder. However, in actual combat, more extreme methods are often seen. For example, when Deng Yaping holds the racket, her middle finger almost touches the shoulder, and Some athletes adopt an exaggerated shallow grip, that is, the distance between the tiger's mouth and the shoulder is ridiculous, such as Persson.
1. Emphasis on arc play
If there is a lot of friction when hitting the ball, which is often referred to as the arc and fast play, should you use a deep grip or Shallow grip should be based on your current level, specifically:
In the primary stage, the movements are not yet well established at this time. I personally recommend using a standard grip (that is, the tiger's mouth lightly touches the shoulder) ) or even "deep grip", the purpose is to ensure that the "wrist is relatively fixed" at the moment of hitting the ball.
In the advanced stage, when the overall shape is basically finalized, I personally recommend using a "shallow grip" in order to maximize the "whipping" power of the wrist at the moment of hitting the ball.
It is necessary to explain here: The reason why some coaches say that the wrists should be fixed and not exert force, while other coaches say that the wrists should exert force, is because the teaching targets different objects. If the body movements are not coordinated , The overall movement is not finalized, so it is definitely wrong to place too much emphasis on the force generated by the wrist; if the movement is finalized, in order to increase the power of the loop ball, it is necessary to use the whipping force effect of the wrist, which is more rationally used by professional athletes.
2. Two sides are heterogeneous (usually backhand granulated rubber)
I personally recommend that the standard grip be biased toward a deep grip, in order to ensure that the wrist is fixed and the force is concentrated when hitting the ball.
The reason is that unlike reverse glue, granular glue has a low friction coefficient. If the wrist is too flexible when hitting the ball, it is easy to lose concentration on the wrist and increase errors.
This can also be verified from professional athletes. The most obvious ones who use deep grip rackets are Deng Yaping and Wang Tao, and both of them have two-sided rackets.
In summary, whether to use a "deep grip" or a "shallow grip" in actual combat, you have to consider many factors, such as whether it suits your own playing style, whether it is conducive to forehand hitting or backhand hitting. Hitting the ball, whether it is conducive to the conversion of forehand and backhand shots, etc. Based on my own experience, I provide this idea here: when you hit the ball, the impact or friction is the main factor, or whether you need to consider the relative fixation of the wrist or the whipping force of the wrist.
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