How To Grip Your Paddle When Serving
Posted on July 16, 2009
Filed Under Tennis
In table tennis, your service can be one of your best weapons or your worst downfall. Depending on the quality of your service, you can determine the phase of a rally. The strength of your service depends on the amount of spin that you can put to the ball. If you have a strong service, the more are you able to design a rally point. But if you have a weak service, the ball can be easily maneuvered by your opponent as he/she pleases. Hence, it is a skill that must be taken seriously by ping pong paddlers.
You must learn how to vary your service. In doing the variations of your service, the important thing is you can make your ball spin. In table tennis, to make your service stronger, you must consider your kind of service grip. Generally, there are three kinds of grips when serving. The first style makes use of your paddling grip. The two remaining styles require you to change your paddling grip. The first of these two makes use of your two fingers only. The last but not the least of these grips makes use of all your fingers.
Your standard spinning grip: When you do a service, you can make use of your grip when you spin a ball. The big advantage of this kind of grip is that you do not need to adjust your grip when you serve and when you do other stroke. But this grip is rigid as it limits your wrist movements. Limiting your wrist movement is limiting the spin that you can introduce to the ball upon service. In this grip, you are restrained from doing stronger services.
Index-thumb grip: Master table tennis players highly recommend this kind of grip. Among the three holding styles, this is the most effective when you want to execute strong kinds of services. This is the exact opposite of the paddling grip. It has a room for great wrist movements so you can put more spin on the ball. But this grip is also its own disadvantage. When you have a little control over your wrist, you can create strong erroneous actions that might hurt you with service errors. But a control over your wrist can be learned. If you have the luxury of time to practice more often, you can make a big deal out of this grip.
The unfastened finger grip: Other professionals term this as the loose finger grip. This grip allows more wrist movement than the first kind of grip but not as much as the second one. The good news is that when you use this style, you can enjoy control and wrist movement at the same time. Because three of your fingers are placed behind your racket, the angle of the paddle is more controlled.
Table tennis stunts and grips are best demonstrated in instructional ping pong videos. These instructional videos do not only aid your imaginations as they demonstrate the right kind of posture and stunts. They also try to make you understand the science of ping pong.
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