Every New Chinese-Style Penholder Should Watch This. 

Thanks. Really informative video. Felt the difference and similarities between shake and pen grips. Very much enjoyed it. Also can you make some video about how to smash on a receiving serve, and judging serve before hitting. Thanks.

I was just thinking this myself. What I would've done at 15 to have a table and a robot 😢

Thanks! Glad to be of help.

Thanks for the feedback! Glad to be of help.

Thanks! Glad to be of help.

Thanks!

No problem! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Glad you found it useful. Good luck!

how's it going? did you stick with it?

@@celzolsen8988 my roommate and i had a great time improving with each other :) haven't played since graduating uni, but one day i might pick up the paddle again

Glad to be of help! Thanks for watching

Thanks for the feedback! I haven’t tried any Double Fish rackets before, but I’ve used the DHS Hurricane Hao blade a long time ago. I don’t think generalizing an entire brand’s racket quality would be useful; a $20 racket and a $200 racket would feel and play very differently, regardless of what brand the racket is from. The different blade compositions also play a major factor in how blades feel and play. Knowing that both brands are fairly reputable, I’d assume that their mid-range rackets ($20+) should be fine to use, but this is based off assumption and not personal experience. I haven’t tried enough rackets to really judge them, so my current opinion is really: “They look pretty cool.”

Thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately, I’m not good at chopping at all, so I don’t think my advice would be valid.

I'll work on some videos for this in the near future

Thanks for the feedback! If you have smaller than average hands, you can try sanding down your racket handle a little. Sand a bit on the back and the sides until it feels comfortable to use the same grip on both sides of the racket, but be conservative with the sanding; you can’t undo it. Here’s a sanding guide for penhold rackets. It’s in Chinese, but it’s easy to follow along visually. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ma8wD9N0GT0.html With regards to blocking down-the-line with the backhand (I’m assuming you’re right-handed), you can try the following adjustments to make it a bit easier: stand with your legs parallel to the table, block the ball with your wrist slightly more retracted, and put pressure on the thumb when blocking (to open racket angle). Hope this helps.

Penholders naturally have more range of motion in the wrist compared to shakehanders. However, with the right service grip, shakehanders' serves have about the same range of motion. At high levels, the serve quality and serve deception are about the same between the two.

Main advantages I find as a penhold player are 1). the extreme power you can get into forehands and b). ability to return balls at the crossover point, where shakehanders often get in a muddle.

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It depends on what your goals are for table tennis. If you're playing table tennis just for fun and you're not planning on playing professionally or whatnot, go with whatever you think is more comfortable and/or more fun. If you get coaching, consider picking what your coach is more experienced with teaching. Thanks for the feedback!

Thank you so much ❤

Thanks for the feedback! I use Joola Rhyzer Pro 50 on both sides.

@@andyzhaott why don't use DHS sticky Hurricane 3 or Skyline 3? Im use right DHS Hurricane 3 neo . sorry my English

@@VADIBOY007 I used Hurricane 3 NEO two years ago. It’s okay to use, but it requires a lot of acceleration to use well. Coaches told me to switch to Rhyzer instead. The rubbers I use might not be the rubbers that you should use; if you can, I recommend asking a coach about what you should use.

@@andyzhaott what is the thickness of the forehand and backhand rubber

Thanks for the feedback. If it's a sanding issue, I suggest having a look at this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wZ8Ncpkg8EY.html

With enough practice, I got used to hitting the ball in the same area of the racket face. Occasionally, though, I sometimes hit the ball with my fingers, which can be quite painful.

If you have issues with finger slipping, a remedy I found to work was to use sandpaper on where my fingers rested on. The rougher surface makes it less slippery.

I used a cheap pre-assembled bat at first, but switched to custom later on. I highly suggest getting a good custom bat.

As long as you don't leave the rackets outside for too long, it should be fine

Hi Hendra, I’m using Butterfly Innerforce ZLC.

The blade in the video is the Butterfly Innerforce ZLC

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It's much better to stick with only one for attacking because you don't have to make an extra decision when the ball comes to your backhand side.

I started out using Stiga Allround Classic for the blade. For rubbers, something like 729 Focus 1 or DHS Goldarc 5 are good choices, but anything not too fast or too thin should work fine

Very good question! I don't recommend having the three fingers far apart on the backhand side because it further limits your wrist flexibility, which makes over-the-table play (pushes, flicks) more restricted.

I'm actually not so sure. If I had to guess, it's so that the weight is more balanced. Try it out yourself and see if you like it, since it does seem preferential.

@@andyzhaott The Space where I didn't attach the rubber is only slightly behind the center of gravity, so it barely affects the balance. Besides, if you want the blade to be less top-heavy, why would you place heavy rubber where it, as I stated, barely affects the balance, instead of just placing a tiny weight at the end of the handle? This way you could get rid of top-heavyness without drastically increasing the weight. It really doesn't make sense to me. If you curl your fingers, you can't do that of course, but e.g. Xu Xin always has his fingers straight and he doesn't do it. Why? I played like this for half a year now and there were no issues.

You shouldn’t be applying much pressure in that area. Round it off just a little if it’s very sharp, but try not to press down on it too often with your index finger.

Cazuo Matsumoto's TPB is a bit unconventional, but it's definitely effective. I'm not in a position to give any advice on it because I don't use it.

@@andyzhaott i think he has a tutorial on it, its worth to check it out

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Tony Vreski in my opinion, a short one is really good because it slightly improves one of the disadvantages in the video. A longer hilt does allow more control though

Long handle rackets are meant for shakehand users. You could definitely use it to play penhold, but I suggest using short handle because the center of gravity is closer to the head of the racket, thereby having a bit more speed and power.

Although it was a bit useful at first, I don't recommend practicing with a robot in general; my coach advised against it because it had a negative impact on my technique when playing against real players.

I use max thickness for both sides

Probably not

I don't have a lot of knowledge about equipment, so I'll just state what worked for me. For beginners, I recommend Stiga Allround Classic, since that's what I started with. For intermediate and higher-level players, Butterfly Innerforce ZLC is a good choice; it's my current blade and it has everything I want in a blade: good vibrations (but not too much), good speed, and good softness (for softer shots). While I had my Stiga Allround Classic, my coach recommended for me to pick either Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon, Butterfly Viscaria, or Butterfly Innerforce ZLC, so there are some choices for you there.

Great, thanks :)

@@andyzhaott With each of these blades having a large-sized sweet spot, either Yasaka's Ma Lin YEO or Butterfly's Inner-force ALC.s should be a good choice for playing RPB pen.