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MrScience101
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Posted: 07/24/2012 at 6:21pm |
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I would like to know the reason why when holding the blade shakehand you are supposed to bend your wrist 45 degrees so that the blade is parrallel with your forearm?
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Gives you better minor adjustments by letting you flick your wrist a bit to impart more spin.
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If the racket is an extension of your arm, then you will be using a longer more powerful lever to make your shot.
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Relaxed wrist and forearm; more room to utilize wrist action.
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MrScience101
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Thank you all
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If I understand the question right, the reason is to keep the paddle attitude constant during time of impact. If the paddle attitude changes during the time around impact time then the ball will travel at different angles depending on whether the ball is hit a few milliseconds early or late.
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kenneyy88
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it is hard to hold the paddle any other way...
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MrScience101
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I of course learned in the garage and so for the last ten years I have always kept my wrist straight. I now need to re teach myself to bend my wrist 45 degrees.
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BING BING BING we have a winner! The other stuff is just icing on the cake.
I did this after 10 years of bad habits. It's work. It's worth it. Easiest way to make it more natural is to work on your ready (service receive) position and always drop the wrist. You'll learn it faster if you make the drop for both FH and BH, something I neglected to do.
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kenneyy88
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So its more like a hammer grip, not a knife grip.
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Sure except when I hit the ball it is more like a reverse hammer because I straighten my wrist which would pull the hammer away from the nail.
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