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    Posted: 09/25/2016 at 8:47am
It looks like pingpong style grip, but this 2nd grader did beat Harimoto's sister with that.
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Just looks like a kid who is too small to firmly get his fingers around the blade penhold style.

I've noticed this with my 6 year old girl. Showing her penhold. Her fingers can barely fit over the blade.

I'm guessing this kid will switch to standard penhold in short order.
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Impressive! Never seen this grip before. She is playing nicely on both side.


I saw another grip named "V-GRIP" but it's different from this one.

 

The V grip in table tennis is so called because the blade is held between the index and middle fingers, which are spread apart similar to the 'V for Victory' sign to begin with. The index and middle fingers are then curled down to grip the blade, while the last two fingers wrap around the handle. The thumb is placed where comfortable.

Advantages:

Reported advantages of the V Grip by Tom Veatch on his website include the following:

  • An extended reach, which means more leverage, and thus the ability to produce more power and spin.
  • The ability to produce shots with wide angles.
  • More control, since the larger muscle groups of the body do more work than the smaller muscle groups.

Disadvantages:

The following disadvantages of the V grip are noted:

  • Shots to the player's elbow can be difficult to return, since the area of overlap between the forehand and backhand stroke zones is smaller than for the shakehand grip.
  • Since the grip is little known, it is difficult to find a coach who is familiar with teaching the grip.


Edited by Pete73 - 09/25/2016 at 8:39pm
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote king_pong Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09/26/2016 at 12:56am
That's not a standard size table they are playing on, is it?
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Standard size but lowered height.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TTslurp Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09/26/2016 at 5:19am
Originally posted by Pete73 Pete73 wrote:

Impressive! Never seen this grip before. She is playing nicely on both side.

Agree, especially on the forehand side. 

I briefly tested that grip myself. Forehand was surprisingly easy to do and surprisingly topspin backhands works too. But really hard backhands seems hard to do and the racket actually slipped out from my hand at one occasion. Fortunately, no window was broken!


I saw another grip named "V-GRIP" but it's different from this one.

 

The V grip in table tennis is so called because the blade is held between the index and middle fingers, which are spread apart similar to the 'V for Victory' sign to begin with. The index and middle fingers are then curled down to grip the blade, while the last two fingers wrap around the handle. The thumb is placed where comfortable.

Advantages:

Reported advantages of the V Grip by Tom Veatch on his website include the following:

  • An extended reach, which means more leverage, and thus the ability to produce more power and spin.
  • The ability to produce shots with wide angles.
I don´t get the last one. The limited ability to bend the wrist sideways must mean much less ability to produce wide angled shots.
  • More control, since the larger muscle groups of the body do more work than the smaller muscle groups.
?

Disadvantages:

The following disadvantages of the V grip are noted:

  • Shots to the player's elbow can be difficult to return, since the area of overlap between the forehand and backhand stroke zones is smaller than for the shakehand grip.
  • Since the grip is little known, it is difficult to find a coach who is familiar with teaching the grip.
  • I like to add one more disadvantage: the extended reach should mean less control. Try to put rubbers on a badminton racket and you know what I mean - small rapid adjustments becomes hard to do.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote NextLevel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09/26/2016 at 9:44am
I think someone I played who used this grip called this the Versa grip or something like that. I have video on my old dead laptop I think from my 1700 days.
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have a Chinese instruction CD on the 'four-sided grip'

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