Types of grips

There are basically two different grips in table tennis:



1) Shakehand grip: The "shakehand" grip is the typical European grip where the head of the bay faces up, and your hand looks like shaking someone's hand. Players using the shakehand grip use both the front and back sides of the paddle.


2) Penhold grip: Pen hold is the Asian grip of holding the paddle, where the head of the bat is facing down and is held the way a person holds a pen or pencil. Often Penhold players don't use a rubber sheet on the backhand side and only play with the forehand side of the paddle, although modern players also use the back side. Pen hold blades have a shorter handle than Shakehand