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By Greg Letts, About.com

Definition: According to the ITTF Laws of Table Tennis, the free hand of a player is the hand not carrying the racket.

2.5.5 The racket hand is the hand carrying the racket.
2.5.6 The free hand is the hand not carrying the racket; the free arm is the arm of the free hand.

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