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Common Grip Errors in Table Tennis

From Greg Letts, About.com

They say that there is a thousand ways to skin a cat, and sometimes it seems that there are almost as many ways to hold your table tennis bat! And while variety is the spice of life, most table tennis players are better off sticking to conventional grip types.

In this image gallery I'll be highlighting some grip variations that are not recommended for 99% of ping-pong players. You might be the exception to the majority, but for most players each of these grip variations suffer from flaws that make them less than ideal ways of holding a ping-pong paddle.

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Photo of Common Table Tennis Grip Errors - Ball of Thumb on Racket SurfaceCommon Grip Errors - Thumb Placement 1Photo of Common Table Tennis Grip Errors - Side of Thumb on Racket SurfaceCommon Grip Errors - Thumb PlacementPhoto of Common Table Tennis Grip Errors - Two Fingers on the Backhand SideComomn Grip Errors - Two Fingers on Backhand SidePhoto of Common Table Tennis Grip Errors - Index Finger PlacementCommon Grip Errors - Index Finger Placement
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