Attention all penholders! Now you can learn how to develop professional backhand techniques to complement your traditional penhold forehand strokes.

First made known by the former Olympic and World Champion, Liu Guoliang, this style is sweeping across the globe with tremendous results.

Now you’ll have the abilities to:

• Stroke true backhand loops
• Increase the range of backhand strokes
• Go after high balls with ease

So what’s the secret to the Reverse Penhold Backhand grip?

It uses the traditional penholder’s grip by rotating the playing surface of the racket towards the player. This stroke is known to assist penholders in performing loops and counters as well as backhands.

For players with fragile wrists, this is the dream stroke you’ve been waiting for.

This stroke mainly uses a forearm motion. Instead of rolling your wrists, this grip naturally positions your racket as you wail away at the ball.

What you want to do is start off by standing in the ready position. Then as the ball is heading towards you, start getting into position by bending your knees slightly.

Once the ball bounces off the table, strike the ball by extending the forearm into the shot and follow through.

If the ball has backspin, you want to strike by looping it when the ball is at its peak after the bounce. If the ball is coming to you with topspin, then you want to play it by contacting the ball when the ball is rising.

Here’s some dude’s personal video I found on YouTube demonstrating the proper techniques to this innovative stroke.

Please comment below! If you are already using this stroke or have seen someone else performing it, by all means let us know about it!

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