38 free videos on technique, drills and tips, each tagged by level
Reviewer The rare grip video that explains WHY, not just where to put your fingers — and gives you a way to test it on your own hand.
Moderator Once past the intro story, this is entirely the shakehand grip — which muscle groups to grip with and why, and why a compact grip matters. On-topic and unusually rigorous.
Reviewer Real coach-level detail — checkable mistakes, the actual consequence of each, and a genuinely clever proof point (finger wear pattern on the rubber).
Moderator Entirely the shakehand grip — V placement, thumb position, palm gap, and index finger placement, wrong-vs-right for each. Nothing else in it.
Reviewer Exactly how I teach it on day one — palm placement, thumb and finger position, tension, and the neutral-vs-biased variants. Send beginners here.
Moderator Dead center on the topic: explicitly named 'shake hand grip,' walks through palm placement, thumb/index on the rubber, three-finger wrap, indent positioning, and neutral vs forehand-oriented vs backhand-oriented variants. Second speaker then explicitly contrasts it with penhold/thumb/Seemiller grips for context, which sharpens rather than dilutes the focus. This is as squarely about shakehand grip as a video gets.
Reviewer Best teaching concept in the group -- explains the why, gives you a drill to feel it.
Moderator The entire video is a grip concept -- diagnosing why the common three-finger hold causes paddle rotation, inconsistent forehand/backhand hand position, and off-center contact, then teaching a fix. Nothing else competes for airtime.
Reviewer Best one in the batch -- a real coach explaining the why, not just the how.
Moderator Entirely about the grip -- how pros hold the paddle now vs. the old style, thumb position relative to the webbing, comparing Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Xu Xin and Wang Manyu by name. A grip breakdown start to finish.
Reviewer Excellent, specific fix for a grip problem I see constantly, last two fingers control the racket, not the thumb. Genuinely useful.
Moderator Entirely and specifically about shakehand grip mechanics: diagnosing a common grip fault and how to fix it. Nothing else competing for the runtime.
Reviewer The 'draw a line on your bat' trick to self-check your grip gap is the kind of small, practical detail that actually sticks.
Moderator Entirely about one specific, well-defined shakehand grip detail — the gap between the V of the thumb/index finger and the blade shoulder — demonstrated on both forehand and backhand. Fully on-topic and unusually focused.
Reviewer Explains WHY you'd choose a low grip over a high one — most videos just show you a grip, this one teaches you to adapt it.
Moderator A comprehensive shakehand grip tutorial — structure, high vs low grip, forehand/backhand micro-adjustments, and serve-specific grip changes, with the penhold comparison only as brief framing. This is the deepest, most focused grip lesson in the batch.
Reviewer Uses actual finger-joint reference points instead of vague description — unusually precise for a first lesson.
Moderator Entirely the shakehand grip, with real precision — uses the racket shoulder and specific finger joints as fixed reference points for the neutral, forehand-favoring, and backhand-favoring variants.
Reviewer Solid, step-by-step grip fundamentals.
Moderator Explicitly recommends and focuses on the shakehand grip as the main lesson, with step-by-step forehand and backhand finger/thumb placement.
Reviewer Gets the grip right and flags the exact mistakes that wreck it later.
Moderator Same Matt Hetherington basics demo as another clip in this batch, cross-posted - entirely dedicated to shakehand grip mechanics.
Reviewer Gets the grip right and flags the exact mistakes that wreck it later.
Moderator Entirely dedicated to demonstrating the shakehand grip step by step - pinch point, supporting fingers, and common errors. Nothing else in the clip.
Reviewer The grip-switch explanation is genuinely useful and specific.
Moderator Specifically about adjusting the shakehand grip's V-position between forehand-dominant and backhand-dominant - a real and often-missed grip nuance - plus the stroke mechanics that go with it.
Reviewer The deep-vs-shallow explanation alone is worth it for anyone copying pros.
Moderator A large, substantive chunk is specifically shakehand grip mechanics - web-of-hand centering, thumb/index alignment, deep vs. shallow grip trade-offs - before it moves into arm mechanics later.
Reviewer Real insight on pinch vs palm grip and why it matters for your wrist -- worth the ramble.
Moderator Entirely a first-person deep dive into shakehand grip mechanics -- pinch grip vs a full-palm hold, how it changes forearm tension and wrist freedom, finger placement on the blade. Nothing off-topic.
Reviewer Good grip-position detail and an honest power-vs-touch tradeoff discussion, mostly narrated rather than demonstrated.
Moderator This particular video is dedicated entirely to the shakehand grip — it explicitly defers penhold to a separate follow-up video, so unlike some others in this batch it doesn't split its runtime. On-topic throughout.
Reviewer Clear, precise, good reference for the grip itself.
Moderator Most of the runtime is dedicated specifically to the shakehand grip - exact finger placement on blade vs. head, thumb position - with penhold only briefly at the end.
Reviewer Good specific cues, but it's 'here's how I hold it' more than 'here's how you should.'
Moderator This is exactly what the sub-skill asks for -- a guy demonstrating his own shakehand grip front-on, describing thumb/finger placement and the middle-finger knuckle adjustment between forehand and backhand. Nothing else competes for the runtime, it's 100% grip.
Reviewer Good self-check drill for finger placement, but doesn't go much beyond that one point.
Moderator First episode of a fundamentals series dedicated entirely to the shakehand grip — handshake analogy, index finger/thumb placement, and a couple of hand-eye drills to reinforce it. On-topic throughout.
Reviewer Actually explains why some coaches hated the 'modern' grip before it became standard — good context, not just technique.
Moderator Compares three named shakehand grip variants (old-school, modern switch, and a third cut off in this excerpt) with real pros/cons for each. On-topic throughout, if chattier in delivery.
Reviewer Useful concept -- knowing when to shift grip -- but the delivery is a bit muddy.
Moderator Whole clip is about the grip -- walking through neutral, backhand-favoring and forehand-favoring variants and when a coach would have a player adjust between them based on where the ball is relative to the table.
Reviewer The loose-grip test (racket should slide out of your hand easily) is a simple, useful way to self-check you're not choking it.
Moderator Directly compares shakehand and penhold grip technique and tradeoffs, entirely focused on how to hold the racket and why. On-topic.
Reviewer Genuinely advanced insight, but delivered in a rambling way that's hard to follow.
Moderator Deep dive entirely on shakehand grip variation - neutral vs forehand-biased vs backhand-biased, finger pressure points, comparison to a named pro (Wang Hao). Squarely on the sub-skill, nothing else discussed.
Reviewer Clear, correct, no wasted words -- good if you've never held the bat before.
Moderator The entire short video is a direct, dedicated definition of the shakehand grip and nothing else.
Reviewer Rough English, solid fundamentals -- fixes a real, common grip fault.
Moderator 'Horizontal racket' is the Chinese term for the shakehand grip (as opposed to the straight/penhold racket), and the hold described -- thumb on the blade's throat, index finger wrapping to the backhand face, three fingers around the handle -- is exactly the shakehand grip, even though the word 'shakehand' is never used. Rough translation, but the right skill.
Reviewer Real, specific coaching nuance about adjusting an existing grip without wrecking it, just wish the delivery were tighter.
Moderator This is genuinely about the mechanics of the shakehand grip itself: tightness, finger placement, using the lower two fingers for wrist mobility, and how much to adjust an existing grip vs. a brand-new one. Squarely on-skill.
Reviewer Good, real coaching — 'keep it central, keep it relaxed' is exactly the fix for players who lock up switching sides.
Moderator Never says the word 'shakehand,' but the whole video is about the core shakehand-grip question of how much the grip should shift between forehand and backhand — a concern that exists specifically because shakehand uses both racket faces. PingSkills is a credible source and the content (keep it central, allow only subtle changes, don't lock it rigid) is genuine grip coaching, not a tangential mention. Docked slightly since it assumes the base grip is already established and doesn't teach it from zero.
Reviewer Sharp, accurate point about varying grip tension through the stroke.
Moderator Never says 'shakehand' or contrasts it with penhold - it's really about grip PRESSURE dynamics during a stroke, which is part of grip technique but not the hold itself. Could apply to any grip style, so it's adjacent to the named sub-skill rather than squarely it.
Reviewer Clear, correct basics with honest tradeoffs, but stays fairly surface-level.
Moderator Covers shakehand grip properly and completely, but roughly half the video is the penhold grip, which is a different sub-skill entirely. Solid on-topic content, just packaged alongside something else.
Reviewer Sounds like it's written by someone who actually plays — worth a look.
Moderator Caption is specific — forehand vs backhand adjustment within the shakehand grip, index finger extension, thumb pressure. That's real grip detail, not generic.
Reviewer One good specific detail on the serve pinch-grip, but it's a quick aside not a full lesson.
Moderator Opens correctly on shakehand grip (thumb forehand side, index finger backhand side) but pivots into serve-specific pinch-grip-for-spin technique, which is really serve execution, not the base shakehand hold. About half on-topic.
Reviewer The thumb-pad-vs-thumb-side distinction is a real, useful detail most grip videos skip entirely.
Moderator This is mainly a backhand rip stroke tutorial (elbow lift, drawing the racket back) with one real, substantial segment on shakehand grip variants and thumb placement for the backhand — grip is a supporting topic here, not the main event.
Reviewer Can't vouch for depth without seeing it — could be solid, could be filler.
Moderator Caption is squarely about shakehand grip tips. No transcript, so I can't verify depth, but the topic match is exact.
Reviewer Good bones, buried in livestream filler -- worth digging for.
Moderator Frames itself as a serve-technique video, but a big chunk is genuinely about the base grip -- where the middle/ring/pinky sit, thumb placement, index-finger hook -- with an explicit warning not to move on to serves until 'your basic grip, the fundamentals' is locked in. Grip instruction wearing a serve-lesson hat, plus a running shakehand-vs-penhold comparison that's useful context.
Reviewer Too short and visual-dependent to teach much from the transcript alone.
Moderator What little transcript there is describes shakehand-consistent hand placement (thumb/index finger at the throat of the handle), but the clip is only 27 seconds and most of the teaching is visual - 'I will show you the demonstrations right here' - so the transcript alone is a fragment of a grip demo.
Reviewer Sound advice if you're deciding which grip to learn, but it won't teach you the grip itself.
Moderator Frames as advice for an existing penhold player considering shakehand, with a direct aside for total beginners on which grip to start with. Covers shakehand as one half of a decision framework rather than teaching its mechanics, on-topic but not deeply focused on shakehand alone.
Reviewer Correct but thin - no real coaching depth.
Moderator Shakehand grip gets real, if brief, coverage (finger placement on the blade, thumb position) alongside penhold and the forehand/backhand palm-orientation explanation - covers the skill among other things rather than being solely about it.
Reviewer Fair, accurate comparison of the two grips' strengths, but doesn't teach you how to actually hold the paddle.
Moderator A comparison video, covers shakehand's real advantages (forehand/backhand balance, power away from the table, backhand flick aggressiveness) as one half of a penhold-vs-shakehand rundown. On-topic content about shakehand exists here, just sharing time with penhold and framed as pros/cons rather than as 'how to hold it.'