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Drills to stop wrist rotation for a person with table tennis background
So in table tennis it is all about wrist... Need spin while serving? Use wrist. Need more side spin while playing forehand? Use wrist... Need more spin in backhand strikes? Wrist..
Now with this background keeping my wrist around 90 deg against forearm during most of the padel shots is a nightmare... I try to keep it in mind but I fail so often... Can you recommend a good drill, I could do with a wall or with ball machine, that could help me to master it?
Thanks in advance!
Comments (10)
u/IIIIIlIIIIIlIIIII2w ago
Lock your wrist like on the pic below. You won't be able to use it anymore, now you have to your your chest/back muscles
https://preview.redd.it/gf2es1l9v1ng1.png?width=412&format=png&auto=webp&s=13ded5d22ad03366afabef2e8ffb3d625188b21e
Repetition is key.
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u/BavardR2w ago
Hit volleys and keep your wrist locked and use your shoulder arms and hips to guide the ball instead.
I came from racquetball and pickleball and have the same issue
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u/bousa2w ago
Try using your table tennis ‘block’ concept: firm wrist, stable face, and adjust the racket face angle instead of rotating the wrist. Same idea, just adapted for padel. I come from a table tennis background too.
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u/zemvpferreira2w ago
Not a drill but the thing that's helped me the most break the habit of wristing my shots has been playing with extremely hard, extremely head-heavy rackets. The pain will force you to use proper technique very very quickly. Not sure that's how you want to go but it worked for me (it helped that I knew proper technique well already).
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u/IllustriousTheory3092w ago
This was my path by accident (and developing tennis elbow). You can also use a wrist brace to help stop excessive wrist usage.
Swing with the shoulder. Big muscles provide more consistent results.
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u/Pretty-General67532w ago
My wife has issue of using her wrist while playing. I did put a wrist brace for her to use during match and after one match she already fixed her technique. However we stopped this too early, after few matches the wrist usage came back :D
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u/jenwhite19742w ago
It can change with practice. The only shot you need a loose wrist for is the smash. So for a month, just hit every shot with a firm locked wrist, with power coming from the movement of your arm.
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u/mdb3ard2w ago
Continental grip and/ or double overgrip - it’s gonna become uncomfortable twisting wrist so you kinda coach yourself out of it
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u/Rare_Bookkeeper_79191w ago
I only have one overgrip, is it really worth to have a second one? On my bandeja, sometimes i twist the wrist and currently working on it
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