Consider the difference between holding a knife (shakehand) and a pencil (penhold): Knife: Your palm is wrapped around the base and the object is aligned between your thumb and index finger. Your ...

While the European-style shakehand grip is now in the ascendancy, Wong decided on the penhold style to emulate China's Wang Hao, who won three consecutive individual Olympic silver medals in Athens, ...

Ren Guoqiang gives guidance to Ding Ning who is one of China's five Grand Slam Champion. Photo: Courtesy of Ren Guoqiang The key to success in table tennis, said Ren Guoqiang, is "sticking together ...