乒乓&英语一起学（02） Paddles for Table Tennis 乒乓球拍

摘要：乒乓&英语一起学！上期我们对乒乓球的起源，人们为什么爱打乒乓球以及乒乓球为什么会誉为“国球”等内容做了一个简介，这一期我们来看看乒乓球拍的分类以及它们的优缺点？

乒乓&英语一起学！上期我们对乒乓球的起源，人们为什么爱打乒乓球以及乒乓球为什么会誉为“国球”等内容做了一个简介，这一期我们来看看乒乓球拍的分类以及它们的优缺点？

Let's learn table tennis and English together. In the previous episode , we gave an introduction to the origin of table tennis, why people love playing table tennis, and why table tennis is known as "country, ball". In this episode, we will take a look at the classification of table tennis rackets and their advantages and disadvantages.

打乒乓进行健身运动，除了场地和球台之外，我们打球人需要准备一副球拍。‌乒乓球拍有多种形状，包括传统的椭圆形、六边形、水滴形、小提琴形和手锯形等，这些形状都被国际乒联允许使用。‌传统的椭圆形乒乓球拍是最常见的形状，几乎所有乒乓球运动员都使用这种形状的球拍。

Playing table tennis for fitness requires us, as players, to prepare a racket in addition to the court and table. Table tennis rackets vary in various shapes, including traditional oval, hexagonal, teardrop, violin, and hand saw shapes, all of which are allowed to be used by the International Table Tennis Federation. Traditionally, the oval shaped table tennis racket is the most common shape, and almost all table tennis players use this shape of racket.

pen-holding style

有了球拍之后，我们需要掌握两种握拍手法：直拍握法和横拍握法。

直拍握法类似于我们握笔，拍面朝向身体，拇指和食指握住拍柄上端，中指、无名指和小指可以轻靠在拍背上或自然伸展。这种握法的优点是近台快攻和推挡速度快，对手腕灵活度要求低，适合爆发力打法。然而，直拍的反手较弱，需要更高的技术来弥补。

After having a racket, we need to master two grip techniques: pen-holding style and handshake.

The pen-holding grip method is similar to holding a pen, with the racket face facing the body, the thumb and index finger holding the upper end of the racket handle, and the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger can be lightly placed on the racket back or naturally extended. The advantage of this grip is that it has fast attack and push speed in close range, low wrist flexibility requirements, and is suitable for aggressive and powerful play. However, the backhand of a pen-holding style is weaker and requires higher skills to compensate.

横拍握法手感类似握手，或类似打羽毛球的握拍方法，拍柄放入虎口，食指自然贴在拍面一侧，拇指在拍柄另一侧轻触拍面，中指、无名指和小指握住拍柄。这种握法的优点是正反手切换灵活，适合全台范围的控球，利于发力。缺点是近台推挡不如直拍灵活。

handshake grid

The grip of the handshake racket is similar to that of shaking hands, or similar to that of play badminton. The handle is put into the mouth of the tiger, and the index finger is naturally attached to one side of the racket surface. The thumb and fingers touch the racket surface gently on the other side of the racket handle. The middle finger, ring finger and little finger hold the racket handle. The advantage of this grip is that it is flexible in switching between forehand and backhand, suitable for the entire range of ball control, and conducive to exerting force. The disadvantage is that close range gear shifting is not as flexible as pen-holding style shooting.

打乒乓球握拍需要用到五个指头，它们的作用各不相同。我们一起认识一下这五个指头的英语说法！大拇指、食指、中指、无名指、小拇指的英语分别是： Thumb, index finger/forefinger /indicator, middle finger, ring finger/forth finger, little finger