{"id":1170,"date":"2018-03-04T22:42:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T21:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:05:43","slug":"basic-techniques-the-high-forehand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/en\/basic-techniques-the-high-forehand\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Techniques \u2013 the High Forehand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you just started playing Bailongball or do you feel your playing technique is not as smooth as you like? In our series of videos \u201cBasic Techniques \u2013 \u2026\u201d, we show you six moves that enable you to return almost any ball.<\/p>\n<p>The high forehand lets you return balls that fly over you. As always, you \u201ccopy\u201d the trajectory to receive the ball. When swinging, imagine you are looking at a big clock right in front of you. Your racket moves along the clock.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1020px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1170-1\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" poster=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_1128.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hohe-vorh.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hohe-vorh.mp4\">https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hohe-vorh.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h3><strong><br \/>\nThis is how you hold your racket<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Imagine you are looking at a frying pan<\/li>\n<li>Now, take the pan at its handle<\/li>\n<li>Your thumb rests on the handle, while the ofther fingers encompass it<\/li>\n<li>The racket stays in your hand like this while you are swinging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>This is how you stand when receiving the ball:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Your \u201cracket-free shoulder\u201d faces your partner<\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">You are right-handed? Receive the ball \u201caround 1 o\u2019clock\u201d <br> You are left-handed? Receive the ball \u201caround 11 o\u2019clock\u201d<\/li>\n<li>No need to move your feet when swinging. Keep them apart so you stand is comfortable and stable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>This is how you swing and pass the ball:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Your racket \u201cmoves along the clock\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">If you are right-handed, you swing your racket clockwise to release the ball \u201caround 8 o\u2019clock\u201d<br> If you are left-handed, you swing your racket anti-clockwise to release the ball \u201caround 4 o\u2019clock\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When releasing the ball, make sure not to \u201cflick your wrist\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 1020px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1170-2\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" poster=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TBBA-Logo.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/strich_hohe_vor-1.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/strich_hohe_vor-1.mp4\">https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/strich_hohe_vor-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That is it \u2013 and here comes the ball \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Xiaofei Sui<br \/>\nBailongball Instructor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mike Ritz<br \/>\nBailongball Trainer<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spielt Du das erste Mal Bailongball? Oder kommt Dir Deine Technik noch nicht so flie\u00dfend vor? Wir zeigen Dir in der Videoreihe &#8222;Grundtechniken &#8211; &#8230;&#8220;, sechs Techniken, mit denen Du im Spiel fast alle B\u00e4lle bekommen kannst! Mit der hohen Vorhand kannst Du B\u00e4lle zur\u00fcckspielen, die \u00fcber Dich fliegen. Wie bei allen Schw\u00fcngen begleitest die [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[240,92,231,235,254,93],"discipline":[241,242,191,239,252],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-artgame-freestyle","tag-basic-techniques","tag-game","tag-game-competitive-net-standard","tag-game-cooperative-net-standard","tag-grundtechniken","discipline-artgame","discipline-artgame-freestyle","discipline-game","discipline-game-opposing-net-standard","discipline-game-cooperating-net-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grundtechniken - die hohe Vorhand - Bailong Ball<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/en\/basic-techniques-the-high-forehand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grundtechniken - die hohe Vorhand - Bailong Ball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spielt Du das erste Mal Bailongball? 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