{"id":1240,"date":"2018-04-02T22:15:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T20:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:05:43","slug":"basic-techniques-the-low-forehand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/en\/basic-techniques-the-low-forehand\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Techniques \u2013 the Low 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 low forehand lets you return balls descending in front of your body. If you have already watched the video covering the high forehand, you\u2019ll see that this movement is simply \u201cthe reverse\u201d \u2013 as if playing the video from finish to start.<\/p>\n<p>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, counter clockwise.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1020px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1240-1\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" poster=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Tiefe-Vorhand.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tiefe-vorh.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tiefe-vorh.mp4\">https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tiefe-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 8 o\u2019clock\u201d<br> You are left-handed? Receive the ball \u201caround 4 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, counter clockwise<\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">If you are right-handed, you swing your racket clockwise to release the ball \u201caround 11 o\u2019clock\u201d<br> If you are left-handed, you swing your racket anti-clockwise to release the ball \u201caround 1 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-1240-2\" 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\/tiefe_Vorhand_Full-HD.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tiefe_Vorhand_Full-HD.mp4\">https:\/\/bailongball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tiefe_Vorhand_Full-HD.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>High or low \u2013 this forehand is yours, now \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 niedrigen Vorhand kannst Du B\u00e4lle zur\u00fcckspielen, die vor Deinem K\u00f6rper runter kommen. Wenn Du bereits das [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1248,"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-1240","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 v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grundtechniken - die tiefe 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-low-forehand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grundtechniken - die tiefe Vorhand - Bailong Ball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spielt Du das erste Mal Bailongball? 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