直横换握技术发展直横换握技术的必然性
1、开创直板打法生命力的需要
如众所知，直拍打法的反手攻击能力略差，在对付横板弧圈球尤其是当对方调右压左时，容易陷于被动的局面。现在的直拍反面拉打技术一定程度上加强了反手位的还击能力，但在击球的力量、旋转、以及相持期的变化上，抗衡横握选手依然存在一定短板。因此，直板打法必须在反手技术上实现进一步突破，具备可以与横拍打法抗衡的反手位进攻能力、中远台相持的能力，才能使直拍打法更具有生命力。
2、发展时机已经成熟
首先，在中国乃至亚洲具有一流的横板运动员，横握拍打法的技战术积累了相当丰富的理论和实践经验，为直横换握技术的出现奠定了技术基础。其次，由球拍直横转换启发而设计的马式球拍，经十多年的改进相对成熟，为直横换握技术的实现提供了一定的物质基础。再次，近年直板反打技术普遍应用，为进一步发展直板反手技术作好了思想上的准备。世上的事，不怕做不到就怕想不到。
3、适应新赛制
其一，实行11分的赛制后，场上“变化”往往成为双方较量的关键，谁能主动制造变化，造成对方的不适应感，谁就能在比赛中占得先机。掌握直横换握技术，可以在同一击球位置制造不同的力量、速度和旋转，以其多变的技战术来适应新赛制的需要。其二，球体变大后球速相对减慢，给实战中直横换握技术的合理使用，提供了相对的时间保障。
马式直横换握技术在继承和融合基础上的创新
1、实现直、横握法之间的从容转换
从“传统直板握法”（右手握拍为例）开始，用食指和中指夹住球拍，拇指松开从拍柄下收回，顺势于拍柄上方伸出，按压住拍柄左上方，五指握紧球拍完成“马式直板横握法”，在反手位击球。
其后，食指向拍肩滑动并下压，拇指放松并向拍柄背面滑动，手腕同时向外翻转，握紧球拍，可以完成至“传统横板握法”。整个转换过程反之亦然。
2、继承直板特长，融合横板优势，实现技术创新。
2.1、马式直横换握技术顺应了直板选手的运动特点直板运动员的特点是技巧性高，灵活性强，尤其是使用筷子进食的生活习惯造就了亚洲人手指和手腕的使用具有更强的灵敏度，实践证明，掌握马式直横换握技术，并不存在人体运动机理方面的难点。
2.2、马式直板横握法在反手位融合了横板技术特点首先，球拍背面的击球面积超过横板握法其次，握拍手型三角支撑面积大，持拍稳定，使击球的旋转和力量可与横板媲美。再次，基本击球技术与传统横板一致，横板的反手位训练方法可以完整借鉴。
2.3、马式直横换握技术丰富了技战术变化
第一，近台继承直板优势，反手位在对方不经意的瞬间转换成马式直板横握，施展本是横板特有的拉、打、拨、挑、弹、反带等优势技术，提高进攻的主动性、突然性和防守的积极性。
第二，利用马式直板横握法在反手位主动上手进攻，在反手相持中占据上风，为抢先进入正手位转换成直握创造机会。
第三，当处于中远台相持状态时，可以适时转换握法，保持正反手进攻能力的均衡，在瞬时改变握法制造旋转和落点的变化令对方不适应。
第四，由于马式直板横握法的食指位置在球拍背面，手腕在垂直面上可比传统横握获得更大的活动角度，在处理中路球方面有更大的余地。尤其是在中路用360度旋转打法拉出的侧弧圈，比传统横握旋转强，比直板反打力量大。
3、突破了传统的技术理论
直握横握各有千秋。马式直横换握技术融合两种传统握法，使近、远台技术达到均衡成为可能，突破了传统的技术理论，在思想上对进一步的技术创新能够起到一定的启发与提示的作用。
4、专家的提示
北京体育大学的刘丰德老师，曾在2003年7月《北京体育大学学报》第4期刊出《关于 “直、横拍握法转换击球打法”的设想》这一文章中提出：“……直拍变横拍……为有针对性的挑选采用新打法的运动员提供了基本的思路。
1）正手突出但反 手差的直拍选手；
2）步法不够灵活但身材较高大的直拍选手；
3）身材较矮的直拍 选手；
4）接台内短球差的横拍选手；
5）由于受到握拍或打法的局限，很难再有较大突破的直、横拍选手；
6）初学乒乓球的少儿选手。
刘老师的这些积极见解为直、横握法结合技术的推广提出了更易理解的途径。
马式球拍为直横换握技术提供了物质基础（详见：马式乒乓球拍）
The inevitability in developing the skill of changing between penhold and knifehold- The necessity in founding the skill of penhold
As we all know, the backhand offensive by penhold is a little worse. Such condition may always lead o a passive situation when facing the opponent who is using the skill of making the ball revolving with arc by crossly hold. Especially when he or she is swaping the right to suppress the left. Now, the skill of reverse attack by penhold has strengthened the backhank offensive at some level. But the strength and revolving, especially the changing . So the penhold users should search the further break in backhand attacking skill to reach the balance between forehand and backhand.
Only those penhold users who have the equal skill of backhand attacking and the capacity in the maintaining period when away from the table against the knifehold users that can make penhold more alive.
– The mature opportunity to develop
First, there has been some first-class knifehold athletes in China and even in Asia. This accumulates a lot of theoretical and practical experience for the skill and strategy to the knifehold users and which established the technic basis for skill of changing between penhold and knifehold.
Second, through the development for about ten years, the Masir pat which designed from the enlightenment of changing between penhold and knifehold then established the certain material basis for skill of changi between penhold and knifehold. (Detailed information will be illustrated in the third part.)
Third, the general use of the penhold skills in recent years gives us the ideological preparation for the further developing of thpenhold skill in backhand position. We think that nothing can’t be done only n it can’t be thought in te world.
– To adapt the new rules
Firstly, after changing into 11-score-match, the “changing” always become the key factor for each other in t competition. Those who can make changes to make the opponent puzzled will get the opportunity in the competition. To grasp skill of changing between penholnd knifehold can creat different strength, speed, revolving on the same position. Such changeable skill and strategy is more suitable for the new rule.
Secondly, the enlargement in the shape of the ball decreases the speed of the ball relatively which provides enoutime for the feasible usage of skill of changing between penhold and knifehold in actual compat.
The innovation of Masir skill of changing between penhold and knifehold on the basis of inheting and combination
– Realize the calm changing between penhold and knifehold
Start from the “tranditional penhold way (see those who use right hand as example), use index finger and middlefinger to clip the pat, relax the thumb from the handle and then extend it over the handle to press the left of the handle. All the five fingers to grip the pat seriously to finish “Masir penhold” and attack the ball on backhand position.Then, put down the index finger to the shoulder of the pat, relax the thumb and slide to the back of the pat and turn thrist at the same time to grip the pat. This will quickly turn to “Traditional knifehold”.And vice versa.
– Inherit the speciality of penhold, cimbine the advantage of knifehold, realize innovation
2.1 Masir skill of changing between peold and knifehold complies with the peculiarity of penhold usersThe peculiarity of penhold users is skillful and nimble. Especially the custom of using chopsticks to eat makes Asian have more flexible fingers and wrists. Practices shows that there’s no physical difficulty exists in mastering Masir skill of changing between penhold and knifehold.
2.2 Masir penhold skill combins the First, the surface that can attack the ball on the back of the at is larger than that of knifehold.Second, the triangular posture to hold the pat can support more surface and be held more stable which make the revolving and strength no worse than knifehold.Third, the basic skill to attack is the same as tranditional knifehold, so the backhand training can wholly imitate that of the knifehold.
2.3 Masir skill of changing between penhold and knifehold enriches the change in skill and strategyFirst, inherit the advantage of penhold when close to the table, quickly turn into Masir knifehold on backhand position before the opponent can reaction, showing the skillful advantage of knifehold like pull,stroke,stick,poke,flick and bring back, raise the initiative in attacking and defending.Second, take the advantage of Masir knifehold skill to attack at backhand position initiatively. When getting the superiority in backhand maintaining, it creats the opportunity to change into penhold at the forehand position first.Third, when in the condition of maintaining and away from the table, it’s time to change the holding way at a proper time. This can keep the balance between forehand and backhand offeve, and the effect of the changing is to make changing in revolving and placement to puzzled the opponent instantaneously.Fourth, as in Masir holding, the position of index finger is on the back of the pat, it provides the wrist a largemovable angle on the tical plane than using traditional knifehold. This also creats a larger space in dealing with midway attack. Especially when using 360o revolving attack in the midway to draw a lateral arc, which can get a more powerful revolving than traditional knifehold and more strength than penhold attack in backhand position.
– Break traditional technic theory
Penhold and knifehold has their own superiority. Masir skill of changing between penhold and knifehold is the combination of these two traditional holding and make it possible to get the balance between the skills when close to or away from the table. This breakthe traditional technic theory and provides more inspiration and ideas in the further technic innovation.
– Expert’s point of view
Liu Feng De—- a teacher in Beijing Sports University, has ever written an article titled , which was published on the 4th issue of on July,2003.
It pointed that :……changing penhold to knifehold……provides the basic idea for the users who is trying choosing new attacking sklls purposely:
1)be good at forehand but poor at backhand
2)penhold users who is strong but lack of flexibility in moving
3)penhold users who is not tall enough
4)knifehold users who is not good at dealing with short way ball in the table
5)straight or knifehold users who is limited by the holding way or skill and difficult to have further development
6)young people who is beginners of pingpong……
Teacher Liu’s such active point of view makes it easy to understand the feasibility of the popularization of combination of penhold and knifehold.
Masir pat established the material basis for the skill of changing between penhold and knifehold