Padel World Press .- Surely sooner or later, you have had to face that moment ... The one of having to place an overgrip. Although at first it may seem something simple, when doing it we will verify that it is not as easy as we thought.
Do not miss this 'guide' of steps to follow that they offer us from the Adidas Padel's Blog.
"In this post we are going to tell you how to correctly put an overgrip. The overgrip is the tape that covers the original grip. It helps us to increase the thickness of the handle, gain grip and avoid breaking the original.
To put an overgrip we have several options, although we are going to explain the most common ones.
First of all, we will have to take into account which is our dominant hand. If we are right-handed, we will turn it to the right while, if we are left-handed, we will do it to the left, always keeping the handle of the shovel up.
Put the overgrip on and hit the track!
- The first thing we should do is go to our usual store and buy a pack of overgrips. When unrolling it and removing the protective plastics that they carry, we will find a sticker to close the overgrip at the top and our overgrip with the two thin ends.
We have to start with the one with the sticker. We remove the paper and place it on top of the handle. We will continue circling the upper part in a linear way, without descending towards the blade until the step in which the overgrip reaches its normal size is finished.
- From there is when we will begin to go down towards the center of the blade, going around. This is one of the points where the user can put the overgrip according to his taste. In this route, if we want the fist to be fatter, we will make these laps leaving a smaller space between them, while if we want it to be thinner, we will leave a greater space between them.
When we reach the end of the handle we will see how the overgrip becomes thinner again, a detail so that when putting the sticker the size of both is perfectly adapted. We will place it in the final part, closing the process and leaving the overgrip fixed for the game. And ready, we are ready to hit the track.
Don't be discouraged ... Like everything in life, it's a matter of practice. Little by little you will perfect your technique and each time you will get better until you become an expert. Time to time.
Source: Adidas Padel Blog
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