众所周知,持乒乓球拍的方式有两种——横握和直握。通常,欧美国家的选手多为持横拍;而东方的日本、中国等国家的选手持直拍居多。为啥持球拍的方式具有明显的地区性呢?据研究,除模仿因素外,主要与进餐的持筷或握刀叉的方式有关。欧美人进餐时,使用刀叉;而日本、中国等东方人则多使用筷子。可设想,当欧美国家的儿童第一次持球拍时,会自然地用自幼就习惯了的握刀叉方式,去持球拍;相反,作为日本、中国的儿童,则会不知不觉地象拿筷子那样去持球拍。应该指出,近些年来,由于弧圈球的威力大增,曾使横拍型打法风靡一时,以致有的东方选手采用 As we all know, there are two ways to hold table tennis racket - horizontal grip and straight grip. Usually, European and American countries are mostly horizontal shooters; while the East Japan, China and other countries hold the most direct shots. Why the racket has a clear regional way? According to the study, in addition to imitation factors, mainly with the chopsticks or holding the knife and fork on the way. Europe and the United States eat knives and forks while Japanese, Chinese and other Asians use chopsticks. It is conceivable that children in Europe and the United States will naturally use the knife and fork they used to holding racquets when they first play racquets. On the contrary, as children in Japan and China, they will unknowingly Take the chopsticks to go with the racket. It should be noted that in recent years, due to the increased power of the arc circle ball, which made the racket style all the rage, so that some Oriental players