penhold

A manner of placing a pen within one's fingers.

Certainly, it is our impression that some children adopt a penhold that conforms to a dynamic tripod but use movements of the whole arm rather than of the fingers to drive the pen.

A form of grip in table tennis similar to that typically used when holding a pen.

One of the Chinese players, a pudgy little man who couldn't stop talking as we waited for the room to clear from a yoga class, played with the typical Chinese penhold (with the racket held as a pen) and used only the face of his racket.

Pertaining to such grip or a playing style involving it.

Wang Hao's penhold style of play – while maintaining the traditional advantages of the penhold grip, has also greatly improved on it.