Three Types of Holding A Computer Mouse Especially for Gamers

  • THE PALM GRIP

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The most commonly used method to hold a computer mouse is what is known as the “palm grip.” This method involves the user placing his entire hand onto the top of the mouse, resting his palm and the pit of his hand on the rear of the mouse’s shell. The mouse is held and controlled by the user pinching his hand together to hold the mouse between his thumb, the heel of his palm and his ring or pinkie fingers. The index and middle fingers are usually placed fully on the left and right mouse buttons respectively. A slight variation of the palm grip style is where the pinkie finger is used as the right side stabilizer to hold the mouse, with the index, middle and ring fingers placed on the left button, scroll wheel and right button respectively.

  • THE CLAW GRIP

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The claw grip is another style of holding a computer mouse that requires a user to arch his hand and form a claw shape, pulling the mouse in so the rear end of the mouse is stabilized by barely touching the pit of the user’s hand. 

The claw grip is characterized by the arching fingers required to hold the mouse and press each mouse button. The formation of the user’s fingers and the retracted stance of the hand over the mouse make this grip vaguely resemble the claw of a bird, which is where the style draws its moniker. The mouse is held and controlled by the tips of the user’s index and ring or pinkie fingers and stabilized by the pit of the user’s hand so the mouse does not sway when it is lifted.

  • THE FINGERTIP GRIP

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The fingertip grip is considered to be a subset of the claw grip, where the user grips the mouse solely with the tips of his fingers. While this grip style strictly speaking falls within the ambit of the claw grip subset, it is a popular grip, particularly amongst proponents of certain genres of games, thus elevating it to the status of a primary grip style for gameplay. Unlike the conventional claw grip, the base of the palm is moved away from the rear of the mouse as the user is not concerned with stabilizing the rear of the mouse in his hand and wants increased precision and control of the mouse on the mousing surface instead.

The fingertip grip is defined by the fact that there are five contact points made on the surface of the mouse. Note that the sixth contact point found in the claw grip is no longer present (i.e. contact with the pit of the hand), which is a defining factor of the fingertip grip.

The fingertip grip is usually used only with small, low profile mice such as the Razer Salmosa. This style promotes the most amount of precision and agility, but can cause a high amount of fatigue due to the fact that the user’s fingertips will need to make more adjustments during gameplay.

4 thoughts on “Three Types of Holding A Computer Mouse Especially for Gamers

  1. that makes article
    is a fan game
    but I think I just like the number three in holding the mouse
    heheheh,,,,,,,,,(*_*)^

  2. This article is very nice to be recommended for gamers to know the types of holding the mouse when play games but I think the most comfortable way to hold a mouse is the FINGERTIP GRIP, and THE CLAW GRIP could make finger cramps hehehe

  3. My choice is Palm Grip and Fingertip Grip. Are you two seriously just use fingertip ?? Ahh whatever it yours choice. Just look again, on fingertip the thumb is like claw grip. the benefit is mouse can run faster but don’t comfort in your hands :). So why I choose Palm Grip too because in relax mode you will need this grip style based on the comfortably on your hands

  4. hahaha do you have an article that give information if user uses left-hand or in Indonesian “Kidal”? as we known all mouses for using right-hand. by the way your article is useful.

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