We do a drill with paddles that may be what you call knuckle paddles.
Hold the base of the paddle in the palm of your hand, with the top of the paddle on your wrist/forearm, without having any of the straps holding the paddles. Pulling with your paddles inverted like this helps to focus on early vertical forearm.
It kind of feels (looks) like a fist drill, except you have a lot more forearm surface area.
We do a drill with paddles that may be what you call knuckle paddles.
Hold the base of the paddle in the palm of your hand, with the top of the paddle on your wrist/forearm, without having any of the straps holding the paddles. Pulling with your paddles inverted like this helps to focus on early vertical forearm.
It kind of feels (looks) like a fist drill, except you have a lot more forearm surface area.