I am a 70 y.o.penholder. Lockdown for 4 months during Covid but surprised myself in table tennis. I can now do 15 different serves (long, fast, short roll back, side, top side etc) to the nine squares allocated/targeted on the other side at will. More confusion and frustration for the opponent thru mixing, changing the bounce height, speed and drop of the serves. Fantastic exploration. However, I didn't know the technical terms/related reasons behind until I saw this video. Much appreciated. (BTW, my equipments include table, net, robot and 300 balls that save me a lot of time and effort. All I need is to practise/explore serves amid loops, counters and pushes. I don't compete in comp's, just for the fun of it :) Very happy and satisfied.
Hi glad you enjoyed the video and it made more clear why your serves are effective!! Hey you don’t have to play tournaments to enjoy the game. Keep it up 👍
@@PechPongTT We played in Ohio a few years ago. Can't remember if it was Columbus or Akron but my home club was Columbus. You were good then, but now you're off the charts.
Thank you, I believe it doesn’t because I started making videos during a very competitive time in TH-cam, I think if I keep making them that it will grow much more.
Would love to see more videos like this one. Practical, to the point tips, with their strategic value clearly explained, with myriad video examples. Awesome man.
Thank you 🙏 glad you liked it! Yeah I figured I would bring that topic back because it was buried somewhere in one of my matches I did a review on haha
These types of videos are amazing. You get a great unique viewpoint by a very good player. There is a lot of tabletennis guides etc. out there but more often than not its just the same information recycled. These kind of videos by you on the other hand are different they are "new" information or known information that is explained differently which is a good thing since you get so many people saying the same things over and over. So thank you and keep up the amazing work.
Thank you, I have been lucky enough to have been around good players and coaches and most of them know these things I talk about but whenever I looked on the internet there was a lack so I decided to put it out there. Thanks again I’ll keep them coming 👍👍
Great video! This is one of the videos where you have to come back after some time and re-watch just over and over to grasp all the information. Thank you for all your effort! Love from Germany
@@PechPongTT Ahh that's dope, hope you liked it! What blade and rubber are you using if i may ask? :) (You know people love that topic, maybe you could make a video with your take on equipment for different skill levels) Also, do you have any other socials you're posting content on or is it TH-cam only?
I currently use viscaria blade with dragon grip Stiga on Forehand and Donic Bluegrip c2 on backhand. That’s a good idea I have been thinking about doing equipment videos.
These rips are so goood. Been doing most of them as a 61 yr old guy. I just dont give so much time for practice. Anyway I will save this video and share to the younger guys I've met. Truly appreciate your stuff here.
Another great video! These breakdowns are really great to try to improve my game. Many of the things you talked about I overlooked or simple had no idea.
The heavy underspin/no spin deception has been my bread and butter, but it's still lacking, especially when the opponent catches on. I've added a couple more serves but it's not as effective as my main serve. Thanks for this video, got a lot of really good tips here.
Dude this helps me so much. The accessibility to this level of coaching is very rare where I live. Even online, serve and return explanations are usually in written format and hard to visualize. I literally look for years trying to find candid serve/return visuals. It feels so difficult to findddd. So thank you, sincerely
Thank you Seth. I am only 3/4th through the video but I am super impressed. These are really good tactics. I really love discussion on tactics and strategies and thus, I like this video a lot.
Excellent video - I really appreciate your effort! I like the clear, intelligent, organized nature of you videos. You cover a lot of information, but do it efficiently. Thanks!
Excellent video, Seth. Wish I were good enough to take advantage of your suggestions. Have always enjoyed watching you serve and will now pay even more attention to you. Thank you.
Great video! I really liked your explanations on everything. My first video to see from your channel, I immediatley subscribed and will watch more! What worked for me also in the amateur league is actually the opposite of spreading. Since I am not at such a high level, I have not mastered so many variations of serves yet. Which is why I keep the placement mostly short with my serves, until I see my opponent actually waiting for a short service. I then surprise them with the same service (including same movement), but just longer and faster.
Hey! Thanks for watching, glad you liked it, yes I like your strategy to be able to watch the opponent and “know what’s in their head” is a very useful skill that way you can be one step ahead of them! Thanks for the subscribe, more to come ?
Great video and you're right, service follow through deception is not discussed enough. The Germans and Swedes are really good at this. I'm reminded of Waldner and his deceptively cool looking serves and tricky follow throughs. Timo Boll as well. I'm sure others are great at it but these two come to mind as I've done many rewinds and watched in slow motion to decipher them. Samsonov had a very interesting, methodical service motion too. It would put you in a such trance you'd forget to watch the contact point. Anyway great video and thanks so much!
Yes it is fun to watch and learn from many of the top players each has a slightly different approach to it and is able to confuse their opponents. Thanks for watching!
Seth, your advise has been so wonderful and resulting in good progress, that I am making it a practice to share it with my small community of tt aficionados, thanks for taking time out to share such valuable advise, much appreciated.
very good video !! i watched all your videos on tips and all of them are very good cause they r very SPECIFIC ..those are professional tips (non professional players have to adjust in order of theyr level of play > for ex . its good to mix up the services to mess up the receiver but the server has to know exactly what is the range of the receives it may have after each specific serve and has to have a good 3th ball for each one of them)
I really enjoy your videos , they are always full of good information and I generally share them with other players. Thank you and keep up the good work. Im watching this for the 3rd time just before I share it.
I can't even focus on my own serve! A lot of time just before tossing the ball to serve I'll choose a serve but as the bat moves, I sometimes switch and do a different serve instead (end up giving free points!!). In my case I have to work on varieties and consistency, especially in reading and receiving serves. Thank you for the input. Well explained.
Great video. I have a sort of routine where I do the same forehand pendulum motion in a similar way but I have a bunch of different spins with a similar raquet motion. Lets say I start off with a deep sidespin/underspin. Then a shorter with more underspin. Then a short serve with a similar motion but a little top spin. And then my favourite, a short serve with no spin at all. Very often players think its another topspin serve and just dump the ball into the net.
Absolutely great content!!! The importance of serves cannot be emphasised enough. And specially the emphasis on same spin serve, that definitely works a treat. So many times you can do a particular serve which your opponent is comfortable with but you can change the serve but not spin and it can confuse them. Ie jab serve, reverse pendulum and backhand serve all work the same spin but can work in very different ways! A more detailed serve receives video would be great as that’s where matches can be lost very easily
Thank you much!! Yes I agree it’s a big help if you know how to execute the different serves! From now on I will call the scoop “Le Jab”! Such a good name! I put two videos out about serve receive, maybe you could take a look and let me know if I need to revisit the topic.
@@PechPongTT sorry that was a typo I meant the jab serve. Lol Will check out the videos I do believe I did watch them months ago will watch again to refresh. I do follow and watch many videos but the explanation in your videos are very insightful and explained in such a simple manner it’s great to watch for all levels. And love watching your matches you are very quick with your footwork which is vital for success.
Hey Seth, Gerry Chua here. Glad to see you still playing. Ethan is doing well as a mechanical engineer up in the Bay Area. Has not held his paddle for 6-7 years. Anyway, I just watched 4 minutes of this video. I liked the part on Timo's serve where you do not know if it is a traditional pendulum or a reverse. I practiced it last night before the players arrived at my club. I used it several times and it was effective as it caught the receiving player by surprise and messed up their strategy. Thank you.
Hey Gerry!! So nice to connect with you again! I have good memories when we would see each other at tournaments and when we went to you house to play! Ethan has taken up Golf haha I see his videos that’s awesome he’s always been a talented athlete! That’s interesting how fast you were able to implement the serve, few can do it, glad you got something from it.
Seth, your match with Xia Jiwei (Jiaqi's ex hubby) was incredible. Almost like 2 acrobats playing pong. Keep it up, I wish Ethan stayed with TT. He did tell me the other day he might start playing again since ICC is just a few blocks from where he works. Say hello to your dad. I was also glad to see you and Keith play doubles at the Nationals. Man, when I think about it now - those days in Vegas or the Open in Fort Lauderdale. Setting up 3 video cameras with super long batteries and then having to roam around to take photos. I cant do that now. Keep up the great work on your videos. Very pragmatic and to the point.
Seth, one more comment on serves. I watched Lily and Kanak's matches at the recent tournament in Chile. It was painful to watch, specially Lily. She might be a 2500+ player but her serves are like 1900 level. I made a comment to Samson had Sarah won against Lily, she would have been a better player to play Diaz in that she had better serves. Every time Diaz need to win a point you can already figure out the serve that was coming. To some extent, Kanak's serves are rather simple to read and no "911" serves to use at 10-10 or 11-10 to put away the game / match. Just my 0.02, what do I know? Just an opinion of a 1850 player.
if it's from PechPong then I know it's going to be awesome. Could you please share some of your fitness/workout tips in the future? Like how is your routine like, how you manage to work out and not hinder your tournament performance etc.
Thanks for the compliment! I try my best to put out good stuff :) and Yeah I can talk about that in a video. I typically work like crazy and then the week before tournaments I rest up/play matches to get in the right mind frame and get energy back. Peter Karlsson talked about this with me and he said at his best he would keep up his physical routines even when at tournaments because he felt no need to lose the rhythm of his routine
Loved the content. I have always struggled with the serves and I really liked you touched the topic of follow-up here. "Follow-up" is a part where I struggle alot and not many videos cover it. It would be really helpful if you could make a video explaining how to return different serves. I always lose points in returning simple serves
Do you have any videos showing how to return different types of serves properly in different ways ? What are the pros and cons of those ways of returning them ?
If I watch this on a smart TV I can watch parts at 0.5 or 0.25 speed. Easier to see racket head trajectory. Would love to see a video on how to do pendulum, reverse pendulum you mentioned that Timo Boll uses with special emphasis on how you would break it down into segments to learn the motions...how we can work to make it look the same until the last moment. Thanks for the time and effort you put into these videos,"Speedy Pech".
I have experimented with it and so basically you "create" a takeaway/toss that would allow you to do both motion until the last second. I would then have my friend call out which serve to do at the last second so I can make it deceptive and practice doing that seamlessly
about serve receive : what about receive same spin serve by following the spin or opposing the spin and when to do so. I did notice in some matches , I did see good players return the serve to a direction that I would normally think that the ball would have a tendency to shoot off.
Yeah I was watching a masterclass on Poker as well as Chess to see if there were any mental strategies I could port over to table tennis there are a few similarities. I’m not a poker master or a chess master but find it all interesting!
Yeah, I've tried explaining to people the GTO, which is another reason we see some traditionally seen as 'bad' serves [i.e. no spin long with slight backspin, or fast serves to BH to set up BH-BH rallies, etc], its all about widening your range, having your opponent have to adjust to the slew of strategies, as well as strengthening your other serves.
@@MrVibhas yeah exactly! That’s so cool that you a familiar with GTO and already have tried to implement it, I mean everyone kind of naturally gets it but to really understand how it messes with your opponents mind and is able to weaken their game is another.
Excellent video. Very educational and practical. I'll practice some of the tactics shared. Keep up the great work! I appreciate your help and dedication to this great sport.😊
I am from India .I watch your videos .They are really very good.please make videos on all fundamental strokes. There are many Chinese and Korean tt channels which explain but because of language barrier We understand nothing.Hope you will make videos soon.Thanks
What's an amazing video. Not often when you see people shares their hard earned experience like this. The only thing I wish is you have more clips at each points so it become a serve bible :) . Really thanks for your time and effort with this video.
The serves were a real weapon when we were serving 5 and a 38mm ball...It's harder to get a good advantage with only 2 serves 40+ balls, outright points are rare, but the set ups are the same.
I'm back playing after about a 25 year break. I think I prefer the new 2 serve 11 point format. 5 serves was way overpowered. The old balls were a lot nicer though!!!
@@samlook yeah the new ones were rough to get used to. I think the two serves has made the sport more spectator friendly as you mentioned the 5 were overpowered
Seth, I like the detail you delve into. Because your videos are content rich, meaning there's a lot of information to absorb, perhaps add another teaching tool will be of great help to the viewers. My suggestion is you draw arrows on a still screen capture of the video clip you are about to show and show things like the ball spin, direction the serve is going to go, where the receiver is likely to stand, etc. It's a teaching tool sometimes done on TV football replays when they explain (while sketching on a still image), why a play was effective. Many times with the live pro game video clips you insert as examples I find myself going back to replay that clip because it's happening so quickly. Another aid would be helpful is if the clips could were played back in slow motion. Replaying when watching turns a 15-minute video maybe 30-minutes to watch. After awhile I tire of replaying sections and stop watching. Make it viewer friendly so we can watch without stopping to replay sections. I feel this could help us learn better and perhaps boost your subscriber count immensely. : )
Very good video and tips on serves and follow up, I suggest to add more clips based on the tips to compare and learn watching the clips, thanks a lot, I learn lots of skills form your videos, amazing job, keep it up.
@@PechPongTT Thanks for your reply, looking forward for more videos, I would like to know more about playing with pimple rubber, I always lose matches, whenever I receive the ball, it goes to the net, going out of the table is very less occasions
Thanks Shet for the effort. Are there any mental frameworks you use in trying to gauge the opponent, as in their strengths and weaknesses. You have mentioned that you tend to remember what happened last on a given serve/receive. I struggle with remembering what happened last. How does one improve it?
Hi yeah that’s a very good question, I guess it comes down to knowing what to look for in a player. I think the best advice I can give is to watch how a high level player in your area plays against opponents. How they return serves of players you play against where they loop/block to. They will expose many weaknesses that you didn’t know existed because their pushes/block/loops are stronger. That’s what has helped me a lot i only used to like to watch ITTF matches but now i keep an eye out for local matches when two players I know play each other. Take notes 📝 hope this helps :)
Great video Seth. Jacob was just commenting how good your videos are and the quality that goes into them. Apparently from your likes, views, and subscribers, your audience feels the same way. Keep it up! I know when my wife is watching table tennis videos, they must be yours. 😉
🏓🙏🏽Thanks from a Novice here in Sydney also always looking forward to your video’s also what a few of the Pongfinity dude’s and a guy named Tom from the UK😊
I am a 70 y.o.penholder. Lockdown for 4 months during Covid but surprised myself in table tennis. I can now do 15 different serves (long, fast, short roll back, side, top side etc) to the nine squares allocated/targeted on the other side at will. More confusion and frustration for the opponent thru mixing, changing the bounce height, speed and drop of the serves. Fantastic exploration. However, I didn't know the technical terms/related reasons behind until I saw this video. Much appreciated. (BTW, my equipments include table, net, robot and 300 balls that save me a lot of time and effort. All I need is to practise/explore serves amid loops, counters and pushes. I don't compete in comp's, just for the fun of it :) Very happy and satisfied.
Hi glad you enjoyed the video and it made more clear why your serves are effective!! Hey you don’t have to play tournaments to enjoy the game. Keep it up 👍
Very much the same happens with me, as a 61 yr old penholder, too. Glad you still play as much sir.
@@PechPongTT We played in Ohio a few years ago. Can't remember if it was Columbus or Akron but my home club was Columbus. You were good then, but now you're off the charts.
I don't understand how this channel doesn't get tons of views. Best info available!!
Thank you, I believe it doesn’t because I started making videos during a very competitive time in TH-cam, I think if I keep making them that it will grow much more.
Would love to see more videos like this one. Practical, to the point tips, with their strategic value clearly explained, with myriad video examples. Awesome man.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video! For sure more to come 👍
I absolutely love this kind of content! Thank you :) Also, I remember one of the tips you gave about the same spin just with a different movement
Thank you 🙏 glad you liked it! Yeah I figured I would bring that topic back because it was buried somewhere in one of my matches I did a review on haha
@@PechPongTTplease make more of this playlist 🙏🙏
These types of videos are amazing. You get a great unique viewpoint by a very good player. There is a lot of tabletennis guides etc. out there but more often than not its just the same information recycled. These kind of videos by you on the other hand are different they are "new" information or known information that is explained differently which is a good thing since you get so many people saying the same things over and over.
So thank you and keep up the amazing work.
Thank you, I have been lucky enough to have been around good players and coaches and most of them know these things I talk about but whenever I looked on the internet there was a lack so I decided to put it out there. Thanks again I’ll keep them coming 👍👍
It's Donald!
Still one of the very best channels for table tennis! So much info helping to improve - thank you! Greetings from Germany
Thank you! Im glad you found it informative !
Great video! This is one of the videos where you have to come back after some time and re-watch just over and over to grasp all the information. Thank you for all your effort! Love from Germany
Thank you!! I’m glad you found this useful where in Germany are you from? I’ve lived in Hamburg for a year!
@@PechPongTT Cool! Was it for table tennis training?
I'm from Berlin :) I dare you to say something in german in your next video 😜
@@MrMagJon Oh nice Berlin was cool! I did train a bit but it was for a school exchange program. Haha Alright Ill go for it ;)
@@PechPongTT Ahh that's dope, hope you liked it!
What blade and rubber are you using if i may ask? :)
(You know people love that topic, maybe you could make a video with your take on equipment for different skill levels)
Also, do you have any other socials you're posting content on or is it TH-cam only?
I currently use viscaria blade with dragon grip Stiga on Forehand and Donic Bluegrip c2 on backhand. That’s a good idea I have been thinking about doing equipment videos.
Seth Pech, I have been playing Ping Pong for last Ten years. Your PechPong TT serving tips help me a lot. Thanks bro. 🙏🏓👍
Glad to hear you like the content and that its helping! More to Come :)
These rips are so goood. Been doing most of them as a 61 yr old guy. I just dont give so much time for practice. Anyway I will save this video and share to the younger guys I've met. Truly appreciate your stuff here.
Another great video! These breakdowns are really great to try to improve my game. Many of the things you talked about I overlooked or simple had no idea.
Glad I could shed some light on the topic! Hope your level goes 📈📈📈
These tips are like gold.
Thank you 🙏
The heavy underspin/no spin deception has been my bread and butter, but it's still lacking, especially when the opponent catches on. I've added a couple more serves but it's not as effective as my main serve. Thanks for this video, got a lot of really good tips here.
Yeah I really like the no spin serve it’s very effective! Glad you enjoyed the video more to come :) 👍
Only Seth Pech can deliver these tips 👏 game changing
Thank you I’m glad you found them useful :)
Dude this helps me so much. The accessibility to this level of coaching is very rare where I live. Even online, serve and return explanations are usually in written format and hard to visualize. I literally look for years trying to find candid serve/return visuals. It feels so difficult to findddd. So thank you, sincerely
Glad to help and glad you found the channel!
Great tips, Seth. Thanks for share your knowledge. Table tênnis is always changing so we have to improove together.
Yes it’s en evolving sport! Thank you :)
Haven’t found a video more deserving of a subscription than this one. Really good stuff 👍
Thank you very much glad you liked it! More to come 👍
Thank you Seth. I am only 3/4th through the video but I am super impressed. These are really good tactics. I really love discussion on tactics and strategies and thus, I like this video a lot.
Thank you very much glad you enjoyed the video more to come 🙌
Excellent video - I really appreciate your effort! I like the clear, intelligent, organized nature of you videos. You cover a lot of information, but do it efficiently. Thanks!
Thank you, Ill keep that going in my future videos!
Excellent video, Seth. Wish I were good enough to take advantage of your suggestions. Have always enjoyed watching you serve and will now pay even more attention to you. Thank you.
Thanks much! You are good enough! some practice and you’ll be able to use them proficiently
Great video! I really liked your explanations on everything. My first video to see from your channel, I immediatley subscribed and will watch more!
What worked for me also in the amateur league is actually the opposite of spreading. Since I am not at such a high level, I have not mastered so many variations of serves yet. Which is why I keep the placement mostly short with my serves, until I see my opponent actually waiting for a short service. I then surprise them with the same service (including same movement), but just longer and faster.
Hey! Thanks for watching, glad you liked it, yes I like your strategy to be able to watch the opponent and “know what’s in their head” is a very useful skill that way you can be one step ahead of them! Thanks for the subscribe, more to come ?
This is amazing content, idk why you don't have 100k+ subscribers. Just discovered your channel today, instantly subbed
Thank you 🙏 I’m glad you like the content, It’s ok I’ll keep focusing on the content the subs will come :)
Thanks!
Great video and you're right, service follow through deception is not discussed enough. The Germans and Swedes are really good at this. I'm reminded of Waldner and his deceptively cool looking serves and tricky follow throughs. Timo Boll as well. I'm sure others are great at it but these two come to mind as I've done many rewinds and watched in slow motion to decipher them. Samsonov had a very interesting, methodical service motion too. It would put you in a such trance you'd forget to watch the contact point.
Anyway great video and thanks so much!
Yes it is fun to watch and learn from many of the top players each has a slightly different approach to it and is able to confuse their opponents. Thanks for watching!
Your lectures are all masterpieces.I am very fortunate to have found this lecture.
Thank you, Im glad you think so, more hopefully great stuff to come!
Seth, your advise has been so wonderful and resulting in good progress, that I am making it a practice to share it with my small community of tt aficionados, thanks for taking time out to share such valuable advise, much appreciated.
Thanks for watching and trying the material, I’m glad it’s worked for you and appreciate you spreading the word with your group!
very good video !! i watched all your videos on tips and all of them are very good cause they r very SPECIFIC ..those are professional tips (non professional players have to adjust in order of theyr level of play > for ex . its good to mix up the services to mess up the receiver but the server has to know exactly what is the range of the receives it may have after each specific serve and has to have a good 3th ball for each one of them)
Thank you! Glad you found it interesting, your right about the 3rd ball That’s a good point I wish I had something about that in the video
Yes. I do like this one too. Very practical, comprehensive video. Thanks.
Thank you! glad you liked it :)
I really enjoy your videos , they are always full of good information and I generally share them with other players. Thank you and keep up the good work. Im watching this for the 3rd time just before I share it.
I can't even focus on my own serve! A lot of time just before tossing the ball to serve I'll choose a serve but as the bat moves, I sometimes switch and do a different serve instead (end up giving free points!!). In my case I have to work on varieties and consistency, especially in reading and receiving serves. Thank you for the input. Well explained.
Great video. I have a sort of routine where I do the same forehand pendulum motion in a similar way but I have a bunch of different spins with a similar raquet motion. Lets say I start off with a deep sidespin/underspin. Then a shorter with more underspin. Then a short serve with a similar motion but a little top spin. And then my favourite, a short serve with no spin at all. Very often players think its another topspin serve and just dump the ball into the net.
Great video Seth! A lot of interesting and helpful information. You are one of the most intellectual tt players on youtube.
Thanks very much I’m glad you enjoyed it, I just try to pass along the ideas and tips Ive learned :)
My new favorite online coach. Awesome
Crazy bruh! Really loved your videos and would love to see more such videos . Great effort ❤
Thank you! Glad you have enjoyed them I’ll keep making them for sure!
Хорошая работа. Спасибо.
Very good video with a lot of useful information. Need a way to remember all these in game situations.
Thank you! Work them in slowly and see what works for you 👍📈
@@PechPongTT Thanks. I am following your advice..one at a time.
Thank you! Really good work and perfect explanation.
Your videos have a ton of value!! Kudos!!
Thank you glad you find them useful!
Absolutely great content!!! The importance of serves cannot be emphasised enough. And specially the emphasis on same spin serve, that definitely works a treat. So many times you can do a particular serve which your opponent is comfortable with but you can change the serve but not spin and it can confuse them. Ie jab serve, reverse pendulum and backhand serve all work the same spin but can work in very different ways!
A more detailed serve receives video would be great as that’s where matches can be lost very easily
Thank you much!! Yes I agree it’s a big help if you know how to execute the different serves! From now on I will call the scoop “Le Jab”! Such a good name! I put two videos out about serve receive, maybe you could take a look and let me know if I need to revisit the topic.
@@PechPongTT sorry that was a typo I meant the jab serve. Lol
Will check out the videos I do believe I did watch them months ago will watch again to refresh. I do follow and watch many videos but the explanation in your videos are very insightful and explained in such a simple manner it’s great to watch for all levels. And love watching your matches you are very quick with your footwork which is vital for success.
Aw darn! I still think Le Jab is cool 😎 haha thank you I’m glad you find the videos insightful. Stay tuned!
This could fill a book !!! Wonderful...
Great video. Thanks for all your work.
Thank you! More to come :)
great stuff. Always a joy to watch your videos and to learn from your knowledge
Thank you, Im glad you are able to understand it. more to come!
Very educational, will definetly put some new efforts in practice.
Great! Glad you found it worth while Hope it works for you!
Very informative video, thanks a lot.
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it :)
Truly Awesome job Seth
Absolute gold
Keep them coming
Kevin
Thank you Kevin glad you enjoyed it
Very good insight!
Thank you very much glad you liked it
Great video very helpful
Thanks much! More to come :)
These videos are just brilliant. Really useful.
Thank you, Im glad you find them useful :)
Hey Seth, Gerry Chua here. Glad to see you still playing. Ethan is doing well as a mechanical engineer up in the Bay Area. Has not held his paddle for 6-7 years. Anyway, I just watched 4 minutes of this video. I liked the part on Timo's serve where you do not know if it is a traditional pendulum or a reverse. I practiced it last night before the players arrived at my club. I used it several times and it was effective as it caught the receiving player by surprise and messed up their strategy. Thank you.
Hey Gerry!! So nice to connect with you again! I have good memories when we would see each other at tournaments and when we went to you house to play! Ethan has taken up Golf haha I see his videos that’s awesome he’s always been a talented athlete! That’s interesting how fast you were able to implement the serve, few can do it, glad you got something from it.
Seth, your match with Xia Jiwei (Jiaqi's ex hubby) was incredible. Almost like 2 acrobats playing pong. Keep it up, I wish Ethan stayed with TT. He did tell me the other day he might start playing again since ICC is just a few blocks from where he works. Say hello to your dad. I was also glad to see you and Keith play doubles at the Nationals. Man, when I think about it now - those days in Vegas or the Open in Fort Lauderdale. Setting up 3 video cameras with super long batteries and then having to roam around to take photos. I cant do that now. Keep up the great work on your videos. Very pragmatic and to the point.
Seth, one more comment on serves. I watched Lily and Kanak's matches at the recent tournament in Chile. It was painful to watch, specially Lily. She might be a 2500+ player but her serves are like 1900 level. I made a comment to Samson had Sarah won against Lily, she would have been a better player to play Diaz in that she had better serves. Every time Diaz need to win a point you can already figure out the serve that was coming. To some extent, Kanak's serves are rather simple to read and no "911" serves to use at 10-10 or 11-10 to put away the game / match. Just my 0.02, what do I know? Just an opinion of a 1850 player.
Thank You very much Seth, I Will work in improving the spin of My serves
Awsome Content. Really appreciate your knowledge and instruction. many thanks.
Thanks, Ill keep learning and sharing and we will keep playing this awesome sport!
very logical 🏓 story and useful ! thank u 👍
You make me think more about serve and receive
Thank you! Yes I will do that 👍
Such a handful of good information indeed. Well done! Thank you, Seth Pech!
Thank you! Im glad you liked it :)
if it's from PechPong then I know it's going to be awesome.
Could you please share some of your fitness/workout tips in the future? Like how is your routine like, how you manage to work out and not hinder your tournament performance etc.
Thanks for the compliment! I try my best to put out good stuff :) and Yeah I can talk about that in a video. I typically work like crazy and then the week before tournaments I rest up/play matches to get in the right mind frame and get energy back. Peter Karlsson talked about this with me and he said at his best he would keep up his physical routines even when at tournaments because he felt no need to lose the rhythm of his routine
As a beginner who loves serves. This is blowing my mind. Thanks dude
Glad to hear it’s informative! 👍🙌
Great video. Thanks.
Thank you 🙏
Loved the content. I have always struggled with the serves and I really liked you touched the topic of follow-up here. "Follow-up" is a part where I struggle alot and not many videos cover it.
It would be really helpful if you could make a video explaining how to return different serves. I always lose points in returning simple serves
Very good advice
Thanks 🙏 glad you liked it
Do you have any videos showing how to return different types of serves properly in different ways ? What are the pros and cons of those ways of returning them ?
If I watch this on a smart TV I can watch parts at 0.5 or 0.25 speed. Easier to see racket head trajectory. Would love to see a video on how to do pendulum, reverse pendulum you mentioned that Timo Boll uses with special emphasis on how you would break it down into segments to learn the motions...how we can work to make it look the same until the last moment. Thanks for the time and effort you put into these videos,"Speedy Pech".
I have experimented with it and so basically you "create" a takeaway/toss that would allow you to do both motion until the last second. I would then have my friend call out which serve to do at the last second so I can make it deceptive and practice doing that seamlessly
Very nice info coach. Thank you for the tips 👍🏼
Thanks glad you liked it.
Thank you for an amazing video. One of the best, highest level lectures.
Thank you! I’m glad you found it informative 😁👍
Thank you so much. Always such practical tips.
very informative, well researched stuff, no body shares such great tips. Thank you!.
Thank you, glad you felt the info was good!
Awesome content as always! Keep it up💪🏻💪🏻
Hey thanks! will do :)
Always followed your games and updates on through the Samson dubina page.. great to know you have your own channel! Subscribed!!
Thank you! Yeah Samson has a great thing going and I’m glad to be a part of it!
Great tips. Now I need to change what I do after hitting the ball, because I do the same follow through all the time.
thank you! yes give it a shot!
about serve receive : what about receive same spin serve by following the spin or opposing the spin and when to do so. I did notice in some matches , I did see good players return the serve to a direction that I would normally think that the ball would have a tendency to shoot off.
thank you for bringing gto strategy to table tennis !
Yeah I was watching a masterclass on Poker as well as Chess to see if there were any mental strategies I could port over to table tennis there are a few similarities. I’m not a poker master or a chess master but find it all interesting!
Yeah, I've tried explaining to people the GTO, which is another reason we see some traditionally seen as 'bad' serves [i.e. no spin long with slight backspin, or fast serves to BH to set up BH-BH rallies, etc], its all about widening your range, having your opponent have to adjust to the slew of strategies, as well as strengthening your other serves.
@@MrVibhas yeah exactly! That’s so cool that you a familiar with GTO and already have tried to implement it, I mean everyone kind of naturally gets it but to really understand how it messes with your opponents mind and is able to weaken their game is another.
Thank you Seth for your great tips and explanation its really useful ... keep going please
Glad you like them! Will do 👍
Excellent video. Very educational and practical. I'll practice some of the tactics shared. Keep up the great work! I appreciate your help and dedication to this great sport.😊
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed the video I love this sport it’s so complex and always has something new to teach
I am from India .I watch your videos .They are really very good.please make videos on all fundamental strokes. There are many Chinese and Korean tt channels which explain but because of language barrier We understand nothing.Hope you will make videos soon.Thanks
This is a good thought! I will try my best to make videos that cover those topics :)
What's an amazing video. Not often when you see people shares their hard earned experience like this. The only thing I wish is you have more clips at each points so it become a serve bible :) . Really thanks for your time and effort with this video.
Thank you for the compliments i will remember that for next video. More clips 👍
Top-notch content. Thank you very much.
Thanks 🙏 glad you liked it
Great tips!! Thanks for your advice. :)
Thanks a lot, stay tuned more to come :)
Lots of good ideas here. This video should have a lot more views.
Thank you! No worries the views will come if people keep liking it :)
This is very great thanks, I wonder if there is something on server receive as well
Nice job man thanks
Great content. Keep teaching Sir
Thank you very much! Glad you find it worthwhile!
Lots of good stuff to work with, cheers!
Thanks yes theres a lot to work on for me to haha
The serves were a real weapon when we were serving 5 and a 38mm ball...It's harder to get a good advantage with only 2 serves 40+ balls, outright points are rare, but the set ups are the same.
This is true, I wish I had played back then I started playing the year after the went to 40mn and 11 point games!
@@PechPongTT LOL!..I quit for 21 years, came back and was told the games were to 11 points and two serves...I think we should have 4 serves.
@@masterspin7796 yeah it has changed the game a lot I’m with you more than two would be cool.
I'm back playing after about a 25 year break.
I think I prefer the new 2 serve 11 point format.
5 serves was way overpowered.
The old balls were a lot nicer though!!!
@@samlook yeah the new ones were rough to get used to. I think the two serves has made the sport more spectator friendly as you mentioned the 5 were overpowered
Very well done.I love your video.
Seth, I like the detail you delve into. Because your videos are content rich, meaning there's a lot of information to absorb, perhaps add another teaching tool will be of great help to the viewers. My suggestion is you draw arrows on a still screen capture of the video clip you are about to show and show things like the ball spin, direction the serve is going to go, where the receiver is likely to stand, etc. It's a teaching tool sometimes done on TV football replays when they explain (while sketching on a still image), why a play was effective. Many times with the live pro game video clips you insert as examples I find myself going back to replay that clip because it's happening so quickly. Another aid would be helpful is if the clips could were played back in slow motion. Replaying when watching turns a 15-minute video maybe 30-minutes to watch. After awhile I tire of replaying sections and stop watching. Make it viewer friendly so we can watch without stopping to replay sections. I feel this could help us learn better and perhaps boost your subscriber count immensely. : )
Great video as always!
Thanks much!
Great tips, man. Super useful.
Thank you! Glad you liked it
Very good video and tips on serves and follow up, I suggest to add more clips based on the tips to compare and learn watching the clips, thanks a lot, I learn lots of skills form your videos, amazing job, keep it up.
Thank you! yes I agree more clips to watch and learn from. More to come!
@@PechPongTT Thanks for your reply, looking forward for more videos, I would like to know more about playing with pimple rubber, I always lose matches, whenever I receive the ball, it goes to the net, going out of the table is very less occasions
Very useful info. Thanks
Thank you! Im glad you liked it :)
Thanks Shet for the effort. Are there any mental frameworks you use in trying to gauge the opponent, as in their strengths and weaknesses. You have mentioned that you tend to remember what happened last on a given serve/receive. I struggle with remembering what happened last. How does one improve it?
Hi yeah that’s a very good question, I guess it comes down to knowing what to look for in a player. I think the best advice I can give is to watch how a high level player in your area plays against opponents. How they return serves of players you play against where they loop/block to. They will expose many weaknesses that you didn’t know existed because their pushes/block/loops are stronger. That’s what has helped me a lot i only used to like to watch ITTF matches but now i keep an eye out for local matches when two players I know play each other. Take notes 📝 hope this helps :)
Now I want to play you in both table tennis AND poker 😄
Awesome stuff mate
That would be fun!! Thanks man 😁
Great video Seth. Jacob was just commenting how good your videos are and the quality that goes into them. Apparently from your likes, views, and subscribers, your audience feels the same way. Keep it up! I know when my wife is watching table tennis videos, they must be yours. 😉
Thanks yeah I try my best, that’s so cool that she watches my table tennis videos! I’ll keep it up 👍 thanks again
Great work! Love it.
Thank you! I do my best haha
Great job!
Thank you! Much appreciated and glad you liked it
After a long time big bro.
Very informative video 😌.
And Happy New Year 🎉. May you have a great year🥳
Thank you glad you liked it! Happy new year to you as well 🥳
Great tips cheers from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you! So cool that you can see my videos all the across the world! Cheers :)
Thank you for your content Seth! Really helpful :)
🏓🙏🏽Thanks from a Novice here in Sydney also always looking forward to your video’s also what a few of the Pongfinity dude’s and a guy named Tom from the UK😊
Great video! Very interesting. Keep it up.
Thank you very much I’ll keep them coming
Great tips and a lot of them :) thanks 👍
Good stuff man, as always! Still waiting for that highlight video! 😉
Thanks man! Haha your not going to let this go are you lol 😂
Great work 👏
Thank you!
Many years ago one commentator was saying that top players will have 20 serves in their drawer. I never knew what they are. I know now. Great insight.
Thank you, I don’t know if I’ve got all of them, but these are the ones i do know :) glad you felt you got something from the video
really good job!!! greetings from Poland