Very nice video. Thanks a lot for these useful tips. I will try to implement them in our youth training sessions. Half long servers are quite a often unused option.
Great video. If I see it coming short, I try to flick the ball back. If it's coming long I try to go for the loop. If I'm not sure I resort to the push return but with placement. Not implying I'm great at any of this but I am slowly getting better at it. There are two issues with the half-long serve: 1) how long will it indeed be and 2) how much spin is on the serve (judge the spin wrong and the return will into the net or pop up high for an easy attack by the server.
Then perhaps you need to develop the skill of anticipating the ball. This isn't a mechanical skill, but a mind skill of focusing your mind on what's going on on the ball: how the opponent hits it, where the ball is going and going to land, predicting its trajectory and deciding whether it's attackable or not. This is what I struggle with too, and only recently I think I have some ideas about it.
It's the first thing going away when your fitness goes a bit off as it requires really low stance to lift backspin properly. Now I'd rather flick or push them unless the ball is high enough.
@Tom: To complement this, how would you go about getting rid of the fear to hit the table with your bat. It's something I've been struggling with since day 1.
The exercise Craig shows - with the cone - is a useful one. It's harder than it looks, but will increase your confidence in playing the stroke without hitting the table. Another one I use is rolling the ball along the table back towards myself and then spinning the ball just as it leaves the table. I demonstrate this in this video... th-cam.com/video/ObuqH-d_LQI/w-d-xo.html
Very nice video. Thanks a lot for these useful tips. I will try to implement them in our youth training sessions. Half long servers are quite a often unused option.
Nice tips, thanks!
Great video. If I see it coming short, I try to flick the ball back. If it's coming long I try to go for the loop. If I'm not sure I resort to the push return but with placement. Not implying I'm great at any of this but I am slowly getting better at it. There are two issues with the half-long serve: 1) how long will it indeed be and 2) how much spin is on the serve (judge the spin wrong and the return will into the net or pop up high for an easy attack by the server.
Then perhaps you need to develop the skill of anticipating the ball. This isn't a mechanical skill, but a mind skill of focusing your mind on what's going on on the ball: how the opponent hits it, where the ball is going and going to land, predicting its trajectory and deciding whether it's attackable or not. This is what I struggle with too, and only recently I think I have some ideas about it.
Awesome!!! Thanks!
Excelent tecnic Thanks 👍🏓
good point, step in your forehand leg
It's the first thing going away when your fitness goes a bit off as it requires really low stance to lift backspin properly. Now I'd rather flick or push them unless the ball is high enough.
@Tom: To complement this, how would you go about getting rid of the fear to hit the table with your bat. It's something I've been struggling with since day 1.
The exercise Craig shows - with the cone - is a useful one. It's harder than it looks, but will increase your confidence in playing the stroke without hitting the table. Another one I use is rolling the ball along the table back towards myself and then spinning the ball just as it leaves the table. I demonstrate this in this video... th-cam.com/video/ObuqH-d_LQI/w-d-xo.html
Like your new look Graig !
Must be my new haircut!
Hi! What is the purple rubber?
Joola Dynaryz
It's JOOLA Dynaryz AGR bribartt.co.uk/product/joola-dynaryz-agr-table-tennis-rubber/?ref=8204
Tom makes himself look like a bad player by playing against such good players the whole time
First:d