Here's what I noticed and I hope you don't mind. Loop under spin (7:30 - 9:10): Follow through is too stiff: -your swing is too short and too stiff. Relax your arms and let your arm follow through naturally. Lean forward: -you tend to straight your body after hitting the ball. Try to avoid straightening your body after the hit so that you can maintain your center of gravity and force. Also, bend your knees a little bit if you cannot maintain your balance. You're doing great. I don't know the results of your matches, but I'm sure that the results of your training are showing up. Keep it up!
Appreciate the detailed analysis - I think the reason my follow through was stiff was because I was focused on snapping / flexing my forearm but I might be doing that too early in the movement... relaxing my arm has always been a struggle for me. Re: leaning forward - I've noticed many people have pointed this out where my leg straightens completely. It seems to be less of a problem in moving drills so I guess I just have to remember to stay squatted down throughout the motion
@@markdatuin892 you're right - I'm snapping too early. Need to wait until the end / point of contact to snap so that my arm isn't so tense the whole time
Met coach richard at one of the US Opens, really nice dude we were sharing a table. I notice that on your forehand openings your body goes up a lot instead of forward and you seem to get tired really easily during training. I would recommend doing cardio but I know it’s hard for people with lots of body mass and especially tough for insanely buff people like yourself.
1. When you hit the forehand topspin you are often hitting the ball too close to your body. You should move a little further away from the ball. You should always have a distance of five fingers between your waist and your elbow. This problem is due to the fact that after hitting the ball you spend a long time with your arm extended and you are not used to returning your arm to its initial position. 2. With the musculature of your arm, I don't know who advised you to use short pimples on your backhand, but I advise you NOT to use rubbers from big brands like Donic, Butterfly, Tibhar, Victas because they are rigid and although they give you a lot of control, they do not pose much danger to your opponents. Get one with very flexible pimples and a sponge of approximately 0.6 to 0.9 mm from Dr. Neubauer. They have specialized in this type of rubber for decades, the big brands do not. Although with your arm I would use a smooth rubber. You keep improving!
Isn't crazy that you could probably split Wang Chuqin in half with your bare hands, but he can still hit forehands that are way more powerful than anything we can do?
on your loop underspin, you have to have better hip rotation. almost all of your power is unused as your hips aren't engaged. You are over compensating with your arm and upper body which is burning you out.
Coach Richard won't gas out as his power comes from 30% leg, 30% hip, 30% arm / shoulder and 10% hand / grip. On the contrary, your swing is probably 80% arm / shoulder . One of the differences is coach Richard moves his legs / hips / body first, then his arm follows. Your arm moves first, so all power can only come from your arm, which is taxing. You'll get there bud, I did the same thing too. You might also want to consider doing some hip opening stretches too. Your power transfer will be more fluid. Good luck!
focus on your left elbow you are not setted up, its not about repetition at certain degree its about mechanical understanding, try to understand better what you are doing, not only awaiting for advices, you are at university in term of learning, you need self awarness, i ssee a lot of movement that arent yours and muscle not meing used as they should. Don't forget that everyone height and and full range is different, try to find your optimal way to excute the right movment that fits you. But for that you have to know better your stroke and balance.
@@musclepong wait, pro wrestler? Like Hulk Hogan? Or amateur wrestlers like our Olympians who kick ass and bring home gold medals in freestyle / greco roman?
Here's what I noticed and I hope you don't mind.
Loop under spin (7:30 - 9:10):
Follow through is too stiff:
-your swing is too short and too stiff. Relax your arms and let your arm follow through naturally.
Lean forward:
-you tend to straight your body after hitting the ball. Try to avoid straightening your body after the hit so that you can maintain your center of gravity and force. Also, bend your knees a little bit if you cannot maintain your balance.
You're doing great. I don't know the results of your matches, but I'm sure that the results of your training are showing up. Keep it up!
Appreciate the detailed analysis - I think the reason my follow through was stiff was because I was focused on snapping / flexing my forearm but I might be doing that too early in the movement... relaxing my arm has always been a struggle for me.
Re: leaning forward - I've noticed many people have pointed this out where my leg straightens completely. It seems to be less of a problem in moving drills so I guess I just have to remember to stay squatted down throughout the motion
@ I guess you’re doing the snap in the wrong way. The timing for snap is when you’re going to hit the ball. Like in boxing.
@@markdatuin892 you're right - I'm snapping too early. Need to wait until the end / point of contact to snap so that my arm isn't so tense the whole time
Met coach richard at one of the US Opens, really nice dude we were sharing a table. I notice that on your forehand openings your body goes up a lot instead of forward and you seem to get tired really easily during training. I would recommend doing cardio but I know it’s hard for people with lots of body mass and especially tough for insanely buff people like yourself.
Coach Richard the Goat👍😯😀🥶🐐🏓
I saw your results and it looks like you’ll be at least around your previous high rating. Too bad against that 2200 player. Good work!
Thanks man - I'm actually glad I didn't beat the 2200. He was overrated and also that win would've inflated my points and ruined my next series
1. When you hit the forehand topspin you are often hitting the ball too close to your body. You should move a little further away from the ball. You should always have a distance of five fingers between your waist and your elbow. This problem is due to the fact that after hitting the ball you spend a long time with your arm extended and you are not used to returning your arm to its initial position. 2. With the musculature of your arm, I don't know who advised you to use short pimples on your backhand, but I advise you NOT to use rubbers from big brands like Donic, Butterfly, Tibhar, Victas because they are rigid and although they give you a lot of control, they do not pose much danger to your opponents. Get one with very flexible pimples and a sponge of approximately 0.6 to 0.9 mm from Dr. Neubauer. They have specialized in this type of rubber for decades, the big brands do not. Although with your arm I would use a smooth rubber. You keep improving!
What's the advantage of very flexible pimples (say Dr. Neubauer) vs my current set-up with Spectol S1?
@musclepong I already told you in number 2.
Isn't crazy that you could probably split Wang Chuqin in half with your bare hands, but he can still hit forehands that are way more powerful than anything we can do?
😂
Coach Richard with some nice single leg takedowns
Can confirm it was an effective takedown...
SP BH against block: your paddle shouldn't be dropping below the table at all. Maybe it's just the camera angle. Your FH open up is good!!
That's a great observation - bad habit of mine that I need to correct
on your loop underspin, you have to have better hip rotation. almost all of your power is unused as your hips aren't engaged. You are over compensating with your arm and upper body which is burning you out.
Any tips or mental cues on engaging hips?
@@musclepong short answer: 1) watch coach Richard at 0:15 of your video. 2) Ask coach Richard how to engage your hips etc in your loop underspin.
Coach Richard won't gas out as his power comes from 30% leg, 30% hip, 30% arm / shoulder and 10% hand / grip. On the contrary, your swing is probably 80% arm / shoulder . One of the differences is coach Richard moves his legs / hips / body first, then his arm follows. Your arm moves first, so all power can only come from your arm, which is taxing. You'll get there bud, I did the same thing too. You might also want to consider doing some hip opening stretches too. Your power transfer will be more fluid. Good luck!
@@scooterinmie1 the next lesson we cover this actually (should come out in a few days)
@@musclepong Coach richard is good, man.
focus on your left elbow you are not setted up, its not about repetition at certain degree its about mechanical understanding, try to understand better what you are doing, not only awaiting for advices, you are at university in term of learning, you need self awarness, i ssee a lot of movement that arent yours and muscle not meing used as they should. Don't forget that everyone height and and full range is different, try to find your optimal way to excute the right movment that fits you. But for that you have to know better your stroke and balance.
Are you posting us open vid?
Yeah planning on releasing them once I finish uploading the training leading up to US Open
@ ok
dude, was coach richard on the wrestling team?
I wanna say his dad was a pro wrestler in China
@@musclepong wait, pro wrestler? Like Hulk Hogan? Or amateur wrestlers like our Olympians who kick ass and bring home gold medals in freestyle / greco roman?
I felt smooth rubber will be more powerful for you.
My "feeling" is a lot better with SP on my BH