Improving my Play (Video)

Thanks guys for the advises. I just thought to quickly reply before reading all of your posts. Here are some mistakes I did in the video. The introduction text is little long - sorry for that.

I don't use bryze. I use tackiefire drive on the forehand, and the long pimples on the backhand.

to much wasted upper body movement,the BH chops seem very good I think it's your best asset but FH needs a bit of work.Crouch down more and try doing the same motion consistantly as at the moment your upper body is all over the place,on the FH against topspin you seem to be sending everything long because your blade is not closed enough,block with BH topspin has to much wrist and not enough of a closed angle what your doing is just turning the ball over (can't generate any power like that) instead of going at an angle and through the ball.

        Your serves seem OK but with that grip it's hard to get a lot of spin try a search of the word pendelum and you will find some answers on how to get consistant spinny serves that can be disguised.

    Note as far as your grip goes you may want to put your thumb on the rubber as it gives more control of the blade angles in other words choke down on the handle a bit more

Thanks guys for the tips.

kollins, I'm not rich. Just doing the stuff because of the passion. I rented most of the equipments, but I know some multimedia works.

I used inverted rubber for long (6 months continuous) before I moved to the long PIMPs. I developed the chopping with blades like tackifire, but LP really helps me. I don't think LP has helped me in any other areas. In some way I'm crippled in my BH because I used to do BH side spin which was the best weapon I used to have.

Alfie found some valid problems of my shots. You are right, on the FH the blade is open. Also I have heavy upper body movements. I will correct those.

I used to have my thumb on the rubber on my previous small blade. The one I'm using now Joo Se Hyuk semi-wide classic grip, I'm not getting a feel of the rubber.

hmmm........ you're standing too straight, your bat is open up too much, close it a bit more. i noticed your legs, your right leg is in front of your left. that should be the way. your left leg should be in front. you are just pratically hitting the ball over the net. your ball is just TOO HIGH!!! those shots are just for opponent to whack it back. open up your arm more. seems quite 'chicken wing' to me. arm that are so close, pratically can't produce much power. open your arm more. and u seem to be on your heels a lot of the times. you should be on your toes. you hit up the ball too much, causing it to go up high. close your bat more, your arm should go forward instead of up. also, use your body more. use your legs more. body and legs are the key to a good and fast loop. rotate your body as much as possible, and kick your legs forward more. something like pushing your whole body forward. you're too tensed. relax your whole body, hand going forward, body rotating, and legs pushing forward. and stand on your toes, and bend your knees more. omg. you just hitting the ball forward. no spin. no power.= opponent chance ball. ok nvm. remember this points. and about your chops i'm sorry i can't tell much i'm not a chopper and don't know much about chopping. but from what i see your ball are getting too high!!! i can't give any tips on chopping sorry. ok practice practice and practice. oh and like what mcuba said if you can get a coach. we can give you tips, but that's not much help compared to getting a coach. ps pls wear shoes next time(sorry if you're offended)

GenomicsKnight wrote: varghesep wrote: What is the tip to make a server short or long? Is it the speed we use to hit the ball, or the location on the table we hit the ball to reboud. First of all, great video work. To make a serve short you usually start by making the first bounce closer to your baseline and grazing the ball more than hitting through. You can also add more spin to your serve by snapping your wrist more in addition to your usual arm movement. Once you get more used to it, then you can add variations by contacting the ball closer to the tip of your blade, center, or closer to the base/handle. This way the same amount of arm movement and wrist action will give you serves with different amount of spin and speed.

GenomicsKnight I disagree with the bouncing closer to your own baseline part. To have a short serve, the ball should be contacted so that the spin is accentuated and the forward hit motion reduced, as you've mentioned. THe first bounce then should be closer to the net, and the successful bounces will be gradually shorter and lower.

I noticed that the mediamax where I uploaded the video first has blocked further access because of the large number of downloads. I have put the video on YouTube now.

The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuOHDpCKt4Q

serious table tennis need good basic to start with ..once one had developed bad habits its dificult to change... that my advice..

i dont offer sweets to make someone happy... didnt meant to offence but offer my honest findings..... i can choose to say : keep up d good work, or choose not to comment... but i choosed to tell u d truth and d solution i.e get a choach.

there no point beating a higher rating player now but stuck at a level .... but some moderator in another forum thinks otherwise n worst he thinks only his tot is valid and just add humor(jokes) in a forum...

when i said u need a whole make over....i m serious.... u will appreciate that when u have learned n master it later(if u really lerned)

not making joke at all....not even smiling.... dont like to offen n be offended especially by some mederator in another forum.....lol.... will topspin his nose if ever meet....lol.

good luck.... i m in no mood to argue.... just lol

d lol ghost