My TT Video - Pls Comment

Greetings. I was influenced by some of the postings here and decided to record one of my matches few weeks ago. This is my first time recording, editing and sharing a video. The video was recorded using a Nokia mobile phone and edited using Corel Video Studio (30 days trial). I apologize for the poor video quality because I want to keep the file size small, if not it takes ages for me to upload.
In the video, I am the one using shake hand.

IMO it is worth the effort to record matches. Before this, I fantasized or imagined play like a pro. The video shows all the flaws. I am more awake now:) So, highly recommend those yet to record, give it a try.

This is what I get out of the video:
1. Poor footwork
2. Passive play
3. Unable to initial attack from BH
4. and so on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIsdGkQUZ2E

Please comment.






Edited by yylik - 09/07/2011 at 3:31am

Thanks for putting yourself out there!

I enjoyed it. Even though it was low-quality, you could see the ball better than many of the player made youtube videos.

I enjoyed your control of the points.

You can call it passive play, but you set up your attacks effectively and were able to open and usually win the point after the pushing started.

You also were able to sustain a number of FH attacks when necessary.

It would be interesting to see you playing a more aggressive topspinner, to see how you handle the other person's opener.

Thank you guys for those nice words and valuable advice.
Just want to share some of my thoughts.

I was trained a C-Pener. I was frustrated at one point of time many yrs ago because I was going nowhere, losing to the same people again and again. It was clear to me the problem being my weak BH, where I was unable to open up a rally effectively. My BH was basically for push blocking only. Last yr, I have decided to give shake hand a serious try. I bought my first expensive SH blade.

I watched few videos posted in this forum. Fellow members are more confident in opening up a rally using BH. In contrast, I lack the confidence to do so. I tend to play safe and wait either opponent to open the rally, or I wait for the shot to land on my FH. Long way to go:)

Footwork - I remember my primary school coach (we called him “Shi Fu”= something like Master in KungFu) used to teach that one should move and be in a position before you hit the ball. If I remember correctly, I was able to do that as a kid. Now, I am a grown up man with longer arms. From the video, it is clear that I had depended mostly on stretching my arms to reach to the ball than to depend on footwork.

Passive play – Unconsciously, I am passive in nature and content with being able to put the ball back on table. In the video, the opponent told me straight (before the match) that he was going to make me run, by attacking both sides and widening the angle. He managed to do that on many occasions. Thanks to the video, now I know the reason being that my initial passive blocks resulted in poor placement (usually to the forehand of opponent) which set up easily for him to be able to make me run like mad dog.

Passive play - I tend be the one who slow down during fast pushes/ rallies. Passive and by playing safe might work for less aggressive player but I know psychologically it is damaging in front of better skilled player. Someone ever told me it is better to be in the fast rallies (eg. hit hard) than to back down. He added that it is better to miss a point yourself (such as miss a counter loop/ fast pushes) than being smashed in the face.

There are many thoughts and ideas that I want to bring into the game. For example,

1.     Variety of serves couple with different landing serve shot.
2.     Utilized angle and by attacking the deep corners (straight or diagonal)
3.     Be pro-active, take initiative in attack. (nowadays, I see kids are attacking on the 3rd ball)
4.     Be pro-active, never back down during fast pushes/rallies.
5.     Put in some spin in the BH push instead of pure push
It is easier said than done. The idea and awareness is good, but I find myself to go back to old playing habits easily, usually when I start loosing points or feeling tired.

What say you?


Edited by yylik - 09/09/2011 at 11:23pm

My coach always tell me i have a problem. We both have it.

Edited by channyboi - 09/09/2011 at 5:07am