Me vs. 1900 guy

This is a recent practice match of me and a 1900 guy (close to 2000 at his peak). For a better viewing experience, I edited out the service return errors - there were about 3-4 of them per game, mainly because we didn't know each other very well and my opponent's serves are especially tricky, not too spinny but very deceiving. Compared to the opponents in my previous videos (http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41233), this guy is a lot tougher and puts way more pressure on me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AND4c_xhq6M


Feel free to comment on whatever you see, but I noticed 3 things: my FH loop off backspin seems to lack power, my BH rally is unstable, and I get caught offguard on the wide FH corner too often, so inputs on these weaknesses are welcomed!

Thanks!

PS: I'm the guy in green


Edited by duchoangle - 05/08/2011 at 12:54am

On forhand loops, you cross your left leg infront of your right too often. Most could have been reached by stepping right with your right leg.

Actually, it shows up on the backhand several times also. Makes recovery for the next shot very hard. When you cross over like that, the loop becomes an arm loop, no power.

The funny thing is that when I do the Falkenberg drill I never cross my legs like that, but it always shows up in games. Any idea why that happens?

@smackman: I'm the guy in green, starting out on the far side

chu_bun wrote: My coach said don't backup when you are on the offensive, after serving or looping for example.  He said doing is to give up the initiative and give the opponent more time to react to the shot.  Don't know if he is correct though.  I find standing a few feet from the table give me more time and space.  I've also seen pro's doing that.  Ovtcharov is an extreme case.  He jumps back 1, 2 feet after serving.

Well it's not like I want to move away from the table, it's because my opponent forces me to. The bigger the threat, the further I back up. I used to block a lot, but recently I discovered that backing up and spin the ball back onto the table is a more effective defensive method against most players.

Where r u guys playing at? looks like UTD to me... is that right?