During drills, you can isolate a specific skill or skills. During practice matches, you can test those skill to see if you are implementing them correctly. A practice match is like a quiz. If you want to do well on the final exam, you need to take the quizzes to test yourself. If you are failing every quiz, then you need to learn the content better. If you aren’t performing well in practice matches, then you need to go back to the practice hall and work on specifics.
The two-wing looper is the most common style in table tennis. This offensive player wins the majority of his points by giving heavy topspins with both backhand and forehand. Check out the 6 keys to keep in mind when devastating this opponent!
We recently heard back from ITTF that, YES, Bluetooth Coaching is now legal under the USATT and ITTF rules. The Samson Dubina Table Tennis Academy will be moving forward with the idea using it in leagues and tournaments to best prepare our players for the US Nationals in July! One important point to remember is that communication is only allowed between points and it is NOT allowed during the point.
Video examples and tips about bluetooth coaching will be available soon.
Check back within the next few weeks!
If your opponent’s primary shot is an extreme topspin attack, he is considered a looper. Loopers can play far from the table or close to the table; some loopers are penholders while others use the shakehands grip, some loop from both forehand and backhand and some just forehand. In this article, I’m going to describe the opponent who loops with just his forehand.
Congrats to 6-year-old Fiona Dubina for becoming the SDTTA January Student of the Month. Fiona earned the award for doing a 94 hit footwork drill on wide angle shots combining both backhand and forehand. Fiona will be featured on TV (Cleveland 19 WOIO TV) next week. I'll post the exact time that the clip will be featured.
Keep working hard Fiona!
