Most of your practice time in table tennis should consist of doing game-situation drills. Game-like drills consist of a serve, return, and rally. HOWEVER, there are times during practice that you should put yourself in a bad situation to push yourself to the limit, to push yourself HARDER than you actually would go in a match.
When doing drills with a training partner, choose drills that are game-like as well as drills that push your limits. If you are doing a basic backhand to backhand rally for one hour per day and averaging 50-100 balls each rally, then you probably aren’t pushing the limits.
During this 6-hour group session on footwork, each student will be responsible for taking notes. At the end of the clinic, each player will be given this open-book test to see how much he remembers.
During this 2 hour and 17 minute DVD you will learn the details of game strategy, anticipation, advanced strokes, footwork, serve, serve return, and much much more. This DVD is now available in North America and will soon be available in Europe and Asia.
In this blog posting, I’ll be detailing robot drills 11-20 and giving some tips on how to perfect your game using these drills. Every robot comes with FREE lessons when purchased at www.samsondubina.com
In table tennis, footwork is important for all levels. Using the Newgy Robo-Pong 2050 is one of the best ways to improve footwork. Most players try to improve their side-to-side footwork, which is important. However, only a few players try to improve their in-and-out footwork.
In-and-out footwork is vitally important for the slow block, especially when you are away from the table. Watch how Joo Se Hyuk demonstrates the stepping in on this video:
Learn about the proper amount of anticipation to use
Mental Stratgies – Part VIII
Guess or Not to Guess?
In table tennis, there are 2 aspects of anticipation. The first is to have a reasonable guess as to where your opponent will hit the next ball. The next aspect is watching his body position and racket angle and adjusting based on the direction of his swing.
Footwork Mechanics, Anticipation, Visualization, and Fitness
Four Elements of Footwork
“If I can lose 10 pounds, my footwork will really improve!”
This is a common statement made by hundreds of club players nationwide. Yes, their footwork probably will improve, but losing 10 pounds is only 1 of the 4 elements to having excellent footwork. I have seen some great athletes (in other sports) who had very poor footwork in table tennis. I have also seen some 300 pound table tennis players who had decent footwork.
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