(By Larry Hodges) A major weakness of many players is an inability to change the pace, and thereby throw their opponent’s timing off. Not doing so is a quick way of helping your opponent’s timing. Many players try to change the pace, but do so unsuccessfully – either because they don’t know how to do […]
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Coaching Tip of the Week: Forehand Attackers Should Serve & Backhand Attack
(By Larry Hodges) If you are primarily a forehand attacker, many of your opponents will get used to your relentless forehand attacks, often from the backhand corner, especially after your serve. Why not throw them off with a backhand loop? This is especially effective against an opponent who routinely pushes your serve to your backhand […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Don’t Play a Point Until You Have a Game Plan
(By Larry Hodges) In the movie “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” there’s a famous quote, “Don’t move until you see it.” It comes from a coach who is telling his chess-playing star not to move until he sees the line of moves he’s about to play. Similarly, in table tennis (which we often call “Chess at […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Tournament Experience vs. Practice
(By Larry Hodges) Many players practice for many months, not playing in any tournaments until they feel they are completely ready. Then they enter a tournament . . . and flop. They don’t understand it, so they go right back to practicing for many months, avoiding tournaments again. When they again feel ready, they enter […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: What to Do in the “Big Points”
(By Larry Hodges) Some players have reputation as being “winners” because they seem to be able to pull out close matches. There are two aspects to this. One is mental – nervous players don’t do well in close matches. The other aspect is tactical – you need to learn what to do tactically in a […]
Butterfly Training Tips: 3rd Ball Attack From The Backhand
Coach Rachid El Boubou demonstrates how to effectively third ball attack from the backhand corner. Learn more about Rachid El Boubou here Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis […]
Interview with Samson Dubina: Meet Rachel Wang
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Coaching Tip of the Week: How to Play the Attacker/Blocker with Dead Rubber
(By Larry Hodges) One of the more difficult styles to figure out is what to do against a player who attacks and blocks with a “dead” surface – either a slow inverted surface or short pips. The inverted may be slow because it’s designed that way (often for beginners) or because it’s old and used. […]
Butterfly Training Tips: Transition From Underspin To Topspin
Coach Yu Di demonstrates two different sequences to improve your transitioning. Learn more about Yu Di here Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We […]
Butterfly Training Tips: Drill: Backhand, Middle, Forehand, Middle with Huijing Wang
Learn more about Huijing Wang here Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here Other training videos by Huijing Wang: Butterfly Training Tips: How To Handle Balls To The Middle with Huijing Wang Butterfly Training Tips: Table Tennis Exercises At Home with Huijing Wang Stay […]
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