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The shot Ma Lin achieves here is what's known as a touch shot. However, looking closely at this amazing footage from DiegoTTTube at youtube you can see how much backspin Ma Lin achieves on the ball! Awesome!
How to do this touch shot?
The aim of this touch shot (the short push) is to make sure you keep the ball short over your opponents side of the table. Keeping it short I mean at least two bounces. In doing so this stops your opponent attacking the ball. The key is, to keep your short push low over the net.
To do this shot, you need to have the racquet face open and contact the ball as early as possible. This enables you to get the ball short over the net quickly and doesn't give your opponent much time. Try to also contact the ball with a little bit of backspin to minimise the risk of your opponent coming in with a strong flick.
Its important however, to not attempt the short push to often as your opponent can get use to your style of play and will then start to flick your short balls. Vary your pushing with long aggressive digs to mix the pushing up for your opponent. This keeps him guessing on what your going to do.
Good luck!
Its this type of touch that seperates Ma Lin to the rest of the world, thus enabling him to become Olympic Champion in 2008.
Photo by: tabletennisphotos.com
How to do this touch shot?
The aim of this touch shot (the short push) is to make sure you keep the ball short over your opponents side of the table. Keeping it short I mean at least two bounces. In doing so this stops your opponent attacking the ball. The key is, to keep your short push low over the net.
To do this shot, you need to have the racquet face open and contact the ball as early as possible. This enables you to get the ball short over the net quickly and doesn't give your opponent much time. Try to also contact the ball with a little bit of backspin to minimise the risk of your opponent coming in with a strong flick.
Its important however, to not attempt the short push to often as your opponent can get use to your style of play and will then start to flick your short balls. Vary your pushing with long aggressive digs to mix the pushing up for your opponent. This keeps him guessing on what your going to do.
Good luck!
Its this type of touch that seperates Ma Lin to the rest of the world, thus enabling him to become Olympic Champion in 2008.
Photo by: tabletennisphotos.com