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Hey everyone!
I am talking to the best Slovak coach (trainer) quite often, as we are good friends.
Too bad I dont have much time to get coached..
Basically, he says, there is one difference between 4+ leagues (4 and worse) and 3- leagues (3rd and better)..
Better players dont fear the ball.
When the ball flies at you with huge speed, most of the people are afraid of it.
I mean - not like they would die, but they are afraid they wont hit it, they will lose or whatever..
That is one thing.
The second:
Difference between 1st or 2nd league players and world class players - stiffed / relaxed hips.
In order to be pretty damn good, you have to have relaxed hips, so when you play, your hips accelerate your upper body, which accelerates your arm and makes shot better and faster.
The movement of the hips is very little, still very helpful.
I watched hundreds of videos of chinese or european top players.. All of them have it.
That little movement of the hips, that little rotation during the shot.
Xu Xin excells in that, Ma Long too, Zhang´s is smaller etc..
Question is: WHAT to do, when my HIPS are STIFFED???
Somehow (and I bet I am not alone) I have my hips stiffed.
I cant do it! I do not do the movement and I dont know what to do about it.
Does have anyone some excercise for it?
It is weird, I have done gymnastics, I have done kickboxing, where almost all the power goes through hips and there I have it..
But in table tennis, I just cannot include it into my movement..
So, guys, I wait for your ideas
I am talking to the best Slovak coach (trainer) quite often, as we are good friends.
Too bad I dont have much time to get coached..
Basically, he says, there is one difference between 4+ leagues (4 and worse) and 3- leagues (3rd and better)..
Better players dont fear the ball.
When the ball flies at you with huge speed, most of the people are afraid of it.
I mean - not like they would die, but they are afraid they wont hit it, they will lose or whatever..
That is one thing.
The second:
Difference between 1st or 2nd league players and world class players - stiffed / relaxed hips.
In order to be pretty damn good, you have to have relaxed hips, so when you play, your hips accelerate your upper body, which accelerates your arm and makes shot better and faster.
The movement of the hips is very little, still very helpful.
I watched hundreds of videos of chinese or european top players.. All of them have it.
That little movement of the hips, that little rotation during the shot.
Xu Xin excells in that, Ma Long too, Zhang´s is smaller etc..
Question is: WHAT to do, when my HIPS are STIFFED???
Somehow (and I bet I am not alone) I have my hips stiffed.
I cant do it! I do not do the movement and I dont know what to do about it.
Does have anyone some excercise for it?
It is weird, I have done gymnastics, I have done kickboxing, where almost all the power goes through hips and there I have it..
But in table tennis, I just cannot include it into my movement..
So, guys, I wait for your ideas