Hello, everyone!
I have been playing table tennis for a bit over 6 years now (I'm 15), and I'm a left-handed offensive-oriented type of player. My strengths are forehand loops, backhand flicks, and topspin, and pendulum/reverse pendulum serves with variation. Everything else is quite average, to be honest, but still pretty good. Obviously, it's not good enough, which is why I come here and ask for your assistance. Technically, I'm aware of how to do "everything you need to know," since I can't say "everything" in table tennis, or at least, I have the basic principles of how to do "everything" in table tennis; In-game, not much. You see, I play in a public park since it's free. I go to a local club whenever a tournament is nearing by to practice with a few better players. In the public park I go to, I train with people at around the 2000 rating (Cuban National Team former players, J-Pen long-pip players, and a Seemiler grip player with short/long pips to name a few people that go) so, I have a good variety of players.
The problem is, the only person I can actually say "Hey! Let's train!" Is with my dad, and one or two people that are waiting to play next; basically my dad (Thank you!). We start off with a volley of around a minute or two on each side, and then I basically tell my dad to serve with backspin so that I can flick, topspin, or push the ball, and that's all the training I get. The rest is watching YouTube videos of matches and I start creating strategies and whatnot.
I would appreciate if there are any drills that you could recommend that do not require multiball(Since I play in a local park...) and can contribute to SOMETHING of improvement. Not to say that I don't improve my flicks every time I get to do them with my dad, for example, but that's basically the only thing I'm working on, and I'm pretty sure that there's a bunch of drills that contribute to every aspect of the game, and is more beneficial over the long run than only one stroke at a time.
Thank you!
I have been playing table tennis for a bit over 6 years now (I'm 15), and I'm a left-handed offensive-oriented type of player. My strengths are forehand loops, backhand flicks, and topspin, and pendulum/reverse pendulum serves with variation. Everything else is quite average, to be honest, but still pretty good. Obviously, it's not good enough, which is why I come here and ask for your assistance. Technically, I'm aware of how to do "everything you need to know," since I can't say "everything" in table tennis, or at least, I have the basic principles of how to do "everything" in table tennis; In-game, not much. You see, I play in a public park since it's free. I go to a local club whenever a tournament is nearing by to practice with a few better players. In the public park I go to, I train with people at around the 2000 rating (Cuban National Team former players, J-Pen long-pip players, and a Seemiler grip player with short/long pips to name a few people that go) so, I have a good variety of players.
The problem is, the only person I can actually say "Hey! Let's train!" Is with my dad, and one or two people that are waiting to play next; basically my dad (Thank you!). We start off with a volley of around a minute or two on each side, and then I basically tell my dad to serve with backspin so that I can flick, topspin, or push the ball, and that's all the training I get. The rest is watching YouTube videos of matches and I start creating strategies and whatnot.
I would appreciate if there are any drills that you could recommend that do not require multiball(Since I play in a local park...) and can contribute to SOMETHING of improvement. Not to say that I don't improve my flicks every time I get to do them with my dad, for example, but that's basically the only thing I'm working on, and I'm pretty sure that there's a bunch of drills that contribute to every aspect of the game, and is more beneficial over the long run than only one stroke at a time.
Thank you!
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