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Here's a good demonstration

How to get to a ball when your to far away from it and out of position. The footwork pattern is whats known as the 'cross step'.

Watch how once Paul Drinkhall completes the cross step, he recovers and pushes of back to his ready postion straight away.

Some players tend to cross step and then that have left the table open, you must try to practice to get back to the centre line as quickly and efficiently as possible.

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It's called "omlopen" in my language (Belgian dutch).
Sometimes I do it, mostly when I'm playing offensive.
 
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its very effective in retrieving the ball and executing killer side spin loops but it has a disadvantage when you lose your footing or balance and all the opponent has to do is block it back to your backhand
 
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must the one be focus to don't do it alot coz it's very tiring ^_^

and it's need alot of training to do it right.
 

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i only ever do it when i relax and then it just happens....
 
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I do this quite often, sometimes its the only way for me to get to the ball. Very tiring, yes.
 
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It isn't easy on the knees but is what you have to do if you want to get the ball back when your opponent has pushed you around the table. The Drinkhall video almost needs to be played in slow motion to see his crossovers and recovery! Nice demonstration.
 
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I've been taught only to do so on extreme reaches, it makes setting up the next shot harder so should be avoided whenever possible.

Yeah its definitely something only to use in particular situations where you are forced into it. I mean ideally you can estimate where your opponent hits the ball to so you are in the correct position. It's only when you are forced into the situation where you really have to reach for a far ball do you use the cross-step.
 

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Yeah its definitely something only to use in particular situations where you are forced into it. I mean ideally you can estimate where your opponent hits the ball to so you are in the correct position. It's only when you are forced into the situation where you really have to reach for a far ball do you use the cross-step.

Yeah true, however a Chinese coach taught me this once. If the ball is wide to your forehand and you have the confident's, you can use the cross step to hit the ball as you can generate a lot more power.. I guess its a gamble shot! :)
 
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Yeah true, however a Chinese coach taught me this once. If the ball is wide to your forehand and you have the confident's, you can use the cross step to hit the ball as you can generate a lot more power.. I guess its a gamble shot! :)

Yeah I guess that's true, in those cases where its not too far wide to the forehand, I prefer to do a shift/hop to the side, its like sliding to side to side, except you move both feet at the same time, I find that that helps produce more power because your entire body is shifting during the course of your swing, which can add power, but it doesn't sacrifice your position as much as a cross-step. I tend to only resort to cross-stepping when it is the only method to reach a ball that is far wide to the forehand.
 
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It's called "omlopen" in my language (Belgian dutch).
Sometimes I do it, mostly when I'm playing offensive.

I think you are wrong here, they dont mean that, they mean the jump when your from 'omloop' position to your forhand.
Then you crosstep your feet ;)
 
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