Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

[Der_Echte]

@NextLevel also always takes responsibility for himself and his faith will deliver his situation I strongly believe.

 

[TheProfessor]

Thanks for the kind words. As for playing well, not really, lack training time these days and losing to players I think in my head I should compete better against. But I have learned that sometimes, accepting poor results when you are under prepared is part of having a stronger mindset. I use Dignics 80 on my forehand.

Cool, I never tried d80 on fh, I loved on my bh though. All the dignics rubbers were ok, for some reason qc wise, d05 had terrible sheet variance.

 

[NextLevel]

Cool, I never tried d80 on fh, I loved on my bh though. All the dignics rubbers were ok, for some reason qc wise, d05 had terrible sheet variance.

Wow, I am not a good enough player to sense equipment variance. It is probably what makes me a bad EJ lol...

 

[TheProfessor]

Wow, I am not a good enough player to sense equipment variance. It is probably what makes me a bad EJ lol...

You're too humble hehe. Maybe it's a good thing, just so happened then that the D05s you've gotten a hold of were good

 

[Larshos]

After boosting a rubber and waiting for it to straight out, do you glue the rubber while curled or do you wait until it has flattened? Does it even matter?

 

[TheProfessor]

After boosting a rubber and waiting for it to straight out, do you glue the rubber while curled or do you wait until it has flattened? Does it even matter?

Wait til it flattens. Doesn't matter really I think but it's a lot easier. hahaha

 

[joshmak10]

Wait til it flattens. Doesn't matter really I think but it's a lot easier. hahaha

Might be easier but the boost effect wont be as good. To get the best effect from boosting I would glue after 12 hours of the last layer

 

[dingyibvs]

So my basic FH and BH training is coming to a close. Took about 10 coaching sessions, but finally realized a long time goal! I've started doing more practical training now, like footwork and short game. Specifically, for footwork I'm working on two things. One is with FH/BH transitions. When transitioning from BH to FH for a ball that's close to my middle, I have a bad habit of just leaning back and twisting my body to hit it. A small twist and step with my right foot and focusing on drawing back my hip instead really makes a world of difference here.

The second part is with my BH opening loop. I have a bad habit here of just standing in one place when trying to do this. If the ball is shorter and slower, I then reach my arm out which results in a poor loop. When the ball is longer and faster, I'm forced to back up but I keep backing up while I loop. What I'm practicing now is to move for every shot, and always maintain a forward momentum when looping.

For the short game, I'm trying to push with my body instead of with my wrist or even arm. I would step in and reach out with my arm toward the ball, but during the actual contact I would try to lean forward with my entire body in order to push the ball. This gives me a ton more control, and just adding a bit of arm would make the push much faster and deeper as a change up.

 

[Der_Echte]

YES @dingyibvs this is what I advocate to others, use BODY to receive serves and do not make much if any motion with arm, hand, only use it to extend more if needed, it is the step under table with foot and leaning forward with hips that get you to the ball and stable.

Glad you are championing this.

 

[blahness]

I basically play more badminton these days and not so much table tennis, but my time in badminton has dramatically improved my table tennis footwork. Badminton really forces you to learn the correct way to move, otherwise you won't even come close to the shuttle since the court is so big. In TT sometimes you can get away with reaching but not in badminton, so it forces you to fix all your bad habits immediately.

In particular, the split step (dropping centre of gravity) to preload the legs at the time when opponent contacts the ball is extremely key. Once you do that, everything becomes much easier. Its like starting a car from 20km/h vs starting at 0km/h.

Of course there is also a lot of chasse step practice in badminton and general cardio fitness.

 

[Der_Echte]

@blahness Ur body will talk to you within the next 20 yrs.

 

[Tyce]

@blahness Ur body will talk to you within the next 20 yrs.

My body stopped talking to me, it's resorting to violence nowadays

 

[IB66]

I basically play more badminton these days and not so much table tennis, but my time in badminton has dramatically improved my table tennis footwork. Badminton really forces you to learn the correct way to move, otherwise you won't even come close to the shuttle since the court is so big. In TT sometimes you can get away with reaching but not in badminton, so it forces you to fix all your bad habits immediately.

In particular, the split step (dropping centre of gravity) to preload the legs at the time when opponent contacts the ball is extremely key. Once you do that, everything becomes much easier. Its like starting a car from 20km/h vs starting at 0km/h.

Of course there is also a lot of chasse step practice in badminton and general cardio fitness.

Badminton movement is a completely different animal in my opinion. I played to a fairly high level, been coached by county and national level coaches.
What I found was my reaction time was greatly improved when I started to play Table Tennis again, at the net I could react quicker and cut out more shots. Badminton is ‘slow’ compared to Table Tennis.

 

[IB66]

My body stopped talking to me, it's resorting to violence nowadays

This is the main reason that I don’t play Badminton these days!! Knees can’t handle the pressure. They respond by attacking the nervous system with pain!!

 

[NextLevel]

@blahness Ur body will talk to you within the next 20 yrs.

Playing table tennis in your 20s, 40s and 60s is like watching the first ten minutes, the middle 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes of a large 5 hour concert. The performer pretends they have something left when everyone knows the party is over.

 

[NextLevel]

My body stopped talking to me, it's resorting to violence nowadays

I tell mine to shut up. But it reminds me before doing so that it will have the last laugh...

 

[blahness]

Badminton movement is a completely different animal in my opinion. I played to a fairly high level, been coached by county and national level coaches.
What I found was my reaction time was greatly improved when I started to play Table Tennis again, at the net I could react quicker and cut out more shots. Badminton is ‘slow’ compared to Table Tennis.

Yes I agree, a lot of the table tennis concepts apply very well to the net shots in badminton.

I think the lifts are basically just TT topspin stroke, the drop is a TT chop, and the net play is just a short push lol. Funny thing is that the shuttlecock is also spinning just like TT when you spin it. So i think i also benefited in badminton from my TT training.

But sometimes, I wonder why the footwork shortcuts cant also be applied to table tennis too? For eg the idea of a rear crossover (left foot crossing behind the right) in the chasse step could be used to cover a larger distance when moving to the wide/deep FH. I tested it out and it felt quite nice.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

After boosting a rubber and waiting for it to straight out, do you glue the rubber while curled or do you wait until it has flattened? Does it even matter?

you can glue when it is around 1cm~2cm off the surface (in curling height)
I have seen people glue it even more curled,

Its all about finding your preferred median point between curl and flat.

 

[Larshos]

you can glue when it is around 1cm~2cm off the surface (in curling height)
I have seen people glue it even more curled,

Its all about finding your preferred median point between curl and flat.

It is that now, however its still shiny from the booster, and if i touch the sponge it leaves fingerprint marks, like not all the booster have been absorbed by the sponge. Its been 4 days now since the last layer.. is that normal or have i oversaturated the sponge?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

It is that now, however its still shiny from the booster, and if i touch the sponge it leaves fingerprint marks, like not all the booster have been absorbed by the sponge. Its been 4 days now since the last layer.. is that normal or have i oversaturated the sponge?

What booster did you use