Recent content by famanson

Thanks! During recent sessions, my coach has asked me to start gradually add a bit more power via the elbow but still must let the wrist acceleration guide it. I'm comfortable enough with it to start cranking up the power level during third-ball drills and match play now and manage to land the...

I like backhand flicks, it's now an important part of my game plan. During training we practice a lot of drills just like what Tony posted (BH flick then normal BH) with the little step Sometimes during match play, I win the point outright if I manage to surprise the opponent, but my coach...

Thanks! I treat every point as a chance to learn something new. An opportunity to play against so many different styles like this don't come up very often so I tried to make the best out of it (while having fun :D) Thanks Tony!

For drills, we are working on the 2-2 more and more these days. My coach said that it would be useful for my footwork and help with control. we often practice the point-related bh/fh vs push and block at the end of a session, typically for 5-10 minutes. Sometimes he would throw in a random lob...

I'm back home now and compiled some nice rallies I managed to capture into a video :) Till next time!

Continuing from this thread here. So upon some self reflection from Tony's feedback and my coach's instructions, I went away and played a lot of games with people with better backhand than mine to learn from them, put in some more hours of multiballs and more drills. After all, hitting the...

Yes, it's me - sorry I forgot to mention that

I've recently rediscovered table tennis after retiring from football due to a disastrous ACL injury, and realised what a great sport it was that I missed out for most of my adult life :) So one thing led to another, I tried reaching out via various means to find a place to play during our...

Re: the underspin shot, I know exactly what you mean since my coach mentioned this to me several times. I am still very forehand oriented so I automatically prepares my right foot a bit deeper for a forehand shot all the time even though I know the drill is 100% backhand 😂 I’ll try to make a...

Hi Tony, So for this drill, I was not trying to win the point, just focused on landing as many backhands on to the table as possible: https://youtu.be/AJnVdTwlWPo The timing on the first one after the opening backhand was off, so there was that elbow extension pushing the ball down again. I...

Excellent spot. You are right, my coach also keeps telling me to use less elbow for this stroke close to the table I can brush more during multiball (as you correctly pointed out, the brushing angle when I waved my blade in the air is what I was aiming for), but in single ball drills, I...

Haha thanks, this is just a practice session though :D match play is way more unpredictable so if I see a chance to end a point with my forehand then I almost always do - sometimes it ends up overkill but that's acceptable as long as the placement is good. I can pivot well but have stopped doing...

^ I fully agree with this My coach gave me a very good insight: the closer to the table, the more compact the stroke is. Striking the ball with a backhand topspin right off the bounce means that you'd need to use your wrist more and elbow/hip less. In our language, we have a specific name for...

Thanks! I'll try and see if we can fit a Saturday session in :D

I'm going to move along the Elizabeth Line actually, going East to West crashing at one friend's place after another :D I'm willing to travel as far as the Tube reaches