Recent content by Tom Lodziak

Points 6 and 7 will be the hardest for you to overcome. Over the years I have coached many players who like to flat hit and hit hard. These are by far the most challenging players for me to coach. They wish to improve, but they find it very hard to change the habit of flat hitting. Why? Because...

The results are in! Overall I had 594 responses, from players from 70 different countries. Incredibly, players who responded to the survey are using 291 different rubbers. So, on to the results. What are the most popular rubbers? Here’s a video where I reveal the findings of my survey and test...

Last few days to complete my rubber survey. I've had hundreds of responses so far but a few more will always be welcome. https://www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/table-tennis-rubber-survey-2024/ I'll be closing the survey on Tuesday, crunching the numbers on Wednesday, then publishing the results on...

Thanks to everyone who has responded. I'm planning on keeping the survey open for a couple more weeks and then publish the findings mid-February.

I will definitely give an update. Depending on how many responses I can get, I can give detail about most popular brand, most popular rubber for FH, most popular for BH. When I ran the survey two years ago, Butterfly Tenergy 05 was still the most popular rubber. I am intrigued to see if that is...

Hi TableTennisDaily Forum members Tom Lodziak here. I’m doing some research into which rubbers are most popular amongst the amateur table tennis community. I’ve created a very short survey, which will take less that two minutes to complete. In the survey I ask which rubber you currently use on...

Yes, quite interesting to see what the number 1 most popular rubber was amongst the survey sample. Here's the results for anyone who's interested... https://www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/the-most-popular-table-tennis-rubbers-in-2022/

It all depends what level you are. So the video I posted is probably aimed at more advanced players who are comfortable reading spin and are also confident using flicks and topspin against backspin. For these players it is possible to take a very simplified approach to returning serves and...

I'm don't visit too often - more of an occasional lurker - but your post caught my attention. The rubbish return to a sidespin serve is something I experience also. Actually, I was doing a coaching session with a player this evening, and we were working on this exact issue. Try to position your...

Let's say, for example, you want to get better at attacking backspin serves. You can start a drill in a very basic way. You partner serves short backspin to your backhand, you do a backhand flick and then play out the point. To advance this, get your partner to serve either short backspin to...

I suggest you change the way you train. It sounds like you have developed a range of technically sound strokes, I'm guessing by doing a lot of regular or semi-regular drills where you know where the ball is going and what the spin is going to be. To break through to the next level, you should do...

I'm going to leave the survey open for a couple of weeks and then I need to go through all the answers. So I will probably publish the results beginning of June.

Fair point. Maybe next time (if there is next time), I will add a section on blades.

Hi TableTennisDaily Forum members Tom Lodziak here. I’m doing some research into which rubbers are most popular amongst the amateur table tennis community.I’ve created a very short survey, which will take less that two minutes to complete. In the survey I ask which rubber you currently use on...

Here's a video I made on precisely this issue a couple of years ago. It may help...