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Hi Michael, Are you going to post videos on the 'how did I win or lose match' thread, 'video safe footage' thread, or just as a general post?

That there are other ways of doing things!!! There’s a lot of talk about weight transfer from right to left foot (for us righties) but not all the time!! TB reports that his weight stays more on his left foot, and that his right foot sometimes lifts off the ground. As TB is a lefty it means the...

Hi LDM7. Yeah opening up the body more makes it easier to hit down the line, I think I do that sometimes, but perhaps tend to use the wrist, I leave the wrist behind, so the bat faces down the line. Probably a less consistent way of doing it!! Possibly more deceptive though. Its a habit from...

There’s a couple of types- 1) parallel FH topspin v backspin with one leg forward 2) diagonal FH slower spinny topspin v backspin

Interesting for the FH to step in with the left foot for FH v backspin. I’ll post a couple of pictures of how Mr Boll does it, being a lefty, he steps in with left foot, so for us righties that would be right foot.

As for my serve tactics!!! vary spins, placements and speed. Try not to give them the same serve twice during 1st game !! BUT if you do get a weak return or your opponent really seems to struggle, you can do the same serve again (as a check) and see if the same weak return results. You then...

There are 3 general ‘phases’ to a serve phase 1 - Mental preparation and game plan development (anticipation) - Taking the upright serve position phase 2 - Assume low serve position and stay in it. - Simultaneous build up of concentration (in phase 1 the decision of...

I think that in general terms, when re-setting to your ready position there should always be a step back away from the table. If you are close to the table and a long fast return is played, you’ll get stuck!! if you watch the pro’s they are re setting to the ready position by the 2nd bounce...

One of the main factors of serve strategy is knowing what type of receive and general positioning of the return you will get. So for example (for righty v righty) a FH pendulum serve (with sidespin usually pulls the receive back to your centre table or BH corner) with a scattering pattern of say...

Hey NL, Another channel that has some great content is Ti Long’s channel. Very informative. If you have already seen his stuff great, if not definitely one to look out for.

Been watching them for round 3 - 4 yrs, even with no subtitles you can pick up the techniques. Sometimes the subtitles are pretty funny!!

Hi LDM7, Everyone has seen or may have owned a Globe of the Earth. The poles, north and south are not vertical there is a tilt, the axis of rotation of the Earth is tilted at about 23 degrees away from vertical. So if you tried to spin the globe, to get maximum efficiency your impact point...

LDM7, We are similar in that we are ‘too hard’ on ourselves. Expectations are high, maybe too high!! This is GOOD!!! it shows your attitude is STRONG, but remember to also balance things out, Take time to reflect on the GOOD things as well. Take ‘being at a certain level’ with a pinch of salt...

Hi LDM7 Der explained in a later post about how the side spin is happening. The ball was slightly to the inside of the ESZ, which I take to mean slightly towards the right side or hip. He also mentioned that you can do other things with bat orientation, swing , wrist etc I have a tendency to...

Another source says a British Company trademarked in 1901, although it wasn’t 100% clear in this article whether Ping Pong or Whiff Whaff was trademarked!! The trademark was later sold to a company called Parker Brothers. In fact it appears that J Jaques and Son Ltd was a British company and...

I’ve heard the term Wiff Waff used a couple of times!!! It’s probably from around the same time period likely slightly earlier. The first trade mark name may be ‘Gossima’ circa 1880 by the French game company Jacques Games, the game was a failure!! So they relaunched later under the name Ping...

I tend to stick with BH serves when playing doubles, my BH serve is reasonable, not as deceptive but with a similar action I can put the 3 main spins on serves. I feel more comfortable, more accurate, which is important as you have a smaller target to hit. Also the accuracy helps hit the smaller...

In answer to the question ‘who invented table tennis / ping pong, it was the English. the game was originally called PING PONG, (which is indeed a trade name) The Ping Pong Association formed around 1902 and disbanded around 1905. In 1921/22 the old Ping Pong Association was revived, but the...

Every club v club local league match usually has 1 doubles, sometimes it’s game 6, sometimes game 10. Depending on game format each league uses. When it’s game 10, the last game of the night, it can be the decider in a close match!!! It doesn’t ‘feel’ the same when it’s game 6, sort of less...