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Nikoli, there is not much wrong with your stroke. The only thing I can see wrong is that you're moving your ENTIRE body away from the ball. It is okay if your left leg moves back in relation to your right that moves forward, like in the Zhang Jike video. That's not what I mean, because that's...

In that case, you do that. When it gets easy, start adding weight. Although your wrists do sound terribly weak. Are you sure you don't have some kind of condition ie: muscle weakening, ligament damage etc?

An exercise I do to improve grip strength, that could also help in this is as follows: Take a barbell of adequate weight. I normally go for 25 - 30kg but you will NOT be able to hold anything close to that weight any time soon. I recommend starting and trying with 10kg. Hold the barbell with...

His entire body is physically moving away from the ball on contact. Brian is demonstrating the opposite, and moving the legs forward and not in a circular fashion either: the load transfer movement is done through the knees. It's not about if your feet leave the ground, it's about how much...

What does that change in jumping away from the ball being a good or bad thing? I don't see the logic in "If I don't do it, it's bad, but if I do it, it's good."

Nikoli, one tip. Look what your legs are doing on contact: you're jumping AWAY from the ball! Keep your legs on the ground for a better shot. Advanced players sometimes jump into the ball as well, on kills.

I've mucked around a bit with playing left handed. I can do shadow drills absolutely perfectly when compared to my right side, and I can drive and push around on the left side. The only problem is that the body is not used to automatically executing strokes on the left side, so if I have to...

So: Get away from the edge when playing an opening topspin, but refrain from using the back. In a way, using the back is a little like reaching for a long forehand because you're off balance: better to cure the cause.

I don't think learning penhold, especially RPB, is a waste of time. Unless you're not playing this sport to enjoy it. :rolleyes: Forehand all table teaches you to have pretty good footwork. I also feel that penholding has also increased my overall awareness of what kind of spin I'm inducing...

I got to the conclusion I wanted. To find out if the jumping/leaning was a bad habit or a technique, and if you should strive to keep your weight forward even if you're moving backwards. Never was this thread primarily discussing my backhand, and your sarcastic post was a bit unneeded because...

I'm not entirely sure if I understood you correctly, but is your point that we must look at the "big picture" of a technique? Ie: "why is this done", not "what does this do"?

Tinykin's point is good: the technique is only really performed against relatively heavy, slow spins, usually as an opener. We've already established that when playing a power shot, you want to rotate. When playing a spin shot, don't you want to brush? I do not understand where the heresy comes...

I think we both agree that you need to hit into the ball and not along it, and that's what LGL is saying, but it's not what I'm talking about. I am talking about a stroke that is played as an opener, while moving backwards. There's still movement into the ball at contact, but movement away on...

I'd have to say Long's forehand is more practical and has a higher scoring potential than Liqin's, but in terms of sheer power and spin, Liqin's is perhaps better due to the fact that he played without the rubber of today and with a wooden bat, although he did have speed glue and a smaller ball...

I'm not aiming to improve my technique on this. I am just asking why it is done. I'd also like to add that what I mean is mostly straightening upwards, not back, while pushing back with the leg. Of course, unless you're Kreanga or something, you won't have perfect backhand loop form on every...

It seems to be so. I am about 64kg and slightly under 170cm, and even if I'm strong for my size, the people I play against here commonly out-power me. I am faster, though. With this technique, I can attack strong whenever I want and not get in a pinch. Due to my small size, I've had to learn...

Hello. I'm quite curious: are there any shakehanders who have learned to play penhold for fun? I've learned to play all forehand J-pen style, and I can loop from both wings with RPB. I'd estimate my level in RPB to be quite lower than my shakehand, but I've felt it has helped improve my overall...

Although I must stress that OP should learn to self coach as well. Eventually, at some point, you need to take your game in control for yourself and know deep inside how you want to play and what to do to play like that. OP's problems are far more basic, and generally just need some time and...

Also, you should decide on what your "FH stroke" and what your "BH stroke" are, and then do those. The ideal solution is to first be able to do a "standard stroke" then reproduce that in games. It will eliminate all these strange body movements. The standard stroke is what you will base your...

I think it's exactly that. Your footwork and stroke mechanics are not timed in rhythm. You need to start moving as soon as they contact. To see when to move, look at the opponent. Make sure you footwork is coherent, too. That you're actually moving your legs in an efficient way, and that your...