A video is better than a million words. You're pretty consistent, and just playing more aggressive alone can get you further ahead. How to do that? Better bio-mechanics and more sophisticated tactics.
Hi I don’t know how old you are. I’m French and playing in Japan, I don’t know my US rating but from the equivalence table and videos I’ve seen i believe this is the kind of progression I made recently.
In my 20s My best French rating was 1350 which is around 2000 US
Then I dipped to 1000-1100 due to less training and competition, then started coaching lessons 5 years ago and I’d say i recovered my previous level although in a different style a year and a half ago then in my 40s exceeded my youth level, in a different style
I don’t want to comment much on overall technique in this post, but to improve, first of all, having a professional coach and hitting partners of a good level above you’re but also below, and willing to drill, will help a lot.
Also improving your attitude when training, meaning playing all points with 100% focus even against weaker players, drilling, or blocking for your partner is very important
I think i started to improve dramatically when I started to do multiball training. It improved my fitness and retrained my brain. It’s so fast that you have to look at the ball from the guy distributing and you have no time to stand still and look where your own ball landed
Also it’s so fast that even if I get to play a fast player in a match i almost have the impression it’s slow motion no kidding, I’m not losing because of speed but technique etc
Also I understood that some drills like footwork drills (example 2BH 2 FH then repeat) be done slowly first. They are about footwork. For many years I was doing them too fast and often missing after 5 or 6 balls. You should work on them to be consistent and do 20 or more in a row without missing. Stamina is part of the equation and if you go too fast the ball comes back fast and you might get tired and miss. And that’s also important for focus, when doing 20 balls there will always be one or two going let or edge and you have the opportunity to fight to get them. But most of all it’s important for proper footwork ! It almost doesn’t matter in the beginning if the shot quality is good in those drills what is important is to be in good position early, feel your leg muscles, understand if you have good balance or not, be able to stay relaxed, especially the upper leg from which you should move, and always being in movement. To be consistent you should try to shorten your strokes and recover quickly
Serve receive is a very important part of the game especially working on both flicks. Drill not only lateral movement but to/away from the table. Then it’s about working some tactics where you can use your strong shots and explore combos that suit you.
Hope it helps
A video is better than a million words. You're pretty consistent, and just playing more aggressive alone can get you further ahead. How to do that? Better bio-mechanics and more sophisticated tactics.
As I choke on my coffee reading this. Did you just say French rating of 1350 is equivalent to 2000 US player? I haven't been to France in a long time. I'm going to make it a point to test that theory personally. Where they at!!!
actually my memory failed me
i saw that info on that French forum
https://forum.tennis-de-table.com/t/equivalence-classement-us/8948
it says 2000 in US is roughly around 1500-1600 points in France.
from what I see in the video, it seems rather fair for OP.
I agree with your analysis of OP's game. His footwork and rally strokes are rather good but the other guy is more consistent and powerful, so OP was not winning the rallies on average. OP's BH is not agressive enough and it doesn't help he tends to go away from the table quickly.
Serve/Receive was OP main weakness, his receiving game is not agressive enough, too many long push receives, it looks like he doesn't know or try to receive short anytime. He could seldom get a decisive advantage from his serve and 3rd ball. Quite often he has time to play that 3rd ball but he's playing that ball a bit too passive. It should be enough against weaker players but not against this kind of opponent.
I think OP should stay closer to the table. maybe thats not his style now. But going systematically back so early in the rally is doing him no good.
Glad you corrected it. Had me looking for cheap flights. Lol This is a great thread... Hope he gets to his goal.
practising 4days / week including a 1:1 coach session... +1 running session a week I'm a TT fanatic LOL
no genius here. I need a lot of hard training to get just a little better. slow learner, but ain't giving up !
won my first significant tournament after so many years in TT a few weeks ago !
The most important thing, by far and way, is to have an equal or higher level training partner and to work out a few hours a week, on average at least an hour a day, with that partner. Compared to that, the rest is mostly gist.
Here is a very recent video of my game from the Joola Teams torunament during Thanksgiving break. The other video you guys posted is a little bit outdated. So please give me feedback about this one:
Here is a very recent video of my game from the Joola Teams torunament during Thanksgiving break. The other video you guys posted is a little bit outdated. So please give me feedback about this one:
Here is a very recent video of my game from the Joola Teams torunament during Thanksgiving break. The other video you guys posted is a little bit outdated. So please give me feedback about this one:
Here is a very recent video of my game from the Joola Teams torunament during Thanksgiving break. The other video you guys posted is a little bit outdated. So please give me feedback about this one:
I agree that it is most important to practice alot But i Do think it is possible to become better playing with players that are not as good as you. I am only playing with those kind of players and it works pretty okay, as long as you play easy exercises. But for sure, it would be better to practice with better players.
I play 2x a week... which shouldn't be enough to maintain level... but because I play primarily with 2 or 3 players considerably above my level, the quality of all my shots has really improved and it has shown in results the last few tourneys.The most important thing, by far and way, is to have an equal or higher level training partner and to work out a few hours a week, on average at least an hour a day, with that partner. Compared to that, the rest is mostly gist.