I can't put the ball on the table on the beggining of the training session.

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Years ago, I used to have something that sounds similar although, truthfully, it would usually only last about 5 min.

For me it felt like it took a while to get ball feel; to get the right touch on contact. I used to do something like this, but slower and more relaxed, to make it so I had ball feel before I started hitting with a person.


5 min of that, for me, back then, made it so I felt the ball well on my strokes and I would start feeling like my touch and ball contact was okay. At a certain point, as my strokes improved, the wildly erratic shots before I was warm thing just went away.

But hitting slower might also be a good idea and may work for you as well.
 
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I had a similar problem when I would train with a robot at home then go to play at a club. There was an adjustment period back to regular play.

This is because of the uniform spin and speed the robot gives you i think.
 
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I had a similar problem when I would train with a robot at home then go to play at a club. There was an adjustment period back to regular play.

Hi Loopadoop,
I play with a robot more than I play at the club due to shift work . I’m having trouble adjusting to playing in a club environment especially if I haven’t been for a while.
Can you give any tips to make the adjustment easier ?

Thanks.
 
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Sorry I’ve just read the posts after your initial post . I find the anticipation element that hardest to adjust to as well.
 
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Proper off table warm-up is always necessary. But let's face it, hardly any of us do any. A little hand flashing and a few knee kicks maybe.
One way to get the eye-body coordination and footwork going is to do some chopping from both wings early on in the practice. Try it for 5mins.
 
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Proper off table warm-up is always necessary. But let's face it, hardly any of us do any. A little hand flashing and a few knee kicks maybe.
One way to get the eye-body coordination and footwork going is to do some chopping from both wings early on in the practice. Try it for 5mins.

So true!!! :) I sometimes backfill our league team that mainly consists of juniors (12-15 year olds) and their warmup routine consists of jogging, jumping ropes and all sorts of dynamic stretching not suited for a tired middled aged body. Super professional and it does help especially since I'm foolishly trying to play a chopping game with consist of a lot ball chasing at the back of the court.
 
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Following up with some of my conclusions and results.

I think watch videos do some shadow training and film yourself as well . This will help you.
I think this actually helped me a lot. Watching this:
and shadow training gave me more confidence in my strokes and I have less examples when I straight on hit the ball way too softly. I think that it also loosened up my hands. Another nice side effects is that now I when I am playing in the office balls have enough power so they are rarely blocked.

Another helpful drill I learned on last coached session was placing the ball as close to center of the table as possible while alternating forehand/backhand drive. Apart from building up footwork it also forces you training partner to slow down.

Now after 5-10 minutes I have decent enough consistency and it seems to continue to improve.
 
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