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I got into a heated argument with my dad about how we should practice. We both aren't TT geniuses and don't really know how to play much, but I took a few practices and there I learned some exercises. In almost every exercise one player was active and other one was passively returning ball. No matter the exercise (forehand-backhand on the same spot, three forehand from one side of table to other). He said that this is type of practice is useless, because in real match, you will never have somebody return the ball like that; or he says, you will never see someone return the ball on the same place. And stuff like, you don't need to practice how to correctly hit the ball, because you need to start learning from 7 years of age to be able to hit the ball properly. You will never get there now.
Thing is, since Corona we are stuck home and have plenty of time and want to use this time to improve. I saw the little kids train the way I want it, I saw real coach give me same exercises and I see pro players do the same on youtube. Can you guys give me some strong reason on why you should practice like this? Or it doesn't matter since we won't be able to play properly anyway
Thanks for your replies
I got into a heated argument with my dad about how we should practice. We both aren't TT geniuses and don't really know how to play much, but I took a few practices and there I learned some exercises. In almost every exercise one player was active and other one was passively returning ball. No matter the exercise (forehand-backhand on the same spot, three forehand from one side of table to other). He said that this is type of practice is useless, because in real match, you will never have somebody return the ball like that; or he says, you will never see someone return the ball on the same place. And stuff like, you don't need to practice how to correctly hit the ball, because you need to start learning from 7 years of age to be able to hit the ball properly. You will never get there now.
Thing is, since Corona we are stuck home and have plenty of time and want to use this time to improve. I saw the little kids train the way I want it, I saw real coach give me same exercises and I see pro players do the same on youtube. Can you guys give me some strong reason on why you should practice like this? Or it doesn't matter since we won't be able to play properly anyway
Thanks for your replies