Xu Xin Multi Ball

Multi ball training like this one is what makes table tennis players improve their game tremendously in only a short period of time. They do not stop wasting precious practice time picking up the ball. If you practice hitting back and forth with a friend, the chance of a miss is doubled and you spend more time picking up the ball. Please check out this video

Yeah that is insanely fast.... Doing that for like an hour probably not only makes you better at swinging, but builds up your endurance really well.

What Xu Xin is doing in that video is probably too hard for most people, even at slower speeds, and probably won't help beginner players as much. I probably would recommend for players who are intermediate or below to do a different kind of multiball training, where the person hitting you the ball starts with some kind of short ball, usually with back spin, so you can practice pushing it back, or a short ball without spin, so you can practice flipping, or a longer ball with backspin so you can loop it, and then after that first ball the person hitting you the ball should transition to hitting you a top spin ball. I think this type of practice probably gives the best returns on your time for intermediate players and below, because it runs you through the different stages of a point.

Originally Posted by scylla24

Yeah that is insanely fast.... Doing that for like an hour probably not only makes you better at swinging, but builds up your endurance really well.

I would be dead if I would do that even 15 min lol, and I can honestly say that my physical condition is not bad at all but doing this for an hour and Im in hospital ^^

thanks great video

Yeah that much concentration, and that fast movement and it being continuous can definitely drain your stamina really quickly. I try to go to the gym everyday and run at least a mile and a half, so I am in pretty decent shape so I might be able to do it at least for 15 mins. It helps that I just love table tennis so much, that its like the only thing I could do for like 6 hours straight without really getting bored with it.

I don't know how the Chinese players do it for so long, every day, after like 3-4 hours of even medium training, your whole body aches, and your joints start feeling stiff.... For players like Ma Lin, who style requires so much effort and energy, its amazing he has stayed in tip top shape for so long.

No one is able to do this 1 hour and no one in this forum is able to do that at this speed !

Originally Posted by BollForte94

No one is able to do this 1 hour and no one in this forum is able to do that at this speed !

I can do it at this speed but none of the balls will hit the table and my technique will be horrible as well

i think i would be able to go for 10 mins max at this speed but i would never be in position for every shot cos im just to slow

wow he is so good

i can't even hold up to 5 min. time to get practice more on my movement.

Thats intense! I think I can do 1/10th of that speed lol

I just watched that video like 10 times trying to figure out how he gets his feet to move so quickly...I cant even tell which foot he's using to push himself off he's just gliding.. Insane.

Multiball is a must. If Xu Xin needs to do multiball so do everyone of us! It's a standard part of table tennis training.