Advice for tall players!

[JackFH]

Hi everyone, now I'm 6'0 foot tall and I'm still growing. I like to play really attacking if possible, but I often find that whilst my movements good I just simply keep up with those younger and shorter than me close to the table. Therefore often find myself n defence very quickly before I finally start attacking. I was just wondering if anyone had any positioning advice for me, certain play style, or tall attacking players I could watch and learn from?

Thanks to anyone who has advice!

 

[Der_Echte]

For those tall ones, it is even moar important to be wide and crouched with knee and waist bend.

That would be the single most one thing anyone could say you have to pay more attention to succeed.

 

[fais]

We aren't as tall as you think..xu xin is 6 feet too

 

[TTTristan]

It is quite difficult being tall against the shorter, possibly quicker, players, I just try to get as low with my knees as I need, be careful of using your back to bend down while serving, I got into that habit, broke out of it now, but it hurts a lot when you're session is over.

 

[JackFH]

Thanks for the advice for so far. Also been watching Pitchford and trying to make more use of my reach. Please keep sending more advice to help please!

 

[ZED]

Another issue is that using low stance may use up more energy. You might get tired quickly and your back might hurt in a bit.

I play offense. I'm 5'11 3/4" so I'm roughly your height. Since I'm 15, I do move around a lot and i have to use footwork, generally using loads of energy.
Crouching, though, used to be very, very, difficult. I got tired very quickly, young as i am. I thought i was also quite in shape. But if you play at this level of table tennis, it takes more than you think to play for a long time with that energy.
Basically, you might benefit from running a lot or something, so that you can get more endurance


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