approach to my game.

[sumangupa]

hello fellows...i'm a rightie shakehand player...and i've been training properly for about 3 years...i lack stability in my games...sometimes, when i play the pro's or the very good players...i can give my best game...and though i lose...its like 3-2 or 2-1...where i really play well, and ultimately i'm not able to play at all in the deciding set...where i lose 11-5, 11-6 etc....however, i know i will deal with this in time....what bothers me, is that once in a while, i lose against very weak opponents...they play unpredicatable shots...which are no supposed to land on the table in the first place...however, sometimes they do..and myself, lacking experience, i just wan't to hit the ball too hard...so i miss easy topspins...it seems as if i am a one moth old player....horribly out of position everytime...i know how stupid i'm playing...and i lose my head, losing in the process...it hits me hard...and playing against the same player again...i feel like blasting him out of the planet...thus doing no good to my game...i know its an amatuer problem...but i wan't to get rid of it....so any suggestions on how is i should approach my games would be helpful.

 

[peter]

Sounds like mental toughness is what you lacked. Your experience will gradually build alongside with your confidence, but having a strong mind or not that has to do with your personality. May I suggest you to spend some time to watch a full length PGA tour, or Boating & Fishing shows.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

This is common for players whose level is rising. It is much easier to play well, even if you don't win, against a good player, and then you play someone mediocre and cannot handle their game even though they are not good. A better player's shots are much more consistent and so you can predict a lot more of what they are going to do. It will not stop them from beating you. They are better. But sometimes a better player will also not play as hard against a player he knows is at a lower level. I have a friend who is wayyyyyy wayyyy better than me and every time we play, I get two games in a best of 5, but he always wins. When I get the games from him, he is not letting me win, but working on stuff that he does not do as well. When he wants to win, I have little chance.

And with lower level players, their shots are so inconsistent that they don't even know where they are going to put the ball half the time. A better player will see where the ball is going to go even when it is not where the person wants it to go. Also, with those mediocre players, the spin is not consistent. Sometimes there is spin on the ball, sometimes it is dead--and they usually don't know when they are doing that either. Until you can read where the ball is going and what spin they have put on the ball, in spite of what the player's intentions were, that could cause you trouble.

Part of how you start improving on this is you watch the ball right into their racket and you watch for their contact, how they contact the ball, was it brush or hit, the angle of the racket, was it closed, flat, open, did they go over the ball, through the ball, under the ball. I have seen players try and cut the ball and go up and I have seen players try and topspin the ball and go under it. hahahaha. When you start seeing what they actually do with the the racket and how they contact the ball, the rest takes care of itself.

And it is worth playing players like that, who are at that lower level, who give you trouble, as much as possible. That is part of how you get better at playing against them.

How do you play against mid level pips-out players? It is probably worth practicing against them as well.

 

[sumangupa]

This is common for players whose level is rising. It is much easier to play well, even if you don't win, against a good player, and then you play someone mediocre and cannot handle their game even though they are not good. A better player's shots are much more consistent and so you can predict a lot more of what they are going to do. It will not stop them from beating you. They are better. But sometimes a better player will also not play as hard against a player he knows is at a lower level. I have a friend who is wayyyyyy wayyyy better than me and every time we play, I get two games in a best of 5, but he always wins. When I get the games from him, he is not letting me win, but working on stuff that he does not do as well. When he wants to win, I have little chance.

And with lower level players, their shots are so inconsistent that they don't even know where they are going to put the ball half the time. A better player will see where the ball is going to go even when it is not where the person wants it to go. Also, with those mediocre players, the spin is not consistent. Sometimes there is spin on the ball, sometimes it is dead--and they usually don't know when they are doing that either. Until you can read where the ball is going and what spin they have put on the ball, in spite of what the player's intentions were, that could cause you trouble.

Part of how you start improving on this is you watch the ball right into their racket and you watch for their contact, how they contact the ball, was it brush or hit, the angle of the racket, was it closed, flat, open, did they go over the ball, through the ball, under the ball. I have seen players try and cut the ball and go up and I have seen players try and topspin the ball and go under it. hahahaha. When you start seeing what they actually do with the the racket and how they contact the ball, the rest takes care of itself.

And it is worth playing players like that, who are at that lower level, who give you trouble, as much as possible. That is part of how you get better at playing against them.

How do you play against mid level pips-out players? It is probably worth practicing against them as well.

thank you so much....i play very well against pips out medium level players...i think..i need to be more stable...do the basics right...and keep looping correctly...and not giving away too many free points...then i should be okay?...what say?