attacking on fast spiny long pushes.

[sumangupa]

hey, everybody. i have been playing table tennis for quite some years now. however i find myself lacking the killer power in my forehand strokes. i hit the loops allright. they are spinny, but i don't seem to get that giant forehand kill. is it possible to develop a good game without it? my coach says my rallying okay, i shouldn't concentrate too much on the kills.. i mean if the ball loops up, i blast it allright...but i find it hard to hit the spinny medium long pushes..it's usually a spinny loop which gets blocked, and then the powerful stroke... at my level i don't have to hit too much..counter top spin loops..but of course i see players better than me dispatching loose balls with lot of power..do i just concentrate on increasing my accuracy of the loops and it's positions, and if not , how do i increase the power of my loops?

 

[strideforward]

I think you should follow your coach's instructions because we don't know your problem exactly.

Do you mean that since your fore hand is not powerful enough, your opponent gives you forehand long pushes (should be backspin) to let you make the loop drive and then he makes a counterlooping? Well improving on forehand forces is a systematic work, including your posture of legs, using of waist and shoulder, the angle between your upperarm and forearm, and whether your shot is too thin (hitting the ball at the point up the gravity center, favorable to spins but will put limits on the speed of a shot). It is a transmission of the whole body's force, stiff muscles on any part of the body may set obstacles .

Actually, long push is a defensive tactic taking the sudden risk when you standing near table. Looping against the backspin is a basic skill for pro players. So if you make too many erros on looping long pushes, it may be also a problem of footwork, not your fore hand. If you are a beginner of table tennis, paying more attention on your footwork is more important.
If your looping is more spiny than forceful, maybe it is the deal of a trade-off on the scrabing and hitting. If you are sure that your fore hand is not powerful enough, you should think about your way of hitting the ball. Again, I just give the possibilities, and you'd better consult your coach.