I like that you always seem so happy. Must be fun playing you or coaching you.
It is good that you Do not miss much and get somewhat good power. I would like to adress some things you Maybe can try. But like i Said, you already get a pretty good result so Maybe it is Dumb to change to much.
I think you start with the racket to high. I think you have your racket as you should play against topspin . You need to accelerate very good now to get the ball to go over. It would be much easier if you drop the racket down more so you come more under the ball. I also think you can bend your legs even more, then you Will come more under the ball even more and can use the legs to bring the ball over.
I also think you should try to relax your arm more and have it more extended. Now it looks a little like you are pushing the ball forward and not Swinging, snapping with the forearm. If you Do this you Will easier get more spin. You Will also benefit more from using the body. If you have the arm close to the body the arm Will not swing more when you use the body. So you Do not benefit much from using the body at the moment.
I am interested in how much they focus on technique in asia? Echte have explained that they focus only on it in korea. But when i see videos from you and Nicholasy i Do not think they seem to correct much. Maybe i focus on different things. Technique is subjective. And if they focus on the technique i think him and yours technique should be close ro perfect because you practice with so good players and coaches. I Do not mean that you guys technique is bad, not at all But i so not think i as a part time coach in Sweden should find room for improvements when you train with asian supercoaches haha. But then of course it is very difficult to have perfect technique and it takes time to correct a stroke.
I hope i Did not was rude here. Did not mean to. You seem like a very nice Guy and i hope only the best for you. That is why i take time and try to say things i think you could try to become better.
I'm not upset, thanks vm for trying to help me.
As I've explained a few times in this thread I work with different coaches, for example this place is called "LILI", it's a school and according to their HP, right now they have 10 different coaches of different levels. This is the only 2nd time I have a session with coach SATO, I had like 4-5 sessions with another chopper (coach HISAKI) as well before, and plenty of other lessons with more classic coaches [since 2013].
We're focusing mostly on the result, and given I wasn't able to hit more than 2 max 3 loops in a row against a chopper before that special training started, i think its already a rather fast improvement.
When i play choppers, and do this drill in particular i am not trying to put power on the ball, i am looking for consistency first.
If I take the rally starting at 0:37 for example, i am hitting only 70% max power everyball, only the 7th one (2nd after a push) I am trying to put more power perhaps 80-85% ?
The technique I've been taught there, is to focus on timing. You can see that I'm playing rather close to the table, for the opening loop I will time the ball a bit late in descending phase, and the same if I make a push and a push comes back, but for all other loops, I try to take the ball early before the top of the bounce (not saying its ALWAYS the case). By doing this I achieve more consistency. With this fast timing, I suffer less from the backspin of the defender and its easier to put the ball back on the table. Sometimes you can even see that the angle of the racket is rather closed and i still put it on the other side despite the heavy (?) backspin and yes it feels a bit like I'm "carrying" the ball not snapping it on those slower loops.
Only when i feel the ball better, then i will try to hit much harder.
Another example, on the one at 7:07 only the first one, and the last 2 (missed the last one) i'm trying to put more power.
or one the one at 12:30 after 2 BH, i do 3 slower FH loops then i manage to make 3 stronger FH loops to win the rally.
Consistency is priority #1, and then #2 put variation of pace, attack stronger when there is an opening or when i feel the ball better. tbh i think at my level of play, more power is not going to make me win more points. Not making those easy mistakes will. [sometimes you can see me missing after a good ball the next one or two balls very quickly ...]
I think you are right when you say that i could extend the arm more. I think its got to do also at what distance I'm standing from the table. I'm used to be this close but maybe back 5-10cm ? would help? But its also a general problem, not just against choppers. I've also been told when doing FH not to move too much on FH side but extend my arm more , i would have even more power for those kind of balls.
I think for BH i have a pretty good image of where my hit point is. but yeh, FH, its not always the case that I visualize where the best hitting point is, so i can take the ball too near from my body and lose power; and I'm not too aware that I can reach balls a bit farther than where I'm hitting usually, and that I could hit them more easily/with more power if I adapted correctly.
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You could see me talking with the coach, so he IS giving some technical advice, for example if I remember well, he said that one of the reasons why I miss some balls, is a lack of coordination body / arm where I would push the body UP FIRST and THEN start the swing instead of doing it at the same time.
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With my main coach Sakamoto, he doesn't speak so much of technique, except basic things. He keeps it simple for me because in his eyes I'm only that advanced and the focus is not on very small details. It is much more important to correct the footwork and posture for example. We do a lot of the same drills everyweek so its normal we don't spend a lot of time on explaining the technique.
