Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

[dingyibvs]

So I haven't been able to play much given I am working again and also still trying to finish grad school and do some entrepreneurial endeavors. But in addition to practicing the special techniques of shadow boxing (okay, shadow stroking and footwork), I have decided to make one change (or one return, depending on how you see it) to my technique. I have decided that I finish my forehand topspin too close to my body and I want to start habitually finishing it further away from my body with hip rotation as well. So back to a slightly straighter arm forehand topspin with a snap extended further away from my body. Will add other elements as a I return but a lot of this will be mostly in shadow workouts for the forseeable future as a lot of academic and work deadlines are in the near term.

That's something my coach is trying to get me to do as well. Basically my previous idea was for the power transfer to end at the elbow, and to that end I'd try to stop my upper arm right at contact so that all the power is transferred to my forearm via the elbow joint. However, that results in a pretty small circle drawn by my forearm, and my coach pointed out that I wouldn't be able to consistently catch the ball with the exact right timing, resulting in either inconsistencies in placement or power delivery. So now I'm trying to have my upper arm go through the ball a bit and have a tad drastic of a forearm snap. The end result is a more forward and leftward finish for the racket.