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I've been looking through some table tennis forums I especially enjoy especially Dan's brilliant Table Tennis Daily www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk One of the posts that's repeated over and over again, is frustration at practising well and it not appearing when the person plays matches.
Last year, I was almost pulling my hair (slight impossibility????) at my frustration of having really good lessons and practice sessions but when it came to matches, not one of these shots would come off, even if I tried to play them. A lot of the time, for sone reason, I wasn't even attempting them. But gradually, the strokes started to appear in my matches. It's just something you have to work through. There aren't any short-cuts. However, the more often you productively practice, the quicker the results come. Remember:
Practice makes permanent ! Perfect practice makes perfect play !
So if you're going to practice whether with a practice partner or with a robot, do so with 100% focus on your intended outcome. If you're only going to do it in a half-hearted manner, don't do it at all as all you'll be doing making more permanent probably something you don't want as part of your technique.When I practice shots with the robot, I count out 35 balls in the hopper, play those shots and then have a break. That way I can maintain my focus on each 35 balls, doing this a number of times in each session. If I try and put 200 balls in the hopper, I know after not even a quarter of them, my mind will have wandered with resulting loss of ficus, poor technique etc. Therefore:
Practice smart !
I've been looking through some table tennis forums I especially enjoy especially Dan's brilliant Table Tennis Daily www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk One of the posts that's repeated over and over again, is frustration at practising well and it not appearing when the person plays matches.
Last year, I was almost pulling my hair (slight impossibility????) at my frustration of having really good lessons and practice sessions but when it came to matches, not one of these shots would come off, even if I tried to play them. A lot of the time, for sone reason, I wasn't even attempting them. But gradually, the strokes started to appear in my matches. It's just something you have to work through. There aren't any short-cuts. However, the more often you productively practice, the quicker the results come. Remember:
Practice makes permanent ! Perfect practice makes perfect play !
So if you're going to practice whether with a practice partner or with a robot, do so with 100% focus on your intended outcome. If you're only going to do it in a half-hearted manner, don't do it at all as all you'll be doing making more permanent probably something you don't want as part of your technique.When I practice shots with the robot, I count out 35 balls in the hopper, play those shots and then have a break. That way I can maintain my focus on each 35 balls, doing this a number of times in each session. If I try and put 200 balls in the hopper, I know after not even a quarter of them, my mind will have wandered with resulting loss of ficus, poor technique etc. Therefore:
Practice smart !
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