Introduction to my YT Channel

[ttmonster]

I felt you are using too much shoulder and not enough waist ...

 

[Boogar]

Thanks for the advice, indeed alot of work needs to be done

So i have this idea.I want to set up a trainings regime and train according to it, while monitoring my growth in videos.
Gotta get some ideas on that. I will prob try to do some kind of vlog :O haha lets see how thats going to work out.

 

[NextLevel]

I felt you are using too much shoulder and not enough waist ...

What drove the observation?

 

[ttmonster]

Couple of things really :

1. From this angle , it seemed to me like he was sometimes contacting the ball a little late after his waist rotation had finished.
2. If you observe carefully, he is holding the handle tighter than his pinch on the rubber, that's why when he starts out looping his forefinger is parallel to the end of the rubber but keeps moving up further as he continues to loop. most people I have seen doing this end up using shoulder whenever somebody gives them a faster ball back into their body , which again, my deduction, is just helping to bring the actual problem to the surface ...

What drove the observation?

 

[Boogar]

Couple of things really :

1. From this angle , it seemed to me like he was sometimes contacting the ball a little late after his waist rotation had finished.
2. If you observe carefully, he is holding the handle tighter than his pinch on the rubber, that's why when he starts out looping his forefinger is parallel to the end of the rubber but keeps moving up further as he continues to loop. most people I have seen doing this end up using shoulder whenever somebody gives them a faster ball back into their body , which again, my deduction, is just helping to bring the actual problem to the surface ...

Hmm jea now i see it as well... what migth help to fix that? keeping a penny pressed against the rubber with the index finger? At the rigth place ofc.

 

[ttmonster]

Just be conscious about this , start going the other way and pinch the blade more than the handle and keep reminding yourself , before trying to bring an external tool to fix it. But its a very good idea , I would try it as a second option ... But only you can really say , does your shoulder pain if you loop against a really consistent blocker and do you end up using your shoulder when you try to counterloop really aggressive loops ? I might be wrong and that's why NextLevel is asking why I made the observation

Hmm jea now i see it as well... what migth help to fix that? keeping a penny pressed against the rubber with the index finger? At the rigth place ofc.

 

[Boogar]

Just be conscious about this , start going the other way and pinch the blade more than the handle and keep reminding yourself , before trying to bring an external tool to fix it. But its a very good idea , I would try it as a second option ... But only you can really say , does your shoulder pain if you loop against a really consistent blocker and do you end up using your shoulder when you try to counterloop really aggressive loops ? I might be wrong and that's why NextLevel is asking why I made the observation

Just very rarely i have to say. Nonetheless I have the feeling that i use too much arm movement sometimes

 

[Boogar]

Couple of things really :

1. From this angle , it seemed to me like he was sometimes contacting the ball a little late after his waist rotation had finished.
2. If you observe carefully, he is holding the handle tighter than his pinch on the rubber, that's why when he starts out looping his forefinger is parallel to the end of the rubber but keeps moving up further as he continues to loop. most people I have seen doing this end up using shoulder whenever somebody gives them a faster ball back into their body , which again, my deduction, is just helping to bring the actual problem to the surface ...

OMG Thank you so much for the hint! I tried it today and it was a revelation.
I could spin the ball so much easier, somehow the different grip gave me a much better feeling to spin the ball.
I am so happy rigth now haha

 

[ttmonster]

I am very happy to of help Boogar ... really made my day ... keep improving and best of luck in your endeavors ...

OMG Thank you so much for the hint! I tried it today and it was a revelation.
I could spin the ball so much easier, somehow the different grip gave me a much better feeling to spin the ball.
I am so happy rigth now haha

 

[Shuki]

OMG Thank you so much for the hint! I tried it today and it was a revelation.
I could spin the ball so much easier, somehow the different grip gave me a much better feeling to spin the ball.
I am so happy rigth now haha

Careful not to go too far with the grip like I did. Nextlevel gave me a great video explaining different grips and how I was fighting to get rid of my old grip where in some situation's my old grip excelled. He basically taught me that as you improve and can react quicker and anticipate where a ball will be better you'll develop having a slightly different grip for different situations and fighting it may not always be the right thing. With his permission I'd love to post the video or allow him to post it here to help others.

 

[Boogar]

Update on my progress:

The grip change is working out okay, the problem is to maintain the grip in a match. The first few balls its okay but then i fall back into old habits. Though some balls are more easy with the old grip ( Index finger more up the rubber) for example short motioned counter topspins.
I guess the solution to this is to just train more and get used to the changes.

Besides the grip change I noticed a lack of fast underarm movement upon contact, so im working on this as well and it gives me a lot more control.

As soon as im more comfortable I will upload some more videos.

Ah jea before i forget, do you have any suggestions for an exercise i should record?

 

[Boogar]

New video of my trying to do the falkenberg step

I concentrated myself on the footwork in this clip. Still i think my recovery is bad, i wait too long at the finishing point of my stroke. This is mostly because i built the habit to observe where my ball is going and doing anything in that time.

 

[Boogar]

So here is another one, this time the camera is angled a bit better. And the robot throws a bit slower.

I messed up my grip on this one again and the slower rythm messed up my footwork a bit.

And for both videos and the next one, the robot still throws too high :-/

 

[Boogar]

Third and last one for today. Me looping heavy backspin balls.

I forgot to video any plays with my partner sorry

 

[Boogar]

New Matchplay Videos of me against a better player from my Club.

Video 9-16 in the Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLODrvFWaWoHueBnmTBWn2SNh7rYObQ_yc

 

[Archosaurus]

1:52 in the 1'st video is nice. Tried to pull some rubbish on you but it didn't work, heh.

2:08, I used to have that problem when I played my "smack the ball really hard" game. Waiting and looking at it.

Make it a habit to recover immediately and expect a fast block. Train that sequence with your partner, that's what worked for me.

It'd also have been better to fade it into his backhand: it's like he was waiting for the crosscourt return. If you don't have a good fade, again, practice it with your partner. He gives you an easy topspin and you need to fade it down the line.

2:57, do a small hop just before your opponent contacts on his serve. That's why. You did a few steps, but I recommend hopping in place onto your soles, shifting the weigh just a little. Stand farther from the table and move in for short serves to better handle long, fast serves. It's easier to go in a bit than to fall back a bit.

3:24

It's not over until it's over. Don't underestimate the spin!

Otherwise there's nothing I can really comment on. If you look at those things then you're a little better, I think.

 

[Boogar]

Thanks for watching at 2:57 i wanted to step around the serve but it curved into me. Thats why i was so flustered.

3:24 well backspin lets the ball float a little so i thought i missjudged, but jea you are right its not over until its over

 

[Archosaurus]

Thanks for watching at 2:57 i wanted to step around the serve but it curved into me. Thats why i was so flustered.

3:24 well backspin lets the ball float a little so i thought i missjudged, but jea you are right its not over until its over

I think if you're going to step around to do a forehand on the serve receive, you make a decision beforehand and you go hard and fast as soon as the ball leaves the racket. It's risky, but being wishy washy doesn't seem to work.

If you've trained enough, you can catch a sidespin serve into the backhand wing with the forehand. Most of the time, players like us won't get there in time to hit it well, so it might be better to receive with your backhand as a default unless you know you can go for it.


If you get good at receiving long serves to the backhand with a step around, a better opponent would do good to serve heavy back/side barely half-long into your backhand. He can drop the racket at that point: it's probably not coming back.

If you receive it with the backhand, I think there's a better chance of success at this kind of level.

 

[Shuki]

boogar. I am very jealous of you. Not only because you have a table to play on when there are no training partners around. But the fact that you are dedicated enough to use your robot as consistently as you do truly deserves a round of applause. you're getting better quickly.

 

[Archosaurus]

boogar. I am very jealous of you. Not only because you have a table to play on when there are no training partners around. But the fact that you are dedicated enough to use your robot as consistently as you do truly deserves a round of applause. you're getting better quickly.

If you have an environment like his and you don't use it, you'd be insane!

Makes me think how good I could be if I had partners who are good and wanted to play with me many hours during the day + a robot. We don't all have that.