Need tips on improving

[nareshb513]

Deleted

 

[parkash.imangry]

First tip from my side would be to keep your body lower. Much lower. Bend the knees, bend at the torso-hip joint as well.

Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using Tapatalk

 

[yogi_bear]

1. bend your knees more.
2. pivoting the torso when doing drives and this goes with the arm and shoulders.
3. try to remove putting your weight on your right leg and avoid doing standing on 1 leg when doing shots.

 

[DylanTT]

Maybe just a detail, but playing table tennis in jeans isn't going to work.
Especially if you want too bend your knees more, you need flexible clothing.

 

[suds79]

Maybe just a detail, but playing table tennis in jeans isn't going to work.
Especially if you want too bend your knees more, you need flexible clothing.

Yeah. Not trying to be nit picky but if you're playing regularly in jeans, it kinda signals you're not super serious about it.

Where was this filmed? Is this at your work? Try to find a local club and start going there regularly.

As for grip and all that in wondering if you're doing it right, I'd honestly recommend checking out every single one of these videos from Pingskills.

https://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis/strokes-and-technique/

 

[ttmonster]

Hi Naresh, I would find a club in Hyderabad and take some coaching. I stayed in Hyderabad for a couple of years and I know its not very easy to find one and sometimes its not very affordable ... http://www.telanganatabletennis.com/tt-training-centers.php

There are a lot of things you could improve but it won't be easy without a coach and good table tennis partners to help you.
Also playing in jeans does not help you in staying low and move the way you need to move.

right now , the grip looks okay even though a little tight around handle ,but there are different approaches to grip , I personally focus on pinching the rubber.

you also need to stay lower and use waist rotation and weight transfer , focus on brushing the ball for more spin etc. we could on and on and you could look at the videos from Brett Clarke / Ping Skills to understand better. But at this stage , the only way to improve would be to scratch your current form and try to relearn the basics , which would not be easy without professional help.

 

[nareshb513]

Yes tt training is good but most of the clubs are on other side of the city, takes 2 hours just to drive..

Regarding the jeans it was in office, at home clubhouse it in comforts only , the real problem is finding good Partner to practice. It's hard to find good players here to practice..

I recently I explored about pinch grip and started applying and I thought I was doing good but looking at the video I think I need to loosen up and apply more pinch.

Thanks for valuable feedback, it's strange tt addiction after all

Sent from my Moto G Play using Tapatalk

 

[Der_Echte]

Hi Naresh, I would find a club in Hyderabad and take some coaching. I stayed in Hyderabad for a couple of years and I know its not very easy to find one and sometimes its not very affordable ... http://www.telanganatabletennis.com/tt-training-centers.php

There are a lot of things you could improve but it won't be easy without a coach and good table tennis partners to help you.
Also playing in jeans does not help you in staying low and move the way you need to move.

right now , the grip looks okay even though a little tight around handle ,but there are different approaches to grip , I personally focus on pinching the rubber.

you also need to stay lower and use waist rotation and weight transfer , focus on brushing the ball for more spin etc. we could on and on and you could look at the videos from Brett Clarke / Ping Skills to understand better. But at this stage , the only way to improve would be to scratch your current form and try to relearn the basics , which would not be easy without professional help.

ttmonster is being very helpful and diplomatic. You have a LOT to work on and it wouldn't fit in ten of these text boxes. Not a lot of it will improve in the first 1-2 days. A LOT of us who begin this sport as adults played recreationally and that is what you are doing. Many of us when we were in the recreational player stage were just like you, a rec player wanting to be more, but the basic fundamentals were of a rec player. Heck, I made a ton of vids of me serving, and I was prolly a level below USA club average level, nothing to be proud of for sure. Yet, I still posted footage, so I see your energy.

Almost all of us coached ourselves with next to zero idea of what right is, I did it myself too, I bought an instruction book and prolly was worse off,, I learned a portion of offensive technique and burned in bad technique and habits.

There is no 1-10 thing(s) any of us could tell you to make you quickly do and become a serviceable amature player by many players' standards. Monster has summed it up for you in the best possible response customized for your area. I know Monster personally and his character and advice are sound. His functional knowledge of common and obscure points of American English exceeds many American's and I see you get along pretty damn well with English not being your first language. hang around and share your ride.

 

[ttmonster]

Thank you for the kind words Der_Echte . I can exactly relate to his situation because I used to be in a very similar situation 6-7 years back. I was kind of the king of the jungle in my office , would be able to swat pretty much everything with my forehand in doubles , and so it was until I walked into a proper club and got my a** handed to me by pretty much everybody . I realized the "good" players would not play me unless I learned the sport and there is so much fun to have once you start learning how to spin the ball. And the only way to learn is to get proper coaching.

I was in hyderabad from 2012-13 and I saw first hand the situation there. The only way he would be able to learn is if goes to an open tournament and makes friends there to be able to play and take coaching regularly, most probably in the weekends. There are also a pretenders out there looking for a quick buck. So he has to be smart enough to separate the wheat from the chaff . Case in point I met this kid and she was just starting out to learn , probably 10-12 years old . She had a nice forehand was very eager to learn more. Her coach had already put short pips on her backhand. I had seen the coach earlier in a tournament and even though he had the greatest forehand , his backhand was really weak . so you can understand the choice for the protege , which is not fair. So such and many other oddballs are out there and he needs to navigate his way through them if is he is really interested to learn.

ttmonster is being very helpful and diplomatic. You have a LOT to work on and it wouldn't fit in ten of these text boxes. Not a lot of it will improve in the first 1-2 days. A LOT of us who begin this sport as adults played recreationally and that is what you are doing. Many of us when we were in the recreational player stage were just like you, a rec player wanting to be more, but the basic fundamentals were of a rec player. Heck, I made a ton of vids of me serving, and I was prolly a level below USA club average level, nothing to be proud of for sure. Yet, I still posted footage, so I see your energy.

Almost all of us coached ourselves with next to zero idea of what right is, I did it myself too, I bought an instruction book and prolly was worse off,, I learned a portion of offensive technique and burned in bad technique and habits.

There is no 1-10 thing(s) any of us could tell you to make you quickly do and become a serviceable amature player by many players' standards. Monster has summed it up for you in the best possible response customized for your area. I know Monster personally and his character and advice are sound. His functional knowledge of common and obscure points of American English exceeds many American's and I see you get along pretty damn well with English not being your first language. hang around and share your ride.

 

[Der_Echte]

??? What wrong meaning ??? Your English is perfectly appropriate.

 

[Jaffar Lone]

I think most of the responses are helpful in one way or the other.. What i noticed was a lack of body language. I guess after you have played at a decent level for a while all of this changes. The clothing, body language, position while hitting the strokes, anticipation of the opponent's strokes, etc. The list could go on and on.

Keep playing, you can do better. The most important thing is to enjoy this beautiful game, whichever level you aim to play. As long as you are doing that, you are OK, whether it is beginner level, amateur/club level, national level, whatever.

 

[Der_Echte]

Jaffar, those are the very reasons TTmonster and Der_Echte responses had only two specific things. The list of things to address is way to long. Simply stating that coaching will progress towards fixing it and Monster telling him where and how to get coaching was the only practical answer.

 

[fais]

What is your goal here? There are multiple ways to get better - you can keep playing and practicing, develop your own style and get fairly decent fairly quickly against your friends, or you can start from beginning, put in time and effort and try to do it right, sacrificing winning for a fairly long time (because this game is NOT easy, it is physically taxing and requires dedication, time and effort to get to and even maintain a decent level).

Honestly, there is no middle ground. You can't keep doing what you are doing and expect it to align with how the sport is meant to be played thinking it will help you get better faster.