Playing on a study table

[hus]

Recently, I started playing table tennis with my flatmate in a study desk. The first time I played on the desk and a proper table I noticed I was hitting the ball too softly while playing on the normal table. I am playing with my left on the desk at the moment since I am not sure if its entirely a good idea. Funnily enough I found that I improved on my left hand through playing on the desk. You can't really do things like long rallies and loops as the table is quite short and you can't use all your power but maybe its possible to adjust.
I've felt that my 'feel' of the ball has improved but I am not sure if the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Has anyone done something like that or had a similar experience?

 

[YosuaYosan]

Played it for fun.
Although not much, I think it is actually good for your touch and feel-based shots.

 

[RIPPER]

cool stuff hus...yes this is very good for your ball control, I would recommend it for any level of player really, in some ways good to start on as often kids hit the ball too hard and not enough control and then it is ingrained in their heads and takes a long time to break the habit!

 

[Der_Echte]

I have seen Koreans at club tourneys kill time behind the netted off area waiting for matches by throwing up a small barrier that passes for a net and play on a really mini surface, like maybe 30 cm long on each side of court. All they do is short push to short push rally to see who can stay alive the longest. develops some good touch.