Hi,
I'm a beginner penholder, and have been playing table tennis for 2 years now at my college club. Unfortunately, we're a small club and we don't have coaches (or equipment in general for that matter) which has obviously slowed my development. I'm currently US 1000, at my best, 1100-1150 and I'm currently playing with the Ma Lin YEO, with skyline 3 FH and focus 3 on my BH with RPB (planning to switch to reactor ckylin pro on my BH soon because of how lively it is compared to focus 3).
I've had issues with my form in general for some time now, from footwork to basic strokes which have gotten better over the past few months, but lately I've begun to feel like I'm stagnating, and it's becoming very difficult to adopt the appropriate form in my games.
Since coaching isn't as easy to get because I'm a college student and it's a bit expensive, I read from you guys that a slower blade is recommended to develop form, and I was looking at the Yasaka Sweden Extra. I'm interested in knowing whether I should spend money and go ahead with switching my current YEO for the YSE, and the opinions of other members here that have tried YSE. Any other paddle recommendations or thoughts about of improving my game on a budget and a school schedule is welcome.
One more thing I'm aware of and wanted to improve was incorporating my backhand in games more. I learned RPB first thing after switching to pen and I can decently rally with it, but I notice I completely ignore my backhand and only use it for serve return/flick/smash.
I'm a beginner penholder, and have been playing table tennis for 2 years now at my college club. Unfortunately, we're a small club and we don't have coaches (or equipment in general for that matter) which has obviously slowed my development. I'm currently US 1000, at my best, 1100-1150 and I'm currently playing with the Ma Lin YEO, with skyline 3 FH and focus 3 on my BH with RPB (planning to switch to reactor ckylin pro on my BH soon because of how lively it is compared to focus 3).
I've had issues with my form in general for some time now, from footwork to basic strokes which have gotten better over the past few months, but lately I've begun to feel like I'm stagnating, and it's becoming very difficult to adopt the appropriate form in my games.
Since coaching isn't as easy to get because I'm a college student and it's a bit expensive, I read from you guys that a slower blade is recommended to develop form, and I was looking at the Yasaka Sweden Extra. I'm interested in knowing whether I should spend money and go ahead with switching my current YEO for the YSE, and the opinions of other members here that have tried YSE. Any other paddle recommendations or thoughts about of improving my game on a budget and a school schedule is welcome.
One more thing I'm aware of and wanted to improve was incorporating my backhand in games more. I learned RPB first thing after switching to pen and I can decently rally with it, but I notice I completely ignore my backhand and only use it for serve return/flick/smash.
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