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Hi all,
Since the dwell time discussion made my eyes glaze over, I thought I might try starting a different conversation for anybody wanting to join in - you might want to grab your bat for this.
Think and discuss regarding the following:
* A table tennis ball only weighs around 2.7g. That's actually incredibly light when you stop and think about it.
* Most table tennis bats are under 200g. Not really all that heavy.
* Think about your body movement during a normal forehand loop - hip turn, shoulder turn, forearm, wrist etc.
* Do a shadow stroke forehand loop, and pay attention to the speed at which you can move and accelerate the bat.
* Now try relaxing your body, and try making the same stroke using just a relaxed and whippy shoulder, forearm and wrist movement. Don't use much waist or upper body turn. A bit like skipping a stone.
* Was there much difference in the speed of the racket? (I personally didn't find all that much difference)
Having done all that, here's a question.
If the speed you can produce just by relaxing and whipping the racket is almost the same, why do we use the whole body movement for fh looping?
Any thoughts?
PS: I do have an opinion or two on the subject, but I don't claim to have any hard facts. I do have some anecdotal thoughts after I spent some time mucking around with various techniques due to injury problems, which I'll share later on if anybody is interested to discuss.
Cheers,
Greg
Since the dwell time discussion made my eyes glaze over, I thought I might try starting a different conversation for anybody wanting to join in - you might want to grab your bat for this.
Think and discuss regarding the following:
* A table tennis ball only weighs around 2.7g. That's actually incredibly light when you stop and think about it.
* Most table tennis bats are under 200g. Not really all that heavy.
* Think about your body movement during a normal forehand loop - hip turn, shoulder turn, forearm, wrist etc.
* Do a shadow stroke forehand loop, and pay attention to the speed at which you can move and accelerate the bat.
* Now try relaxing your body, and try making the same stroke using just a relaxed and whippy shoulder, forearm and wrist movement. Don't use much waist or upper body turn. A bit like skipping a stone.
* Was there much difference in the speed of the racket? (I personally didn't find all that much difference)
Having done all that, here's a question.
If the speed you can produce just by relaxing and whipping the racket is almost the same, why do we use the whole body movement for fh looping?
Any thoughts?
PS: I do have an opinion or two on the subject, but I don't claim to have any hard facts. I do have some anecdotal thoughts after I spent some time mucking around with various techniques due to injury problems, which I'll share later on if anybody is interested to discuss.
Cheers,
Greg