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In my eyes there are two extreme ends of the spectrum.
End #1 = The only games player
End #2 = The only Drills player
For a long while I was on the severe side of End #1. I would only play games because i didn't want to waste a higher level players time with me constantly missing the table and wanted to let them get it over with as quickly as possible.
I have a friend about the same level as me with the same coach, who had only done drills for the majority of their time. This caused this player to not have very good touch and struggle reading serves and returning them with a quality ball.
My coaches view on the subject: She says my friend has better fundamentals but this causes him to struggle to put his drills in games since he never played enough of them. She says whenever I learn a stroke, it's almost immediately implemented into my games because I had always gone into games and have a lot more in game experience.
It seems to me that there ends up being a middle point though as we ended up getting to the same levelish area even though we struggled with different parts of the game. For me learning the right stroke was harder but once i got it, it was in my game immediately. For him he learned the right stroke easily but couldn't put it in games. But now we're about even with drills AND games.
Whenever a new player starts playing I always suggest to them to start with just drills until they have their strokes down because I think it's easier to develop the correct stroke right away than to change their stroke after doing it wrong for a while.
What are your thoughts on these comments? What end of the spectrum are you?
End #1 = The only games player
End #2 = The only Drills player
For a long while I was on the severe side of End #1. I would only play games because i didn't want to waste a higher level players time with me constantly missing the table and wanted to let them get it over with as quickly as possible.
I have a friend about the same level as me with the same coach, who had only done drills for the majority of their time. This caused this player to not have very good touch and struggle reading serves and returning them with a quality ball.
My coaches view on the subject: She says my friend has better fundamentals but this causes him to struggle to put his drills in games since he never played enough of them. She says whenever I learn a stroke, it's almost immediately implemented into my games because I had always gone into games and have a lot more in game experience.
It seems to me that there ends up being a middle point though as we ended up getting to the same levelish area even though we struggled with different parts of the game. For me learning the right stroke was harder but once i got it, it was in my game immediately. For him he learned the right stroke easily but couldn't put it in games. But now we're about even with drills AND games.
Whenever a new player starts playing I always suggest to them to start with just drills until they have their strokes down because I think it's easier to develop the correct stroke right away than to change their stroke after doing it wrong for a while.
What are your thoughts on these comments? What end of the spectrum are you?