Hello, everyone,
For quite some time now I've felt that my stokes are lacking control and consistency regarding positioning of the ball on the table. While my shots are powerful and quite spinny, it doesn't have that positioning of the ball I wished it had. For example, I recently played with a ~2400 USATT rated player, and I was shocked at how she managed to place the ball in the same place so easily (Far left side of the table three consecutive times for example) and then she switches it to the far right side as if it was nothing.
Additionally, I failed to receive most short sidespin/underspin serves to my forehand, and most returns on my backhand are pretty weak.
My biggest weakness right now is my backhand in general (At least when dealing with heavy spin) and my lack of control on the table, which makes me think of this question.
I have a Timo Boll Off- with a DHS TG3 Skyline National blue sponge (black) and a Galaxy Apollo 2 (red) which feels pretty comfortable to use, but is much slower than my current setup. I prefer my current setup (ZJ SZLC + MXP + TG3 Neo) for its power and spin, but I don't know whether I should keep training with that or if I should train with a slower setup until I can do the strokes with more consistency.
Right now, I'm "unofficially rated" as a person that can comfortably play against 1800-2100 rated players, at least according to several players that have been advising me and teaching me for the past few months/years. I think this is a pretty awesome achievement, and I want to surpass this barrier.
TLDR: I've been using ZJ SZLC for basically my entire lifetime playing table tennis professionally, and I want to work on issues regarding my technique, control and consistency and improve spin quality. Would switching to a 5-ply wood blade (Timo Boll Off-) be a good option for practicing such techniques?
For quite some time now I've felt that my stokes are lacking control and consistency regarding positioning of the ball on the table. While my shots are powerful and quite spinny, it doesn't have that positioning of the ball I wished it had. For example, I recently played with a ~2400 USATT rated player, and I was shocked at how she managed to place the ball in the same place so easily (Far left side of the table three consecutive times for example) and then she switches it to the far right side as if it was nothing.
Additionally, I failed to receive most short sidespin/underspin serves to my forehand, and most returns on my backhand are pretty weak.
My biggest weakness right now is my backhand in general (At least when dealing with heavy spin) and my lack of control on the table, which makes me think of this question.
I have a Timo Boll Off- with a DHS TG3 Skyline National blue sponge (black) and a Galaxy Apollo 2 (red) which feels pretty comfortable to use, but is much slower than my current setup. I prefer my current setup (ZJ SZLC + MXP + TG3 Neo) for its power and spin, but I don't know whether I should keep training with that or if I should train with a slower setup until I can do the strokes with more consistency.
Right now, I'm "unofficially rated" as a person that can comfortably play against 1800-2100 rated players, at least according to several players that have been advising me and teaching me for the past few months/years. I think this is a pretty awesome achievement, and I want to surpass this barrier.
TLDR: I've been using ZJ SZLC for basically my entire lifetime playing table tennis professionally, and I want to work on issues regarding my technique, control and consistency and improve spin quality. Would switching to a 5-ply wood blade (Timo Boll Off-) be a good option for practicing such techniques?