How I can practice ping pong alone?
Marko Unknown
Submitted on 14-Jan-2008 04:50:05 AM
Last updated on 14-Dec-2009 05:21:34 AM
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Hi coach!
I watch your videos and I think it is fantastic. I am begginer in ping pong and I do not have anywhere to practice it. My friends do not know how to play ping pong so I ask you how I can practice alone? I have a table in my basement and I really do not know how to practice.
I think you are the best!!!!
and Alois Rosario said...
Hi Marko,
Learning to play without a partner is a difficult one, but you have the main ingredient to getting better and that is you are very keen.
Try:
- Hitting the ball against the wall consistently. Use your table and put it up against a wall then hit the ball against the wall as many times as you can.
- Bouncing the ball on your bat as many times as you can
- Bouncing the ball on your bat using both sides alternately
For all of these activities You can use the PingSkills Consistency Chart.
- Learn to spin the ball by hitting it on the floor and seeing if it comes back to you or if you can make it curve on a piece of carpet.
Alternatively, try to find a local club. If you are having difficulties finding one let us know and we will try to help.
I hope you can use these tips. Maybe one of our Ping Skills friends can make a suggestion for you as well.
Let me know if you have any other ideas. Put them here on Ping Skills and see if we can help Marko.
Comments on this question
Jeff Plumb from PingSkills said...
on the 17-Jan-2008 11:10:38 PM
Hi Marko,
When practicing alone, you can always work on your serve. Take a look at our video lesson "How To Serve". Once you have mastered the basic serve, you can work on some more advanced serves. Stay tuned for a video on this topic.
René van Sark Unknown commented...
on the 11-Aug-2008 03:19:42 AM
Use a returnboard to practice on your own,i do it and it works.
loveleen Unknown commented...
on the 20-Dec-2008 03:21:44 AM
u can do a lot of shadow practice in all combinations ,it will improve ur strokes and stamina to play strokes at a strech.
Thimothy Unknown commented...
on the 20-Dec-2008 04:20:46 PM
IF this guy called Loveleen can drive upto 30 miles to play good table tennis then I beleive even you can becuz ...just think of something called " WHEN YOU"RE PASSIONATE ,YOU GET COMMITED"
Tim Unknown commented...
on the 17-Mar-2009 07:43:08 PM
Where can you get a return board in the U.S.?Alois Rosario from PingSkills said...
on the 19-Mar-2009 07:51:10 AM
Thanks Thimothy, We need to remember that everyone has different levels of time available and priorities as well.
Tim Norman Unknown commented...
on the 20-Mar-2009 05:04:47 AM
you could also use a robot. these are very good to practise with, however, are expensive.
beggining at about £300 Uk pounds i think.
tim
Dustin Unknown commented...
on the 19-Apr-2009 04:31:45 PM
What I have recently started doing (it might not be the best) is I lean over the table and sort of bounce the ball backwards towards me and I like to practice my forehand topspin ball. Im not sure though because Its not completely realistic speed or spin, but I think it helps to just get down the motion.
na`duva Unknown commented...
on the 20-Apr-2009 02:48:47 PM
Hi, Marko
I'm from maldives. when I start playing TT I don't have even a table and any No friends who knows how to play.. You know how I did it?? I used to hit the wall of my room. I keep on trying to hit more and more. at first I tried with forhand then later Backhand. after tht I mixed it up and tried. it helps me lot on foot work, body movement plus my speed and accuracy.
after all, when you face with table you will have more confident on your self. with proper shedule start training a close friend. even I did it. Now I have a group of 8 memebers who regularly comes to practice. we all joined club and they found us great.
with all effort, I'm really happy that we got a silver medal on netional level competition. so bro...possible is everything. just keep on mooving forward... BEST OF LUCK
Jackson Warren Unknown commented...
on the 20-Apr-2009 05:24:47 PM
Steve Reilly Unknown commented...
on the 27-Apr-2009 02:24:11 PM
FLEMING's Loop BLOCKER is the Answer to training without a partner.
I recently made a DVD of its use and will be creating a coaches guide for using the FLB as an assistant coach.
I designed and built the FLB's as a tribute to my former coach in Scotland and have been giving them away to prospective coaches as a training aid.
It worked really well (whilst i was coaching in Micronesia) for me to domonstrate techniques on my own, with accuracy and consitancy being the goal. Normally a coach requires another player of reasonable skill level to facilitate good domontration quality techniques........ but what do you do when an assistant coach is not available and the skill level of the students is too poor/inconsistant to be of constructive value??
My students now play full matches against FLB's with the only differing criteria from ITTF rules being that the ball must return (like squash) a certain number of times from each blocker before winning a point legally. One of my students has become "addicted" to this way of training and has been observed/heard practicing on her own from 9pm until after midnight..... only stopping becase the neighbours were complaining about the noise coming from the carport!!!
As soon as I learn how to post short DVD clips on my web-site I will post it immediately.
Emre Unknown commented...
on the 04-Dec-2009 06:16:51 AM
hi i heve been playing tabel tennis for 2 years now and i am 12 but i never have been abel to do a very good top spin serve can you help.
Piers Grey commented...
on the 06-Dec-2009 11:31:41 PM
well, to improve your topspin you will need to first be thinking am I hitting straight through the ball or am I brushing my bat over the top of the ball?. If your just hitting the center of the ball and not brushing on contact you won't produce much topspin on the ball, so the contact that you make needs to be a brushing action, so start to brush the ball on contact and you will produce lots more topspin, trust me on this it does work!
lou Unknown commented...
on the 14-Dec-2009 04:40:20 AM
www.returnboard.com click on the english flag on the right top of the site in order to translate the site in english. Is to bad they don't make these available in the states. Check it out
