Ask The Coach Show #96 - Tactics When Losing the Short Game

9 years ago


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100th Show Approaching - 1:06

Let us know your suggestions for a competition for our 100th show.

Friday’s #PQOTD - 2:08

Who is the best Female player at the moment? Who is favourite for the World Championships?

#PQOTD - 3:33

What suggestions do you have to make the Ask the Coach Shows even better?

Tall Guy Update - 4:03

Viktor (Brock): I played with the tall guy yesterday but i lost again but it was really close this time. match 1: 21- 19 and match 2: 32- 30 so I will keep practising so I can beat him very well ;)

Unglued Rubber - 4:38

Romeo: I removed my rubber as demonstrated on your video. While removing the rubber I remembered I did not have glue with me so I removed it entirely and placed it on again.To my surprise, it didn't come off. Is it alright for me to play with it like that?

Rubber Longevity - 5:33

Bhaswar: How do I increase the longevity of the rubber?

Butterfly Footwork - 6:30

Dieter: I was practicing the footwork for the butterfly drill today. When you are the one going down the line, the footwork is more comprehensive. Should I try switching with just one step or by doing two steps? (Cross court I can manage with one step)

Losing Short Game - 7:47

Rob: I love playing a fairly open attacking game but when my opponent slows me down by doing short (double bounce type) chops I sometimes get sucked in to a pushing game and find it hard to break out of that game to play the game I want.

Playing Two Pimples - 9:47

Sasha: Last night I was playing against a player with two types of pimples. He had short pimples on the forehand and long pimples on the backhand. What strategies should I use since there are two different rubbers?

Rankings - 11:15

Lukas: Could you explain how rankings work? For example the ITTF World Rankings. Is ranking different from each other in different countries, or is it the same all way?

Links in this Episode

Ding Ning Off the Table

Replacing Your Rubber