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Jeevesh Jai Asked 7 years ago
How should i play? I know basic strokes and serving. On what should I focus more to win matches. How should I play chop or shotting. Playing fast or slow?
Alois Rosario Answered 7 years ago
Hi Jeevesh,
It is good that you are thinking about how to implement your strokes in a match situation. With all your strokes start by learning how to play them slowly and then building up the speed. In a match situation though you need to vary the speed of the ball. Playing fast all the time is not necessarily the best way.
The main thing at the start is to start to use your proper strokes in a match situation. This involves combining the shots that you are learning.
Take a look at this video we have explaining the process. The 7 Building Blocks of Table Tennis. This shows you how to start with learning the basic strokes and eventually putting it all together in a match.
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#8 - Fast Footwork
In this session you'll focus on increasing the speed of your footwork. To do this we ask you to forget about consistency and concentrate on speed. You should be playing at a pace where you can get around 4 or 5 balls on the table. If you are getting 10 or 20 balls on then you need to up your pace again. It's important to play right to the edge of your ability to actually increase your skill level. We also continue to develop the new serve you have chosen to work on.
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