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Ivandri Lowell Asked 13 years ago
Hi Coaches thank you for your answers for my questions before, I\'m currently working on it, I want to ask another question, is there any other things that can affect my table tennis games than training? Example: playing other sport that can help me improve or another hobbies that can affect my games or something to do when not training? Thanks
Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago
Hi Iavandri,
You can do some off table training for fitness. Take a look at these previous blogs on the subject.
Strength Conditioning for Table Tennis
Weight Training Specifically for Table Tennis
You can also think about things you can do with your Table Tennis when you are off the table. We have done a lesson on Practicing Alone which will give you some ideas.
You can do other sports that are aerobic based that will help with your aerobic fitness. Things like Tennis or squash, even Badminton will help with hand eye coordination and aerobic fitness.
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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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Ivandri Lowell Posted 13 years ago