Mental or Physical

Matthew Barber Asked 10 years ago

Hello Pingskills,

I am 15 years old and have been playing table tennis for about a year now and have been improving quite a lot. Last week, I was lucky enough to go on a school trip to Barcelona. At the hotel, there was a table tennis table and I played a lot with my friends. Unfortunately, the bats and balls were very bad and so I could not attack the ball so I just played very defensively and kept hitting the ball back. However, I played in a real match last night and couldn't attack or play my normal game! I was just playing like I did in Barcelona and I really struggled to attack. I feel that I am good enough to beat all 3 of my opponents quite easily but I only beat 1 of them. Sometimes, I would manage to play normally and would almost always win the point. However, most of the time, especially on my backhand, I would play very badly. I am worried that I will be stuck like this. How can I get back to normal?

Thank you