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yong chen
yong chen Asked 14 years ago

hi how do u hit the ball down the line with the forehand from the middle of the table and how do hit the fh from the backhand corner diagonally to the opponent backhand?i tend to have sidespin in my ball when i do it.i have no prob in my normal fh diganolly.but down the line from the middle and using my fh to hit to my opponent backhand from the backhand corner are my main problems.please advise thanks

Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Yong,

Open up the angle of your bat.  So turn your wrist back.  It doesn't take much of a change in your wrist to get the ball to go in a different direction. 

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yong chen

yong chen Posted 14 years ago

Thanks for the advice.it has certainly helped me a lot.partly because of pingskills,i continued and learnt partly from pingskills from the basics.without pingskills,i probably will be going up table tennis and I won't be posting this comment now.

i have submitted a few questions in one question i hope you do advice me on all the questions i have posted and asked there.if the problems are solved my game will be much better.


Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 14 years ago
No problems Yong.  Glad to help.


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