Training to Develop Power
Table Tennis Strokes and Technique
Last updated 8 years ago
Ilia Minkin Asked 8 years ago
Hi Alois,
I'm trying to improve my power in rallying and first attack, and I would like to make it the focus in next few months. In other words, I want to learn how to play spinny shots that have reasonable pace with good consistency. I really like your 52 weeks training plan, but it focuses on many small things in a long cycle. What I want to do is a kind of saturation training that will address this particular aspect. How should I organize my training then? I practice around 4 times per week.
Alois Rosario Answered 8 years ago
Hi Ilia,
Firstly to get more power on that forehand, focus on just flattening the contact out slightly. It doesn't take much of a change to get a lot more speed. You can also focus on getting the arm to move through faster on your forehand topspin with the same contact to generate more speed.
Take a look at our lesson on the Advanced Forehand Topspin.
As far as your training, you can incorporate the faster forehand into your drills. So with each drill you can modify it slightly to play the forehand faster instead of a slower or more controlled topspin. You don't have to do every drill around this but in each session spend some of your time with this as your focus.
If you have this as your focus for the next few months, it will change quickly.
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Johan B Posted 8 years ago
Good luck!
Ilia Minkin Posted 8 years ago
Alois, thank you. But is it a good idea for this time to completely focus on improving power, i.e. playing 3-4 quality balls and not do drills where I play >10 balls in a row?
Johan, thank you :)
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 8 years ago
Hi Ilia,
I would do a mixture of both during the session. Perhaps start with the more consistent training and move to the more power during the session.