Training without a raquet and ball

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Arnab Ghosh Asked 11 years ago

Hello,

I wanted to share a video from Facebook, which shows a girl learning forehand topspin, but there is no bat or ball involved. My question is how important or effective this kind of training can be for a little child beginning to learn to play the game of table tennis.

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Arnab Ghosh

Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Arnab,

This is a form of Shadow Play with an interesting addition of the wheel. You could even add the bat into this routine. Probably an old bat that you didn’t mind hitting on a wheel.

This can be useful for players learning the stroke. It looks like she has a good forehand technique with what she is doing.

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Arnab Ghosh Posted 11 years ago

Thanks

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