Once again, good attitude! If you ever feel discouraged, go back and look at his you played 4-5 weeks ago. Look at the difference between you footwork, posture, technique, and confidence! There's definitely progress! Now the less encouraging part... Looking at the first game: I understand that you probably have a lot on your mind as you're trying to analyze and probe the opponent for weakness but... Compare your BH pushes and your FH pushes, just in game 1. There's a very distinct difference in quality and it cost you quite a few points. So this begs the question: What's the difference? Yes, BH & FH mechanic are different but there are certain principles that apply to both! Let me know what you think 👍 (or you can cheat and find the comment on one of your older videos 😂)
Okay, instead of looking at just the first game, I looked at the whole match, but the issues were apparent in the first match like, GLARINGLY apparent. (How on earth do I not catch these things during the match?) Match results per push: Forehand Push Net Net Net Over the net, low Over the net, low Net Net Over the net, high Net Barely over the net Backhand Push Over the net, low Over the net, low Over the net, low Over the net, high Over the net, high Over the net, high Over the net, high Over the net, high Over the net, low My forehand pushes are nearly always in the net. My backhand pushes are nearly always high. Either I'm misreading the spin (which I think might be the case some of the time between deadspin and backspin - most of the forehand issues were right after the serve) The other is probably strickly mechanical. What. an. eye-opener.
@@BenSucksAtPingPong Sorry for sounding repetitive but here's my general observations for pushing: Discounting the misreads (although you can push topspin if you have good touch and tech), firstly, try to contact the ball early, as the ball is rising. Secondly, don't use your wrist to generate spin, use forearm and your body in a forward motion to "sit" into the ball. Thirdly (and probably the reason your BH push is so much more stable than your FH), don't swing from the side of your body. Rather, keep your body behind the push (elbow close vs chicken wing) and adjust with your forearm a bit. Compare your BH and your FZh: Look at your angle of attack, your arm motion and your elbow. For your BH, your motion and force is forward. For your FH, it's usual coming from the side, away from your body to in front of you (if that makes sense...)
These words were definitely echoing in my mind as I was watching. The repetition is appreciated. If anything, it indexes it to the video for reference, so thank you.
Once again, good attitude! If you ever feel discouraged, go back and look at his you played 4-5 weeks ago. Look at the difference between you footwork, posture, technique, and confidence! There's definitely progress!
Now the less encouraging part... Looking at the first game:
I understand that you probably have a lot on your mind as you're trying to analyze and probe the opponent for weakness but...
Compare your BH pushes and your FH pushes, just in game 1. There's a very distinct difference in quality and it cost you quite a few points. So this begs the question: What's the difference? Yes, BH & FH mechanic are different but there are certain principles that apply to both!
Let me know what you think 👍 (or you can cheat and find the comment on one of your older videos 😂)
Okay, instead of looking at just the first game, I looked at the whole match, but the issues were apparent in the first match like, GLARINGLY apparent. (How on earth do I not catch these things during the match?)
Match results per push:
Forehand Push
Net
Net
Net
Over the net, low
Over the net, low
Net
Net
Over the net, high
Net
Barely over the net
Backhand Push
Over the net, low
Over the net, low
Over the net, low
Over the net, high
Over the net, high
Over the net, high
Over the net, high
Over the net, high
Over the net, low
My forehand pushes are nearly always in the net. My backhand pushes are nearly always high. Either I'm misreading the spin (which I think might be the case some of the time between deadspin and backspin - most of the forehand issues were right after the serve)
The other is probably strickly mechanical.
What. an. eye-opener.
@@BenSucksAtPingPong
Sorry for sounding repetitive but here's my general observations for pushing:
Discounting the misreads (although you can push topspin if you have good touch and tech), firstly, try to contact the ball early, as the ball is rising. Secondly, don't use your wrist to generate spin, use forearm and your body in a forward motion to "sit" into the ball. Thirdly (and probably the reason your BH push is so much more stable than your FH), don't swing from the side of your body. Rather, keep your body behind the push (elbow close vs chicken wing) and adjust with your forearm a bit.
Compare your BH and your FZh: Look at your angle of attack, your arm motion and your elbow. For your BH, your motion and force is forward. For your FH, it's usual coming from the side, away from your body to in front of you (if that makes sense...)
These words were definitely echoing in my mind as I was watching. The repetition is appreciated. If anything, it indexes it to the video for reference, so thank you.