I'm envious that you have people of approximately your own skill level to play regularly with. All my opponents are either much better than me or far worse!
Your best shot is the forehand block. Relative to your other strokes it's almost amazing how well you control incoming topspin shots. It's like your technique is better when you have less time. The backhand flicks against slow, high balls is much more brittle. Well done against an opponent with similar style and comparable level!
This is an interesting observation - it might also be interpreted as: "You do better when you have less time to think!" When I'm thinking about my stroke, there are 3948920493284 different elements to it, and the elements just are very clunky in their sequences.
Against slow, high balls, have you considered pivoting and attacking the ball with your FH? I guess it would depend on how high the ball is (how much time you have to pivot)... Mechanically, it's generally more difficult to attack a high ball with your BH than your FH. Remember, FH timing and BH timing are going to be different so the same shot on different sides need to be handled differently! I wish I read this comment thread before I replied to knotwilg's comment on your recent video vs the hardbat player. I feel like I came to the same conclusion lol
I did this a LOT yesterday at the club against a new opponent. I had my longest rallies to date, and one of my most fun matches EVER. The most unfortunate part? I only recorded about a minute of the match. I'm crushed (my phone ran out of storage) Seriously, it was a great, great match - lots of footwork, movement, and the strategy worked great.
I'm not so sure about that, I only saw a few forehand blocks and not all of them were good. That said, even for the good ones, it's not surprising you think it's good, because when you point out he has less time - the block is a short stroke to begin with, too short for you to see much bad form. Longer strokes with more time will have more opportunities to look unskilled. After watching, I'd say his best stroke is forehand loop, he loops the backspins pretty consistently. Both players also have a nice backhand drive.
cool vid of low level table tennis, we need more videos of that actually. I'd say you need to improve the most on your serves and backhand push. Your pushes pop up so high, little control. And serves, most of them aren't very good, your best one is the backhand backspin serve, the rest are still awkward. Both forehand and backhand drives are good though. This looks like 1200 level. Do you guys have USATT ratings?
@@chimyshark yup, my highest was about 1375 that was about a year ago, maybe more. , I'm not sure where I am now, I'm sure I've improved, I need to get into another tournament ASAP. I have one tomorrow, but it doesn't affect my ranking.
Maybe it's just because of the camera angle, but it seems like you're standing quite far from the table (from right when you serve). Why don't you serve at the table and then only move back if the incoming balls call for it? From your service position, it seems like it would be hard to make a good short serve. I'm talking mainly about the backhand service when I say this. At the spacing you're playing at, a good short return/push (although unlikely at this level against long balls) would be hard for you to reach.
I'm envious that you have people of approximately your own skill level to play regularly with. All my opponents are either much better than me or far worse!
Thank you for the compliment! I am regularly demolished by most people at the club. I'm determined to at least be middle-of the ground someday!
Your best shot is the forehand block. Relative to your other strokes it's almost amazing how well you control incoming topspin shots. It's like your technique is better when you have less time. The backhand flicks against slow, high balls is much more brittle.
Well done against an opponent with similar style and comparable level!
This is an interesting observation - it might also be interpreted as: "You do better when you have less time to think!" When I'm thinking about my stroke, there are 3948920493284 different elements to it, and the elements just are very clunky in their sequences.
Against slow, high balls, have you considered pivoting and attacking the ball with your FH? I guess it would depend on how high the ball is (how much time you have to pivot)... Mechanically, it's generally more difficult to attack a high ball with your BH than your FH.
Remember, FH timing and BH timing are going to be different so the same shot on different sides need to be handled differently!
I wish I read this comment thread before I replied to knotwilg's comment on your recent video vs the hardbat player. I feel like I came to the same conclusion lol
I did this a LOT yesterday at the club against a new opponent. I had my longest rallies to date, and one of my most fun matches EVER.
The most unfortunate part? I only recorded about a minute of the match. I'm crushed (my phone ran out of storage)
Seriously, it was a great, great match - lots of footwork, movement, and the strategy worked great.
I'm not so sure about that, I only saw a few forehand blocks and not all of them were good. That said, even for the good ones, it's not surprising you think it's good, because when you point out he has less time - the block is a short stroke to begin with, too short for you to see much bad form. Longer strokes with more time will have more opportunities to look unskilled. After watching, I'd say his best stroke is forehand loop, he loops the backspins pretty consistently. Both players also have a nice backhand drive.
cool vid of low level table tennis, we need more videos of that actually. I'd say you need to improve the most on your serves and backhand push. Your pushes pop up so high, little control. And serves, most of them aren't very good, your best one is the backhand backspin serve, the rest are still awkward. Both forehand and backhand drives are good though. This looks like 1200 level. Do you guys have USATT ratings?
@@chimyshark yup, my highest was about 1375 that was about a year ago, maybe more. , I'm not sure where I am now, I'm sure I've improved, I need to get into another tournament ASAP. I have one tomorrow, but it doesn't affect my ranking.
Maybe it's just because of the camera angle, but it seems like you're standing quite far from the table (from right when you serve). Why don't you serve at the table and then only move back if the incoming balls call for it? From your service position, it seems like it would be hard to make a good short serve. I'm talking mainly about the backhand service when I say this. At the spacing you're playing at, a good short return/push (although unlikely at this level against long balls) would be hard for you to reach.
It's probably the camera angle. This table in particular is hard to film on. Great advice, by the way!