TT Training Day 6 - 7.21.2015

Coach Mark today.

FH-FH - He was hitting the ball to me and it was strangely tough to get it back on the table just flat hitting. Got used to it after a few misses.

FH looping vs block - Graze top of ball to make the looping sound vs the hit sound. Remember to stay low after consecutive loops to get better brushing contact on ball. Try to use legs and torso on loop. Don't drop paddle too much and generally keep paddle high!

BH-BH - Nothing specific comes to mind.

BH looping vs block - I have a bad habit of lowering the paddle after the loop. Keep it high and contact closer to body without reaching. Work on this in future! Graze top of ball - should make looping sound.

Serve, chop, loop the backspin then play out (FH then BH) - On opening loop, put more spin to keep it on table instead of driving the ball. After the first topspin, back up a little bit to have more room to react. Remember to keep paddle up! On wide shots, you can take time to rotate torso but on middle shots keep stroke shorter to get a better shot. Aim to loop each ball.

Serving - placements, mixing spins, same motion - different placements. FH pendulum, reverse pendulum, backhand serves. Note to self: On Friday, I will work on reverse pendulum and backhand serves. Especially reverse pendulum focusing on getting backspin and serving to their forehand side.

Receiving serves: Watch elbow and follow thru to figure out spin. Spent 10 mins receiving Coach Mark's serves. Probably returned about 15% (probably generous) and scored on about 5%.

Notes: Keep paddle up, even on looping. Backup half step after first topspin shot. Work on backhand looping contact point topspin and how to loop backspin backhand. Work on serving reverse pendulum backspin and to forehand. Aim to spin loop each ball.