It was raining in the evening and not as many people showed up ~4 people. So among the 3 coaches (or is it 2 coaches and a multiball guy?), I got to get individual training today.
FH warmup - I'm leaning forward now. Still need to add spin? by using a little bit of wrist I think. Still don't fully understand.
Edit 7/2/15: I think this may address what I was not understanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J10WMtibEZk
BH warmup - Need to move for differences in length. I have a tendency to reach for short balls rather than moving.
1 FH, 1 BH - need to move better by taking small steps laterally and make sure I hit the balls in the sweet spot on my forehand rather than reaching. Make sure to move to bh shots as well. Spin the ball on fh to get it on table however: My backswing is sometimes too far back. Keep paddle up and don't backswing farther than body.
Serve backspin, short backspin, short backspin, long to middle, loop backspin, then BH topspins, then random forehand:
I had a lot of trouble with this, especially on the random forehand. I tend to just use my arm and need to rotate my torso on the forehand shot. I found it became easier when I'm leaning forward. I tried to stay on my toes but it didn't help much.
Serve backspin, get long push to backhand, backhand loop to bh, backhand topspin to bh, forehand on bh side, forehand on fh side:
On the backspin loop, keep arm loose/relaxed and keep stroke small and moving forward. A mistake is that my stroke was too vertical/stiff. On forehand on backhand side, my feet should be more vertical. On the long movement from fh on bh side to fh on fh side, need to shuffle there (crossover if the distance is very large only). I need to focus on keeping my balance/weight transfer on my strokes. I tend to over transfer weight and my movements tend to become very stationary because of it.
Focuses for next time:
1) Rotate on bh to fh shots.
2) Stay relaxed/short quick stroke on bh loops vs backspin
3) Transfer weight on shots but keep my balance so that my movements don't slow because of it --> footwork --> move faster!
4) And contineu working on the new backhand over the table loop.
Other notes: Continue remembering to stay leaning forward to make movement easier. Racket on backhand topspins started becoming more upward facing....hmm.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
TT Day 2 - 6/23/15
Today was half single ball and half multiball. Less people showed up than day 1 - roughly 7 people split into 2 coaches/tables. I've improved on my things from last week although unfortunately without practice due to working on hospice training and med school apps. and anime/manga.
Began with single ball drills similarly to last week. Coming in, I focused on last weeks points of staying closer to the table and hitting in front of my body.
1) FH
2) BH - need to stay low and not stand up vertically after certain hits.
3) FH/BH - make sure to rotate on fh and not to stay with weight forward. Make sure to add spin on the fh to get it over.
4) serve into short chop into fh backspin loop into bh, fh on bh side, fh cross table. I think my longest was getting 2.5 rounds in. I'd like to be able to do it 5 rounds by end of summer. I need to make sure to take my backspin loops earlier instead of getting into the habit of spinning them up.
Notes: Something about snapping (wrist? or elbow) on fh hit to add spin.
Next came multi-ball stuff. Overall, it was much more complicated than what I was used to and I got to learn some things.
1) bh chop to short right, ball gets chopped long to my fh, loop the backspin, fh topspin in midde, fh in fh side, bh down the line to finish. - Same as above, I need to take my backspin loops earlier at the peak. Rotate body slightly left for bh down the line shots instead of only changing the racket angle with my wrist.
2) backhand flick to bh, bh topspin to right corner, bh topspin to left corner, fh smash to finish. - Make sure to get enough brush on fh smash to get on table. This is my first time trying to bh flick with this technique - bending my wrist far enough that the racket faces me (similar to the pro videos) and rotating my wrist and elbow while keeping elbow in place.
3) fh chop in my short right corner, bh loop on my bh, fh smash on my fh side. Although this is probably the easiest of the drills, I had the most trouble with this at several points - transitioning from fh short chop to backhand loop. And again having troubles not getting enough brush on fh smash.
Summary:
To work on - fh smash, fh to bh loop transition, new short bh flick technique.
Remember - stay on same plane and rotate horizontally.
Random thought before I sleep - returning no spin serve with a side spin return instead of my typical weak chop or weak topspin.
Began with single ball drills similarly to last week. Coming in, I focused on last weeks points of staying closer to the table and hitting in front of my body.
1) FH
2) BH - need to stay low and not stand up vertically after certain hits.
3) FH/BH - make sure to rotate on fh and not to stay with weight forward. Make sure to add spin on the fh to get it over.
4) serve into short chop into fh backspin loop into bh, fh on bh side, fh cross table. I think my longest was getting 2.5 rounds in. I'd like to be able to do it 5 rounds by end of summer. I need to make sure to take my backspin loops earlier instead of getting into the habit of spinning them up.
Notes: Something about snapping (wrist? or elbow) on fh hit to add spin.
Next came multi-ball stuff. Overall, it was much more complicated than what I was used to and I got to learn some things.
1) bh chop to short right, ball gets chopped long to my fh, loop the backspin, fh topspin in midde, fh in fh side, bh down the line to finish. - Same as above, I need to take my backspin loops earlier at the peak. Rotate body slightly left for bh down the line shots instead of only changing the racket angle with my wrist.
2) backhand flick to bh, bh topspin to right corner, bh topspin to left corner, fh smash to finish. - Make sure to get enough brush on fh smash to get on table. This is my first time trying to bh flick with this technique - bending my wrist far enough that the racket faces me (similar to the pro videos) and rotating my wrist and elbow while keeping elbow in place.
3) fh chop in my short right corner, bh loop on my bh, fh smash on my fh side. Although this is probably the easiest of the drills, I had the most trouble with this at several points - transitioning from fh short chop to backhand loop. And again having troubles not getting enough brush on fh smash.
Summary:
To work on - fh smash, fh to bh loop transition, new short bh flick technique.
Remember - stay on same plane and rotate horizontally.
Random thought before I sleep - returning no spin serve with a side spin return instead of my typical weak chop or weak topspin.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Table Tennis Training - Day 1 6/16/2016
Summer Table Tennis Camp at X-treme Table Tennis - once per week, 1 hr.
Today was mostly technique work. I was put into a group of 2 other people. The coach was the tall, soft voice guy that speaks kinda fast. The training group did single ball practice rotating every 5 balls. Doing the drills, I'm doing well looping the long backspin balls and having trouble looping the shorter backspin balls. On short high balls, I need to step forward w/ left foot and attack. My overall reaction time (or movement?) is too slow but I'm probably not used to someone blocking that well for me. Overall tiredness level: Low. Also, Mark hazinski has an amazing bh.
Notes - things I need to focus on:
1) Hit in front of body
2) Keep paddle up, especially when switching from fh to bh I tend to drop my paddle.
3) Get closer to the table (1 paddle off). I always thought to stand one arms length from the end of the table but apparently thats too far.
Other notes coach told training mates:
1) rotate on fh
2) keep elbow relatively still close to body
Questions:
1) Shuffle, small steps, or crossover?
2) Something about using wrist on backspin looping that I didn't understand b/c my chinese is poor.
Drills to improve in Friday TT:
1) Bh/Fh
2) Serve backspin, chop, forehand loop vs backspin, then bh, fh on bh corner, fh on fh corner
3) Same as above except random after loop vs backspin
Today was mostly technique work. I was put into a group of 2 other people. The coach was the tall, soft voice guy that speaks kinda fast. The training group did single ball practice rotating every 5 balls. Doing the drills, I'm doing well looping the long backspin balls and having trouble looping the shorter backspin balls. On short high balls, I need to step forward w/ left foot and attack. My overall reaction time (or movement?) is too slow but I'm probably not used to someone blocking that well for me. Overall tiredness level: Low. Also, Mark hazinski has an amazing bh.
Notes - things I need to focus on:
1) Hit in front of body
2) Keep paddle up, especially when switching from fh to bh I tend to drop my paddle.
3) Get closer to the table (1 paddle off). I always thought to stand one arms length from the end of the table but apparently thats too far.
Other notes coach told training mates:
1) rotate on fh
2) keep elbow relatively still close to body
Questions:
1) Shuffle, small steps, or crossover?
2) Something about using wrist on backspin looping that I didn't understand b/c my chinese is poor.
Drills to improve in Friday TT:
1) Bh/Fh
2) Serve backspin, chop, forehand loop vs backspin, then bh, fh on bh corner, fh on fh corner
3) Same as above except random after loop vs backspin
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