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Subscribe Join online academy In this video, top coach Ferenc Horvath gives a few tips to help you improve your forehand flick. The forehand flick is an advanced attacking stroke, typically used to return a short backspin serve. The movement, timing and stroke execution all have to be quite precise to be able to flick … Keep reading
Subscribe Join online academy In this video, pro coach Mark Mitchell explains how to play a slow ball. Modern table tennis seems to be getting faster and faster. But using a slow ball can be a very useful tactic to disrupt the rhythm of your opponent. If your opponent does not read the change of … Keep reading
Subscribe Join online academy In this video, top coach Craig Bryant, explains how to hit winners with the backhand punch shot. The backhand punch is a powerful attacking shot, which you can use when the ball pops up a little high. Using your forearm and wrist to snap through the back of the ball, you … Keep reading
In this video, top coach Ferenc Horvath gives 5 tips to help you improve your backhand flick. The backhand flick is a very important shot in table tennis. It allows you to attack short backspin serves and gain the advantage in the early part of a rally. Ferenc explains in detail the technique needed to generate more speed and spin when executing the backhand flick. Keep reading
In this video, I give a detailed explanation about how to do a long fast sidespin serve. This is also known as a pendulum serve. This is my favourite serve – and the one which wins me the most amount of points in local league table tennis. It’s a great serve for forcing mistakes, and setting up third ball attacks. Keep reading
In this video, Craig explains how we can disguise our shots better, by using less body movement and more wrist movement to change where we put the ball. This can make it much harder for your opponent to read your shots. It’s a great way of forcing your opponent to play weak shots or hitting outright winners. Keep reading
In this video, I explain how to do a big forehand slap shot. A forehand slap is where you hit the ball very hard and very flat. It’s a hard shot to do consistently, but if you can master this technique, then you can win a lot of points. The slap shot is very hard to return, as it is very fast and there is not much spin on the ball. Keep reading
In this video, pro coach Mark Mitchell explains how to improve your table tennis grip. How you hold your table tennis bat has an impact on the speed, spin and control of your shots. Many players hold the bat too tight, which creates tension in the arm and makes it hard to play with good spin and feeling. Keep reading
In this video, top coach Ferenc Horvath gives 5 tips to help you improve your backhand loop. To become an advanced table tennis player, it is essential that you can loop backspin balls (i.e. pushes and chops). Many players, including myself, find the backhand loop a little tricky to do. There is a real skill needed to co-ordinate the legs, forearm and wrist to generate lots of speed and topspin with your backhand. Keep reading
In this video, top coach Craig Bryant, explains how to confuse your opponent when returning serves. It’s all about the art of deception. You show your opponent you are going to play one shot and at the last moment you switch to another shot. This unpredictability makes it hard for your opponent to anticipate what you will do. Keep reading