Table Tennis Fundamentals

Hey it's Zhiwei again! Today I am going share with you guys the sport, Table tennis. A table tennis match is played to best 3 of 5 games, best 4 of 7 games or best 5 of 9 games. Before we get started with table tennis , do not forget to do warmup exercises like, arm stretching,wrist rotation, ankle rotation,neck rotation and tight stretching.

A lot of beginners who had just picked up table tennis, always have the same problem which is the gripping of the bat. Without correct gripping of the table tennis bat, we will tend to injure our palm and cause blisters on our palm. So i will be sharing with you guys a video, the video will be teaching you guys the proper way to grip a table tennis bat.









After you learn how to grip a table tennis bat,the next thing that you must learn is the service.If you can't even do a proper serve , you can't even start a game. Therefore service is the first thing you must learn after you learn how to grip the table tennis bat. A service is very important because it enable you to have total control of the ball,it enable you to set up play for yourself after a good serve and also if you have a better serve you can make your opponent feel pressure when receiving the serve.The video below will teach you how to do a proper serve and the rules to take note when serving:








Next is the stroke,after our serve we need to receive the ball, if our opponent receive our serve. Strokes of table tennis is very important because it determines where the ball go, whether the ball spin to the right or left and whether the speed of the ball is fast or slow. If we master all these strokes, we can start to play a proper table tennis game. Therefore i will be sharing you with guys a video to teach on strokes of table tennis.








Once you start a proper table tennis game , you will realise that you will have difficulties moving in the court.The reason is because you have not learn the basic footwork of table tennis. Now i am going to show you all a video that teaches proper footwork of table tennis.








After you master all these footworks, you will have an easy time on the court moving and receiving shots.That is all for today,Hope you guys have benefited through my post. Bye guys !