Advanced Techniques for Table Tennis

After posting about the fundamentals of table tennis, now i'm going to teach you guys the advance technique when playing table tennis. First, the spinning technique

1. Topspin To do a Topspin is by starting your stroke below and or behind the ball and brushing the ball in an upward and forward motion.

2. Backspin
To do a Backspin is by starting your stroke above and/or behind the ball and brushing the ball in a downward and forward motion.

3. Sidespin
To do a Sidespin is by brushing the ball in a sideways motion. You will impart different sidespin depending on the direction of your bat either left or right.


Next it is the loop shot.There are two types of loop shot, one is the forehand loop and the other is the backhand loop. Loop shot is normally use by world class players to play aggressively and reduces the chance of letting your opponent to attack.
Loop shot can aid in creating a heavy topspin with combination with wrist action,body movements and attacking rubbers.The following video that i will be sharing teaches how to do a loop shot .

Backhand Loop





Forehand Loop





Finally is the Chop shots.There are two types of chop shot , one is the forehand chop and the other is the backhand chop.Chop shots are normally use to defend players who are super aggressive.It require the player to use the elbow and wrist joints of your playing arm to produce most spin and then push strongly with your legs to accentuate your body movement.The following video below will show how to do a backhand chop and forehand chop.
Forehand chop





Backhand chop





Here i will show you a video of a world class player doing chop shot nicely and effectively.Take note of the chop shot use by the pair in pink , wonderful play and perfect footwork from them.




That is all for today, Hope you guys achieve something after reading my post.If you anything you can leave a comment on the chatbox or comment on our Facebook page. Bye!

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 !