The Expert Table Tennis Blog

I just got back from a 90-minute coaching session with Harrie. Today, I was helping him get more spin on his backhand sidespin serve and I thought it would make an excellent mini blog post.

Lots of intermediate-level table tennis players struggle to get heavy spin of their serves. Often, this is down to poor service technique/mechanics. But this isn’t the case with Harrie.

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Have you ever heard a fellow table tennis player described as having great ‘feeling’? It’s clearly a good thing, but what does it actually mean? And how do we improve our table tennis ‘feeling’?

According to my good friend EmRatThich, ‘feeling’ is the first principle of the Chinese table tennis philosophy! So, here are three tips to help you develop your ‘feeling’ for the ball.

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I never intended this to happen, but my table tennis coaching mantras have turned into a series. This is part three of ‘The Secret to Effortless Loops’. If you haven’t read part one or part two yet, I recommended checking them out.

Today’s blog post is all about “Palm Up, Palm Down”. I like to think of it as the “Wax On, Wax Off” of table tennis. And I think that’s helpful because it has some similarities to the fluid arm and hand movements of the martial arts.

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It’s taken over two years to get to this point but finally, the Eastfield Offensive Professional Table Tennis Bat is on sale worldwide! Here’s my full review of the bat, including its strengths/weaknesses and which types of player it’s suited to.

Full disclosure – this is the bat I currently play with and Eastfield is the table tennis brand I co-own with Sam Priestley. But having spent so much time working on it, I feel like an Eastfield Offensive expert right now!

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Last week I shared “Pause & Snap“, one of my many table tennis mantras, as the secret to effortless forehand and backhand loops.

This week, I’m disclosing another table tennis mantra that I believe will help you add quality to your looping – especially if you find yourself too tense/stiff. Harrie often gets stuck playing very “big” loops because his arm is all locked up, but this motto seems to help!

[Read more…] about “Hand Not Shoulder” – The Secret to Effortless Loops (Part 2)