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Forehand flick is a difficult technique to deal with the short ball on your forehand side. Some players tend to move further to the right side and perform a backhand flick. However, if you don't have a quick footwork, you can do the forehand flick to return the ball aggressively. This stroke is also called as the forehand flip . How to play the forehand flick technique in table tennis? First, you need to step your right foot forward the table. Your body should lean to the right side. Second, contact the ball when it is at the highest position (at its top bouncing position) . Depend on how much backspin on the ball, hit the ball at the position of 3 o'clock or 4 o'clock. Third, quickly come back to the neutral position. Prepare to attack the next shot, the ball returned will definitely a long ball. 3 tips to do the forehand flick Don't pull the racket behind your body. For the short ball, you must put your racket close to the ball. This stroke i...

Welcome to the channel of coach EmRatThich. Today, I talk about "How to increase Spin  in your table tennis shots: serve, loop, push, forehand topspin, backhand flip, etc. The Chinese philosophy says that there are 3 aspects of a table tennis shot: spin , speed, and power . Spin is the most important of these 3 terms. The spiny ball but slow is not powerful. The fastball without spin is not powerful. The powerful ball is the ball loaded of spin and speed. How to increase the spin in table tennis? The only and the one key point to spin the ball is ACCELERATION . Table tennis is not a tennis sport. The ball weight is only 2.7g. It's not how hard you hit the ball, but it's how fast you hit the ball in a short amount of time will decide the amount of spin. The contact occurs only in a fraction of a second. To spin the ball, you must apply force during this moment. All of these processes occurs very fast. So please remember, "spin" is the key...

In the history of table tennis, there are only a few players that can consistently use the backhand attack the backspin ball of a chopper . They are Werner Schlager , Kalinikos Kreanga , Karakasevic and Wang Hao . Even the backhand dominant player like Zhang Jike and Ovtcharov, they always use the forehand to attack the backspin ball of a chopper. Because of the obstruction of the body in the backhand stroke, you can't loop kill the backspin ball with your backhand. Using the backhand, you can lift the ball, but it's very hard to hit the ball "forward". These are the procedure to do a backhand topspin against backspin: drop the racket down , lower than the table drop the center of gravity down , 2 legs are equally put your elbow forward accelerate to lift the ball by folding the forearm around the elbow use the waist  to add power to the backhand loop So what's the reason for this backhand training of Ma Long? During the Chinese Tr...

Welcome to the channel of coach EmRatThich . I will show you the best tips to forehand loop kill the backspin ball from a chopper. Best tips to forehand topspin the heavy backspin ball in table tennis dropped the racket very low , lower than the knee most of the power comes from the waist and the legs weight transfer from the right foot to the left foot. This action will lift the ball rotate the waist to hit the ball forward. The more you rotate the waist, the more the ball goes forward In the previous video, Ma Long practices his backhand attack against the backspin ball of a chopper, but can't finish the point with his backhand. However, it's not a problem for Ma Long when he uses the forehand to loop kill this ball. He has trained like that a thousand time. Furthermore, the mechanism of the forehand attack is different from the backhand attack. And the forearm is only a tool to transfer this 2 forces to the ball: "power from the ground" to l...

"Holding a table tennis bat" is the first table tennis lesson. Having a good grip in table tennis is crucial as it allows you to optimize your technique. Without a correct grip, you cannot do the strokes correctly and never improve to a high level of table tennis. In china, the coach shows the principles of the grip and lets the young kids play with the ball (without the table) at least one week. The kids must feel his racket and adapt his grip properly. This first lesson is very important as the way you hold your bat will stay with you all of your table tennis life. This is Part 1, Liu Guoliang (刘国梁), the head coach of Chinese Table Tennis National Team will explain us the grip of some professional grips: Wang Hao (王皓), Ryu Seung-min (유승민), Ma Lin (马琳), Timo Boll, Zhang Jike (张继科) and Ma Long (马龙). The most important tips of how to hold a table tennis racket correctly will be shown in Part 2, which will be published next Sunday 01 January 2017. I will publish ta...

Welcome to the channel of coach EmRatThich . Today is Sunday 26 March, our Ping Sunday number 9. I will explain how to serve short in table tennis and why you should add side spin in your serves. Coach Xiao Zhan , the personal coach of Zhang Jike, is considered one of the best coach about technical aspects in China. He has helped Zhang Jike to incorporate the reverse pendulum serve in his backhand quick attack playing style. Today, I will talk about "how to do a good short serve in table tennis according to the Chinese coaching philosophy" . Procedure to Serve Short with No Spin At the amateur level, we are taught to serve short, but the coach didn't focus enough on how to serve short with a high amount of spin. Normally, to serve short, we should: contact the ball as low as possible (lower or at the net height). make the first bounce very close to the net , so the second bounce on the opponent's side is also short and near the net too. ...

How to do a powerful forehand topspin in table tennis? The old forehand technique which is mostly taught in table tennis club has some problems. I will show you the Chinese techniques of the forehand loop with consistency, spin, and power. Why Chinese players dominate the table tennis rally with their powerful loop and counter topspin? The secret will be explained in this tutorial. By using the slow motion videos of the top Chinese players, I will analyze the techniques to perform a powerful forehand attack. You can easily apply these tips in your daily training. The old Forehand Topspin technique Normally, we are taught in table tennis club to loop the ball by the "old" technique. That means: turn the forearm back, rotate around the elbow, follow through above the eyes, like a military salute. So the elbow is the main source of force by folding the forearm. However, this old technique has 3 disadvantages: By using the elbow as your rotation axis , you...

If you don't know how to train efficiently , correctly or you want to improve as fast as possible or you don't improve after years of training, this video is for you "how to improve fast in table tennis by using the Chinese training". Source: Best tips to improve table tennis skills at PingSunday You should also want to learn to play power forehand topspin . Another very good tutorial video focuses on " how to serve short in table tennis with many spin " . Many of us have trained from years to years, but we don't improve or improve slowly. Why the Chinese kids just learned table tennis for 2 years and they improve so fast. Why? You also train in a table tennis club with a coach, but it seems your level can't grow up. Not many Western coaches know how to coach correctly. To improve fast, the coach and the player must understand the PRINCIPLES of table tennis. 5 Tips from Chinese coach to improve quickly in table tennis Focus on ...

Welcome to the channel of coach EmRatThich. Today I will explain to you the key points of how to do a 3rd ball attack in table tennis . The 3rd ball attack is your first attack or a shot to open a series of attacks later. Who attacks first, in general, will have a higher chance to win the point. Source: Chinese tactics: 3rd ball attack on PingSunday Read also the Top 5 Tips from the Chinese coach to improve fast in table tennis . Chinese vs Western philosophy about table tennis But firstly, I want to discuss the differences between the Chinese philosophy and the Western philosophy about this shot. In China, if you ask your coach about the "3rd ball" in table tennis, he might not understand. But if you talk about the "first direct attack" (直拍第一), he can answer you quickly. So there is a difference between the 2 systems. In the Western country , your service is the 1st shot, the opponent returns your service is the 2nd shot and the shot that you a...

Welcome to the channel of coach EmRatThich. Today, I explain to you how to do a strong backhand flick based on a tutorial of a beautiful Chinese coach. Special thanks to chuantt website, I will translate some important tips to perform a good backhand flip. This is one of the 10 standard table tennis lessons provided by the young table tennis coach. 4 STEPS BACKHAND FLIP Watch the ball closely . And then lift your elbow . You must lift and put your elbow forward. This is important because if you keep your elbow close to your body, you can't use your elbow as the axis of rotation. By putting the elbow forward, you can now easier to turn back the wrist toward your body. This step is crucial to make a good impact to your backhand flick. Step toward the table , put the elbow up and forward, turn the wrist maximum so the blade points to your body. Relax the grip, and accelerate when the ball is at the highest position. Hold the racket loosely can also help you to turn back...

You can't survive in the modern table tennis without a good backhand topspin or backhand drive . Coach EmRatThich gives you the best 3 tips to perform your aggressive stroke. This shot is not as powerful as the forehand topspin attack, but it's a quick attack backhand close to the table. Backhand topspin basic techniques Backhand topspin is performed in front of your body . To do it properly, you need to drop your racket down and folding your abdomen . The advantage of backhand topspin is the speed. It's not as powerful as the forehand attack, but with a backhand drive or backhand attack, you can control the pace of the game. Put your elbow forward and use your elbow as the axis of rotation which generate the power of the stroke. Drop your racket down, accelerate and hit the ball at it's highest position . Follow through and come back to the natural position. The key point of the backhand topspin is the consistency and speeds. Don't hit too hard,...