Cambridge, United Kingdom Table Tennis, 18 Aug 2020

Previous Meeting Next Meeting

⏯

youtube image

►

From YouTube: Table Tennis Skills Video 18/08/20

Description

Catch up skills from the online satellite table tennis club made possible with funding from Living Sport

A

And we get straight into action with sidestep movements, zigzagging forwards and backwards, as if you were going towards or away from the table, small steps.

A

Marvelous every week we do a little bit of key puppy with the traditional l shape.

A

The last week we moved into keepy downey, which I find a little bit easier. If my knees are slightly bent- and I'm sure I said this last week- I find this a lot more difficult. So one.

A

Bad posture for table tennis is standing straight. A good posture is being crouched down low ready to play the next shot, so we'll have 10 in and outs so this is in. This is out and one two three four five, six, seven, eight nine. If you're imagining that you're away from the table tennis table, you need to move towards the table to play your next shot.

A

You wouldn't take giant elephant steps, so we're going to call this fast feet, I'm going to come towards the table with a little footsteps and then walk back and little footsteps and walk back, and that is fast feet watching the ball really closely tiny target, not watching it that closely.

A

And introducing this will help if I've got my other bat there. It is I'm going to start with the ball on one bat and when I feel comfortable, I'm going to be hitting the ball between that. So we've moved from catching from a hand to hand to hitting the ball from back to back.

A

Not hitting the ball particularly hard at all.

A

And just like, we did with kps we're going to do back-to-back, but instead of in the air, but instead of in the air on the floor.

A

Let's see if we can do that, let's see if we can do that, while traveling.

A

And changing the other way, I'm going to call this my bat target, I'm going to put my bat just here. Hopefully it will stand up and as it sounds, the target is for me to try and knock over the bat um I'm gonna, I'm gonna play back hands. First, um and here we go missed.

A

I hit here, but you knock it over and we'll try again.

A

As I'm hitting the ball, so I throw the ball up, I'm looking at the ball, but just before I'm hitting it I'm actually looking where I'm aiming.

A

Rather than at the ball, but I'm hitting so looking away or aiming marvellous if you want to make that a little bit harder, get a smaller target and if we want to make that a bit easier, we'll go for a bigger target, a progression from this. Instead of trying to hit the back direct I'd like to get the ball to bounce once before, it hits it, and that's getting me to start thinking about serving so I'm aiming to hit the bat get the ball to bounce. Once a bit like this.