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Archive for June, 2008

Table tennis is a modified lawn tennis. As a lawn tennis modification, to play ping pong is to play in a reduced and limited court area. But being a modification does not only entail reduction adjustments. There is also a condition of increase. In the case of Ping pong, its limited space pressed an increase in the tactfulness and thinking of its players. Aside from this remarkable feature, ping pong is a sport that is easy to set up and isn’t too picky with regards to physical qualifications.

In ping pong, to win the game is to think. Being skillful is not the key in winning a ping pong match. It is to be tactful. You have to do the right strategies and the right combinations. Choosing the right strategies depends on the weaknesses and strengths of your opponents. You ought to think of the plays that your opponents can take and cannot take. But you cannot make this make or break strategies until you have owned the advanced skills. Skills are learned. They can be taught by your coach or can be learned from instructional ping pong dvd. Table tennis courts are easy to set up.

Fire ball after ball to the same position on court, to allow you to really groove a particular shot. Bye bye, dodgy backhand. You can do this for just about any shot: ground-strokes, half-volleys, volleys, overheads, return of serve, etc.

Use a two line setting (if your machine has one) to alternate hitting forehands and backhands. As you get better at this you can space the shots out more, and crank up the speed too, to really get the feet moving and practice hitting your shots on the run.

Put your machine on a random oscillation setting so you get a mix of balls coming at you, and aim your returns at specific areas of the court. For example, play all shots deep and cross-court, or alternate between cross-court and down the line. If possible, set the machine to deliver a mix of topspin, flat and backspin balls.