Advice on Footwork

 

You also seem to dip your torso excessively downward. it is good to have a crouch, but each time you move to your FH corner to do a loop, you are dipping Ur tail like you want it to touch it to the ground. You are not rotating your torso much and that doesn't help you get much stability, control or power on your loop.

 

You also seem very reluctant to move your right foot, almost like you would want it to stay in place. What you ought to do is use either a 2-step foot work to move into position, or do a hop step pushing  off with your right foot to get there. Be sure before impact to plant your right foot and get it at least somewhat behind you.

 

You are also (because you are not moving your right foot into position) being excessively wide on your stance at impact. Side wide that you are not using waist rotation as much as you could. That takes your legs and waist out of the equation, which is giving away a LOT of control and power. when you use 1/3 of your body, you have less stability and control, since you are using less large muscle groups effectively.

I just tried the footwork out (just in an empty corridor) and I see what I was previously doing, and what I need to do.

Previously, my right foot was being held firmly on the ground as my left foot reached out and got in position. Then, my weight gets transferred onto my left foot as my right foot is just dragged closer as I take the shot. This is what was causing the rolling action.

I will try what you are all saying and launch off my right leg instead. Once I get that movement smoothed in, I'll work on rotating my torso.

The place I generally play at has about 40 active players. At the moment, I'd say I'm in the bottom 10%. My goal is to move up to the bottom 20% within a few months. With all your help, I'm sure that will be possible! So thank you so much.

P.S. yogi_bear, I saw a video of you practicing in the MYTT members' video thread. Your strokes looked really solid :)

I'll pay more attention to my backhand the next time I practice it. It seems like my backhand is more of a midair flick, without any follow through or a good starting position. I'll definitely try to fix that stroke!

I'm getting super pumped for my next practice session.