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Originally posted by Danzors Danzors wrote:

Hi guys, to everyone saying I should rest and wondering how I haven't injured myself even worse, to give you some history, I played all throughout college (***) but actually took a break of 6 years after graduating before I started up again this past August. I've been taking it very slow and don't want to aggravate old injuries or fall into old habits, so when I started noticing shoulder pain, I decided to post here.

The 3 things that I focused on in yesterday's practice was the placement of my left foot to get in good position for the ball, rotation of my torso as a unit including elbow + upper arm, and ending my follow through up above my left eyebrow.

Of all these things, I'm finding the most difficulty with my end position still going across my body mostly due to habit.

The one thing I did notice though, is it seems to strain my scapula more than my previous stroke so I probably just have overall scapular weakness and may need to get some light weights and restart my rehab back from all those years ago. 

Perhaps right now my should will not sustain my motion but not to worry, I rarely go for loop kills and take care to miss the ball rather than reach or hurt myself. I'm too TT-crazy to step away from the table and rest, sorry guys!

Also, as much as I would like, I can't afford the only decent coach in the area because he's $50/hr. The rest of the coaches offering lessons don't have the oratory skills or even temperament to properly put into words what they are doing even though they are solid players in their own right. I'm sure we're all familiar with the adage of great players not necessarily being great coaches.

Thanks guys!

You are going too fast.  Changes like this are supposed to be done very slowly and in a controlled practice environment with you filming yourself and reviewing footage and giving yourself time to adjust to the change.


Edited by NextLevel - 11/12/2015 at 5:21pm
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Below is an article from the Japanese magazine Table Tennis Kingdom going in depth of the common foot problem.  Left is good, right is bad.  You're on the right track as the good one makes use of the scapula.



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