42andbackpains April training video

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   Have not posted in a while. I have been out since last Oct 2016 with tendinitis and started playing lightly in February.
Here is a condensed version of my April
15th Saturday 2 hours training. I basically train for 2 minutes and rest for 5
minutes...I switch back and forth from forehand and backhand drills
because i have tendinitis in my upper and lower back shoulder area on my
playing arm side. This helps alleviate the strain from doing too many drills on
one side of the table. Your opinions and criticisms welcomed
0:00 Basic Forehand: Felt some slight
slippage from the MX-P. In my opinion why many people feel this rubber is for
well defined strokes. I like it because it feels a lot like H3 Neo provincial
without the hassle of boosting.

1:32 Forehand Loop
practice: Trying to rebuild my forehand loop. More friction and less wood.
Didn't do adjustments till 9:14 Forehand Loop drill with multiball.

3:36 Basic
Backhand: Its improving weekly. If you didn't know i tried short pips for about
2 years and felt the 2 years was not in vain. Try looping with shortpips on
your backhand and you will start to find the feel of the ball even better. It
has helped my return to smooth inverted backhand. Just gotta kick the habit of
blocking the ball in rallies and spin the ball with my wrist.(Coach reminds me
of this habit once in a while)

4:51 Backhand Loop
multiball drill: One of my better drills and always had a better backhand loop
than my forehand loop since i was a kid. I can feel the ball better on my
backhand than my forehand.

5:40 Pendulum Serve
to backhand loop drill: Its alright...not there yet.

9:14 Forehand Loop
multiball drill: Rebuilding my forehand loop takes time and surely but slowly
its coming around. Coach tells me more wrist action and open the face more. As
well as rotate around the core of my body, left to right and not lunging to the
left when i loop. I have a tendency for my body to spring up and need to stop
this habit. I also have a tendency since i was a kid to sidespin loop on my
forehand. I am trying to attain a more topspin loop. I am starting to see the
dip generated by a well looped ball because i see the dip or arcing of the ball
into the table. When i review my recorded video, i feel i am getting good spin
when my loops are climbing the barrier after the ball lands on the floor. My
old looping style will the ball many a times overshoots the table (too much
wood,impact force and driving the ball too much).

13:40 Push
Practice: This has helped my touch game a lot in all aspects of my game. Don't
understand why more people don't practice this more.

17:45 Forehand Flip
drill: Its ok, not good yet. In game i am always late to the ball when i try to
flip. My fitness level is not there yet.

18:45 2 Backhand to
2 Forehand Loop drill transition drill: One of my worst drills. Fitness is not
there and timing are all off.

19:20 Forehand Loop
from half chop drill: Drill to feel the ball more and better my timing. Also
one of my worst drills and need to keep at it.

20:10 Match Play:
Coach(Ex Beijing provincial player) She gives me 7 and i win 3-0. Then she
gives me 6 and i win the first 2 games and lose the last 3 because i was out of
steam. (She is also a bit tired from running the Easter week junior camp and
this was how i won 5 straight games...lol)

21:04 Point of the
Day: Lucky backhand kill for a winner.

Edited by 42andbackpains - 05/13/2017 at 11:45am