power7 wrote: He's a righty and considered so-so in Table Tennis.

Edited by power7 - 05/30/2012 at 1:21am

Wow power7, gold!!!!

Pivot points: makes perfect sense.

When I'm hopping to play a forehand, I turn my foot outwards (parallel to the edge of the table) while turning my body?  I think this is what you mean in 3)

Can you describe the footwork when stepping around to play a forehand in the backhand corner?

THANKS!!!

BUMP!

   Just wanted to reiterate interest on this project, and also throw out a few specific questions.

   My friend made an interesting observation this week - when I'm moving, my left foot (I'm lefty) tends to point outwards, parallel to the edge of the table almost.

   I think this is a big problem - it makes it much harder to move, compared to when my foot is pointed forward.  I'm so glad he pointed this out.  So I've been trying to develop footwork where, when hitting a forehand, as I turn I also turn my foot out (parallel to edge), but when I finish my forehand shot, the foot points forward.  I've seen this in videos but wanted to know if I'm on track here, does this make sense?

   Another specific footwork pattern that I'm having problems with, and also a lot of opponents of mine struggle with: I'm a lefty, and I can place a serve wide, wide out into the forehand side of a righty, short, just 4 inches behind the net on the line with underspin - its not over the table, but needs to be taken early out on the side of the table.  Whats the footwork for this?  More generally, what footwork should I use to get in position to play a forehand receive on the line short on the forehand side?  I've been working to take a big step, almost crossing over, which seems to work but curious about this particular pattern.

   Finally, I'm curious about the footwork transitioning from forehand to playing a backhand, and vice versa.  This ties into the question above - a lot of players seem to square off more for the backhand, then open up for the forehand with their feet, turning the right foot (for righties) out when playing the forehand, but curious about more details.

   My footwork really needs a lot of work.  Especially wide balls give me problems - I make a strong return, but I'm too unstable to play a quality shot after that if the opponent gets it back.  I really look forward to these videos / DVDs.

  


Edited by chronos - 05/28/2012 at 1:15pm

Hi garwor. You would have had a free silver membership. The website has only been available to Windows computers but this will soon change. We've got a whole new structure coming and the videos will be playable on macs, ipads, tablets, etc.

The first lot of DVD's/videos in longer format will be coming out around the same time as the new structure is released. If you require any assistance or are having problems playing any videos just contact [email protected] and we'll sort this out for you.

Great! We did a long filming session yesterday on this. I've just got a few more bits and pieces to film today before I leave to go back to Australia tonight.

Last question - what would be your preferred method of delivery in general?

- DVD?
- Web streaming?
- Video download?

ttEDGE - William wrote: I'm asking for some help from the MyTT community for a project I'm doing: Where do you feel your footwork is letting you down? (ie specific movements). Is it because you don't know what the correct footwork is or just can't do it for physical reasons? Would you be willing to pay for a DVD / download if it explained every question you had about the correct footwork for every movement in table tennis? I would really appreciate any feedback you could give.

1. Moving to the left from far FH side lol...I'm right handed

2. Weight transfer, this is the most bothering me. I have been try a few methods in order to mimic xu xin movement or the one should in basic footwork video, but unable to.

3. hm... I don't know right now, since I had to focus on my job career instead of TT at these 3-6 months If I got a job and there is a good TT club over there, then mostly....

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chronos wrote: Really looking forward to this project; I'd definitely buy a copy of the videos.

I'll keep everyone posted when we're getting close to release. Will take some time to work through all the footage...

You are so right rank. Many sports overlap in terms of optimal mechanics. Some we spoke about while scripting and filming were the similarities between some of the movements forehand topspin in TT and the throwing motion in discus or hammer throw.

Really looking forward to this project; I'd definitely buy a copy of the videos.

1. my main problem is how to move on any side when receiving service, looks like I'm 10 times slower than when playing point. Also, far right movement, especially during service receive.
2. I both don't know proper footwork and could be I'm not fit because of too much sitting at comp.
3. Today knowledge is not free, we all know this. And good advices can be worth more than any blade and rubber. But also is fact it's hard to learn by watching the video, without intense practicing, and understanding your body physics and centers of mass and weight transfer and probably many more things. Still, I think' I'd rather invest some money into knowledge instead of in new average priced blade for example.

I have spent many hours analyzing footwork on youtube and learned a lot, but I've never had it explained.  From my experience I would agree with you that it is mostly just the right technique, not just ahleticism.  I would like to hear what you learned.  I think it would be helpful to include some footwork analysis in actual matchplay as well as training exercise analysis.  I would pay $20-$25 for a download of 45 min to 1 hour. 

IMO, The tackiness of the floor surface plays a role too.  My footwork seems better on a floor with more forgiveness than a glossy gym floor that's like fly paper. 

Edited by swampthing - 04/27/2012 at 1:03pm

"Heavy left foot" is a common term for certain movements and is a good thing Zingy.