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dmoney
Member Joined: 05/01/2016 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 52 |
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Posted: 05/01/2016 at 3:59am |
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I've been a basement player my whole life. Pick up a paddle here and there, but nothing ever consistent. Well, over the last 6 months I really have gotten back into it, and I want to get better. My goal right now is to become a half way decent club player. Right now I'm pretty much always the worst person there.
I am a penholder, which it seems leaves me with a bit less of an opportunity to get instruction in general. I have a club I go to about an hour away. I can only go 1 time a week at best. (I have a very demanding job as well as 5 kids so I can't do a ton of traveling) I have a table at home with a v300 ipong robot. I have a couple of guys here in town that play, but they are not super reliable. They like to play, but they don't have the drive I have to want to get better. We used to be the same level, but since I purchased my robot and have been going to the club from time to time they are being left in the dust. I would really like to be able to compete solidly on the club level. Right now I am only just sticking my toe in the door. I can play the lower guys, but I can't even really give them that great of a match. They win probably 75% of the time. I've been going over online resources to learn more, but does anyone out there have any suggestions for me to take it to the next level? Taking into account I'm a penholder of course! Anyway thanks for any help you can offer me.
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kenneyy88
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Pingskill's youtube channel has some great instructional videos.
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dmoney
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Thanks. I've been scouring the internet for any resources I can get my hands on. Lots of the videos are in Chinese, but you can still watch the movements and get a good idea of what is going on. I'm kind of wondering how others on here really turned the corner to becoming a decent player.
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ohhgourami
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Find a decent coach and take lessons. I've been taking weekly lessons for the past couple months and have made huge improvements. I'm still a long ways from playing matches but have been laying a strong foundation.
I would really stay away from watching vids if possible. TT is all about feeling and youtube can't teach you that. You need immediate feedback or you're on the way down the wrong path. Good luck erasing bad habits once it's ingrained. |
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dmoney
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This may sound weird, but are there any online coaches? I'm pretty rural and don't have access to a solid club or training staff. I use the guys at the club as much as I can to learn, but they want to play and not always be training my sorry butt. Anyway thanks guys.
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Baal
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There is a site with a lot of resources called TTEdge.com
Brett Clarke is one of the main people involved. He is exactly what you are looking for. He is Australian, so coaching is in English. A nice guy and also quite funny too. There are some threads about the online coaching he offers on this forum and also at Table Tennis Daily.com See here for example. http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?11240-TTEdge-Executing-Table-Tennis-Shots-Series! Brett is a member of this forum so if you send him a PM you can get more information. Some members here have said that his on-line coaching here has helped them improve a lot. |
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mjamja
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There are several on-line coaching sites. www.pingskills.com - If you subscribe to the premium service it has videos, training programs, and some ability to get individual feed back. www.ttedge - For the premium service they have a very nice series of videos of beginning players that show correct form, common mistakes, a training plan that can be done alone or against a robot, and they will review videos that you send into them and comment back to you. Their emphasis on beginners and training by yourself with shadowing or simple robot training might be a good fit for you. www.sampsondubina.com - Sampson Dubina who is well known American player and now coach offers lessons by video and by skype. He has plans for people who need to train more or less alone using a robot. He actually found himself in this situation in his playing career and did much of his training against a robot. There are probably others, but these are the ones that came to mind when I read your last comment. Even though you are a penhold player, much of the basic stuff applies to both shake-hand and penhold play. Physics dictate how a ball reacts to contact with the paddle and it does not care how you hold the racket. A given blade angle and swing plane (path) produce the same results for a penhold grip or a shake-hand grip. There are slight differences in how you have to position your arm to get the same angles and swing plane for the two grip systems, but if you concentrate on matching the swing path and blade angle from a shake-hand video it should give you a pretty good result with a penhold grip. Of course for more advanced play there are specialized techniques that are unique to the penhold style. Good luck. Mark |
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I know that you have a demanding job, but try and get to tournaments. You'll always find someone to knock with and give advice. You'll also get loads of ideas.
Also, get to a training camp. Same benefits as going to tournaments. Try and get the family to come along as a family holiday. |
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mts388
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Tell us where you live and one of us may know a player in your area that is also looking for a practice partner.
I also live in a rural area, but being retired and with the kids out of the house I drive about 20,000+ miles a year for table tennis. |
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dmoney
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Great ideas guys. I'm out of Hermiston, OR. There is a club in Spokane, WA that does tournaments I plan on going to as soon as the schedule permits.
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mts388
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Is the club you go to the Tri cities club in Richland? |
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dmoney
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Yes it is. It is not too well attended, but everyone is really nice and there are some pretty good players. Light years beyond me at this point.
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Ha ha indeed. Just make sure you pronounce it correctly!
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Hi dmoney, I run the club in Spokane that does tournaments. Hope to see you there sometime. Drop me a line if you ever want to come up and do some training. |
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