(By Larry Hodges) Early in a match you should test your various serves against an unfamiliar player. Which serving motions work best? What proportion of the time should you serve long, short, or half-long (where second bounce is right at the end-line)? Should your deep serves be fast or slower, spinnier ones that break more? […]
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Butterfly Training Tips: Loop Against Underspin With Zelin Ye
Zelin Ye gives three great tips on improving your loop against underspin. Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Learn Something New Each Time You Play
(By Larry Hodges) One of the interesting things one learns when talking to top players is that they say they are still learning. Some even make it a goal to learn something new each time they play. Do you learn something new each time you play? You can learn from your opponents; from watching or […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Rote vs. Random Drills
(By Larry Hodges) A rote drill is a drill where you do the same repetitive movement over and over. An example of this is forehand to forehand, or a side-to-side footwork drill. These are excellent for developing specific techniques you will need in a match. A random drill is a drill where there is some […]
Butterfly Training Tips With Angel Naranjo – Push & Attack
Bowmar Sports sponsored player Angel Naranjo giving tips on Push and Attack For more information about NARANJO LOPEZ, ANGEL LUIS please click here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs and more.
Coaching Tip of the Week: Pushing Short: When to Learn?
(By Larry Hodges) At the higher levels, pushing short is an important to stop an opponent from looping. (A short push is a push that, given the chance, would bounce twice on an opponent’s side of the table.) It is especially useful when returning short serves to stop the server’s attack. (You should learn all […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Locking Up Your Opponents
(By Larry Hodges) The easiest and simplest way of beating a player is to “lock him up.” This basically means forcing him to do what he doesn’t want to do. A classic case would be to force an opponent with a weaker backhand to go backhand to backhand with you. Another example would be take […]
Butterfly Training Tips: How to calm nerves before a match with Rachel Sung
(By Rachel Sung) As players, we often hear our coaches and parents telling us before the match to relax and avoid letting our worries affect our game. Although it seems simple, getting rid of nerves before a crucial match seems nearly impossible. While we must note that feelings of stress and restlessness before a match […]
Butterfly Training Tips: Long Distance Forehand Counterlooping with coach Jinxin Wang
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Coaching Tip of the Week: Play the Middle Against Tall Players, Wide Angles Against Short Players
(By Larry Hodges) A tall player’s forehand and backhand shots are farther apart than a short player’s. So he is usually weaker in the middle area, where he has to decide whether to hit a forehand or backhand. So against a tall player, play aggressively toward his elbow, which is roughly the midpoint between his […]
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