Hey, richtig cool, viel Erfolg bei deiner Serie 👍🏼. Ich starte das Training meistens mit regelmäßigen Übungen und Wechsel dann zu unregelmäßigen, am Ende dann mein Spielsystem und Sätze, wobei ich letzteres auch als Übung ansehe. Gerade bin ich voll fokussiert auf meine Beinarbeit, Körperhaltung und immer wieder das im Spiel umzusetzen was ich trainiere. Das ist natürlich das schwerste, aber schon besser geworden. Gerade geht es wieder spürbar voran 😊

@@limittless. Ja genau so trainiere ich auch gerade sehr cool!

Ziemlich sicher nicht 😂

Thx for your comment! Yes I am often too close to my body on the forehand. I tried the backswing motion you mentioned as I saw many pros do that. When I do it my timing is off and I always add a little back movement right before I hit the ball which ruins the whole idea I guess. Only tried it in one or two sessions. Maybe I have to combine it with hitting the ball earlier, which I am currently working on anyways. Timo, I habt to look that up. Doesn’t know exactly what you mean. I have a backhand grip very often anyways though bc I play so much bh and often times fail to switch. The last part about hammering the underspin balls. If I do that I get even stiffer and they go into the net a lot. I am trying to increase my speed vs backspin on selected balls though.

@@inrpceTo increase the power you cannot tense up. You have to loosen your grip, your arm, and your wrist. This is how you increase racket head speed, which is the only way to increase power. The other thing that you should do is plant all your weight on your right foot before you begin the backswing. Then, stomp your weight from your right foot over to your left foot BEFORE you begin to swing forward from the backswing. Let your racket trail this weight transfer. Allow your weight to go up from your feet and into your hips. Then, twist your left hip leftwards and allow that force to travel into your right hip, then up into shoulders, and then finally, into your racket arm. The more you allow this force to transfer all the way from your feet to your racket without any hitches, the more powerful your swing is going to be. You have to remain extremely loose and you have to master this force transfer as one continuous, and loose technique. Also, you have to do it in a very quick burst. The quicker you can get through it from start to finish, the harder your shot is going to be. So actually, you'll have to wait a bit longer before BEGINNING your backswing. Your contact timing will largely be the same. But, you have to start the whole process later and burst through it extremely quickly. Remember this: When you're REALLY trying to hammer the crap out of it, you're not really worrying about the spin or the location as much. You're just trying to crank it and land it in a vague area. Now, if the one technique isn't working for you, then you don't want to hold the backhand grip for the Timo technique. The Timo technique is rather simple. Use your normal method which I see you using, except tilt your head down and to the right. Literally lean your right shoulder way down and keep both your head and your right shoulder leaned downward and to the right throughout your entire shot.

Btw: 5 weeks or so before Timo won the Euros at 40 years of age, I actually suggested to him that he ought to change to the Primorac Carbon ST handle, and I suggested a specific rubber combination for him as well. I laid out all the reasons why I believed that he should do so too. Then, roughly 5 weeks later I noticed that he was using the setup that I suggested in the Euros. And he ended up winning the entire tournament at 40 years old. He had not won the Euros is ages and ages either. Also, Timo used his signature Boll ALC for many years up until roughly 5 weeks before the Euros. That's not a very long time to swing blades like that. And still, I was dead-on with what I said. So, with that in mind, let me know what blade and what rubbers you're using and I will let you know what you should use in order to play your best.

@@BiscoWho sorry was logged in with the wrong account before. Do you have a video example of both techniques? I am a visual learner 😅

@@limittless. I tried to send a link of Timo's. But, I guess it deleted it. So, go to Timo Boll's channel. Then, go to 2 years ago in his videos. And find the video that's titled something like 7 tips for forehand technique

100%, this series has so much potential! Ya’ll need to motivate him by commentating 😊

Dennis works as a coach in Saarbrücken. That's mentioned at 5:07

@@masterofwhat8088 ah thanks for the answer

This time yes, first time we played, a while back no.

Get your power from the ground then. Stop swinging your arm and flicking your wrist so hard for the power. Use your feet to get the power. Also, watch even professionals when they're close to the table. You will notice that they've just barely finished their recovery before swinging again. It's essentially all in one continuous process of motions. So, when you swing make sure your technique is focused on NOT STOPPING after the follow-through. Make your technique to where you go straight into recovery from follow-through

Ty for your comment 😊! I Play Tibhar Evolution E-LP on both sides, it’s not the hardest rubber, correct me if I’m wrong. I now have no game for 2 weeks and will focus on being more relaxed. I am not just a little bit too stiff when playing forehand topspin, especially in real games it sometimes tenses up completely. I need to solve that asap. I play so much better when able to relax. It’s insane! Drives me crazy 🤪

@@limittless. When I notice my arm getting stiff like iron, I try to close my eyes between sets and focus on my breathing, and slowing the heartrate... Helps me a lot to focus and relax. EL-P is about 43° - my recommendation remains a nice and controllable FX-P in 1.9mm at the thickest!... or another soft rubber from another brand in 1.8 or 2.0mm.

Thank you so much for sharing 😊. How can we fix this??

@@limittless. I dont know. You just have to tell people to manually convey it, like I did with this comment, as far as I know. There are probably ways of fixing it in a facebook post ... you can also just link directly to a video and people will atleast see the video and maybe get an interest in the channel that way

@@z0uLess I heard Facebook doesn’t like external links to be shared on the platform

Yea, sometimes all you have to do is try it and then you notice you can do it. It is often people box themselves into habits of "this is how I play". I think its from how most people naturally lean into what is comfortable. The bad side of this attitude against being comfortable is that you may fall into the trap of not being able to have a comfort zone at all in matches. Another way of putting it is that you have a creative personality. I think the professional player Anders Lind has this problem.

Meant it in good way, I think the overall quality of his topspin’s is good, especially for not being in shape and taking a break.

I like to serve long and fast with very little or no spinn against long pimple players.

when should i do what shot? when should i smash, loop, block, etc.

Anticipation ! I think its one of the most important things in table tennis, anticipating what shot and where comes next and move accordingly to not give the opponent easy angles on the sides on also back/forth and basically noone talks about it ! Since i train a lot with a robot at home in addition to normal club training, where i cannot really train that, im especially interested in that.

Yeah, I have a question. Why do a lot of you "professionals" like to bend over and stick your face right at the ball and stare into it for a moment before you serve?

How to play effectively against long pimples player

My problem is It am too close of the table... What is the good distance of the table please ?

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There are a few possibilities for hitting the racket edge and timing issues. One is that your racket angle is too flat, this often causes the racket edge problems. For timing issues on a forehand, it could be your back swing is too large, or you are hitting the ball at wrong spot (too far in front of you or too far behind), or simply you are not keeping your eye on the ball hitting your racket.

It makes sense...👍

Timing is also important to manage...when we want to do topspin for example.

Amazing, good luck on your journey! What you describe is exactly what most motivated amateurs/adults struggle with. The training structures mostly don´t support them. It´s just not designed for that! There is a huge gap between amateur and pro table tennis structures. We are working hard behind the scenes on something really cool that adresses exactly that situation. I didn´t accept it once taking tt seriously, after like 6 months in. Because I was used to jiu jitsu where we train very differently, even the amateurs will have the opportunity to train as a / with the pros, and all the knowledge is right there for them. Not in tt, we want to change that and are about to take one first step towards this goal soon :).

@@limittless. If there is a way to keep me posted on this I would very much like it. I feel I have a good relationship with the head coach of my club, but he has no efforts left over for adult players, which often times progress slower and generally have more commitment in teir lives that gets in the way ... which is something that gets generalized to all adults, even those that put the extra effort in. Maybe subscribing to my channel or something would be a way to keep tabs (keep me posted) on my interest in how to go about becoming better as a motivated adult player when the training isnt being taken seriously.

@@z0uLess We will share it here once we´re done. You have no idea how many people are in the same situation. Talked to so many just in other clubs, also games and tournaments.

It is always more effective to play with a “real“ opponent. One point is the visual reference but a robot is also giving you too “clean“ balls. But for practicing your technique a robot is definitely a good tool