@@starlink8519 I’m not sure what’s available in India but if you can get Kailin or Haifu, those are good

@@botao4456 hahaha i might know who you’re talking about

what for?

@@surely_hangry thanksssssssss!

@@lifeoverdrive haha maybe I’ll make a video about this too. For reboosting I usually peel the rubber and if the old glue is smooth on the sponge the apply one layer of boost over that (no extra glue on the rubber). I wait 6-12 hrs for booster to dry then I apply one layer of glue to the paddle and glue it back on. You can also remove old glue from the rubber and then apply booster. But then I would have to reapply 3 layers glue. I don’t do this if I’m feeling lazy lol

@@kokoshtet thanks Ko! keep on spinning!

@@Acceleratorr1 not too significant when it comes to playing, maybe cause I’ve switched between those a lot. I did notice blue sponge tends to be a little heavier than orange but the rubber feels softer to play with even if it’s the same hardness as the orange sponge (same amount of boosting).

@@GravitySix-G6 yes it’s good to take breaks. Right now, I only play about 2-3 times a week for about 2 hrs each time. The coaches don’t really practice anymore, they only coach students and maybe practice with someone near their level once or twice a month. However when you are still developing try to play as much as you can with fewer days of rest. There was a period of time when I played every single day. The coaches have said when they were actively competing they would also train 5-6 days a week for over 6 hrs each day. Hard to do now with other life responsibilities

@@kokoshtet Do you still improve by playing that much now?

@@GravitySix-G6 yes, I think I had some technique flaws and footwork problems that I’ve been able to fix and I’ve seen improvements recently. I think this is possible now cause when I was younger I played a lot

@@kokoshtet that makes sense

@@fritzmontejo7297 mizuno wave drive 9

I don’t understand what you mean by oval vs egg shape lol. Usually if I can predict it is going back to forehand I don’t bother going back to neutral, I just get ready to swing again. The more important thing is watching where your opponent is going to hit the ball.

@@kokoshtetmakes sense I see

Yeah you can open your forearm up more. Just make sure you’re still initiating the stroke with your legs and hips first even when you do this

@@МагомедМагомедов-л1ф adjust your racket angle

@@МагомедМагомедов-л1ф behind the ball or around the ball on the right side has lots of spin. Ball will be slower tho

@@kokoshtet dont understand

@@МагомедМагомедов-л1ф you can contact the ball directly behind it or on the right side (opposite of inside out) to maximize spin, but the ball will be slower. You can close your angle more and accelerate and this will create a lot of spin but it’s very hard to play with this angle

@@kokoshtet my elbow dont move, this is mistake?

@@МагомедМагомедов-л1ф not necessarily. Your elbow can move forward a little bit

Eminem haha

@@Waingro808 you may have a point lol. I can see what you’re saying cause I feel non Chinese rubber on the forehand is pretty bouncy

Of course it will works

@@hyptoneric my training vids are on my channel you can watch some older videos

@@viktorkucala8767 the thing that I did good was just the pausing and stance, so some things good, some things bad.

The time you have with the coach is never enough to fix technique. You have to shadow practice and train hundreds of hours to actually change the muscle memory. That's why it can be better to take 1 lesson and then only work on 1 thing at a time.

I am a low-level professional and a coach as well. Here's an unorthodox coaching technique for this that I have come up with: Hold the racket with a penhold grip. Practice your midrange forehands for several days in a row like that. Don't hit any forehands shakehands in that time either. This will force you to use decent forehand technique basically no matter what. Hopefully, after doing this for several days without switching back, your brain will have the fundamentals ingrained in it. Then, just keep making your muscles do the same thing shakehands as you were doing penhold. Don't think about anything else. You will take a bit to start hitting it accurately. But, just stay with the muscle movements. You will end up with a great forehand technique.

Hi Koko, you had a good training to level up.. Congratulations for being an ambassador

@@BiscoWho this is interesting, will have to give it a try

@@lucaslupus1 I agree, I think we’d all have to play around with the techniques to find what we’re comfortable with.

@@caskal not sure how to PM on YT but if you check the pingpod website you can find the rates there

@@kokoshtet thank you!

@@klaasparlevliet2952 do you mean return your paddle after forehand?

Yes

@@klaasparlevliet2952 you can hop back, the weight shift still needs to be done from right to left leg, so after you hit, you can push your left so weightnreturns to right leg. If you arm is relaxed this will naturally make it return

If you relax your arm it happens naturally....thats right but some players are to tense and then it becomes a kind of staccato movement...the indexfinger has "to run a little down after completing the stroke" sometimes that focus helps to get that relaxation...

@@klaasparlevliet2952 yeah there’s all these nuances, will need to find what works best for you

@@surely_hangry glad to help! hope it makes you play better!

@@christo7405 merci beaucoup! 😉

@@DTcharlles I like this method actually but if you’re asking to understand from a students perspective it will be different by person. Personally, I just like to know the reason for everything (not only in tt lol) so this helps

@@no044 hey thanks for watching! There’s a lot to unpack here so let me see if I can answer everything. Grip- nothing more I can add here, it’s really to make sure you have a secure hold on your paddle so that the head of the paddle doesn’t shake when you make contact with the ball. Aiming - the only thing I would add is in addition to using your left hand, try to still contact the ball in a triangle in front of your body (not sure if you’ve heard this saying before but it’s a common advice given to find the hitting point)

@@kokoshtet hey Koko, really appreciating the free information sharing here as lessons are so expensive, and people seem to like to "keep" their secrets. I am also curious about grip, and what u have learned from various coaches. I always had a super backhand oriented grip which made FH paddle angle too open often, and was recently told to learn to switch between FH and BH grips but am finding it really hard. I was also told not to pinch the thumb and index, as doing so opens the paddle angle too much on the forehand. But now FH grip feels more like your coach talking here that all fingers are important rather than just focusing on index/thumb. so yeah, curious on your thoughts on all this (finger pressure for different grips, switching FH/BH grips, etc).

@@omeletshakya thanks for watching! And yes happy to share advice. I’d like to add that the lessons I post are tailored towards me and I would still recommend taking a lesson when you can so a coach can assess how you play. As for the grip - this will actually be different for everyone (our hand sizes are all different) so you need to find something comfortable for you. I have a fairly average to larger hand size. Some people do switch their grip between fh and bh and they get used to making these switches pretty quickly. I don’t think you should have a huge change though just to make your transition quicker. I hold my paddle the way I showed in the video. And for the grip I do make contact with all my fingers but more of the pressure comes from thumb, index finger and pinky. Imagine that you can still hit the ball if your middle finger wasn’t wrapped around the handle. I make slight adjustment with my thumb between fh and bh but the only change is I extend my thumb more on the rubber for bh. Hard to explain over text but I hope this makes sense hahaha

@@sanjibbanik887 about $300usd

@@user-je3ng3hs7h I use an inner carbon Yinhe blade with h3 40 deg blue sponge on fh and h8 37 deg orange sponge on bh. Both provincial versions

@@NoorKhanNY don’t lose hope lol!

@@kokoshtet do you play at pingpod? Like is this a video you recorded? Are you a coach? Does Tom coach there?

@@NoorKhanNY yes, all videos I record are my videos. And yes Tom and I both coach there

@@kokoshtet how much do you charge? I was 1600 a decade ago, but I stopped playing. I just returned to the game in March of this year. I've definitely improved, but I'm still not back to 1600 (but maybe getting close to 1500 right now). The club I play at has a 2300 level coach, but he's been quite busy and not around very often.

@@NoorKhanNY I am $65/hr and cheaper when I have some sales here and there, I’m still working this out. Tom is $100/hr. You can find more info on the pingpod site

Different level

@@GravitySix-G6 a back brace

@@kokoshtet Does he have back pain?

@@Ba_Thao_Experience thank you!!!

@@ujihashisui7812 I sold it already, I think it was the W series

@@NoorKhanNY yeah when you start it will be like this. As you train more you will build up those small muscles and it will feel more natural.

@@kokoshtet as in it won't be uncomfortable or get numb anymore?

@@NoorKhanNY yes correct, try to stretch out your wrists and forearm (and really your whole body) before and after you play

@@GodZennerTV64 yes gotta try that more

@@MMCkingdom yes the robot can do all. I feel the robot does it all well and simulates backspin similar to what a person would experience from a push

You got it thanks

Hi koko one quick question what is the minimum ball you need to put in the ball container. I felt like if the ball is three left the robot stop sending is it happened to your robot ? In other words the robot don’t finish the ball it stopped when only 1-2 ball Left please let me know if that is the case for you also

@@MMCkingdom yes I had this experience, with 3-5 balls it doesn’t really shoot it out. I think if you put 30-50 it should be ok

@@kokoshtet great 👍 thanks for the confirmation. May I know what is the best way to contact with you ? Any email address I can get ?

@@lt.kettch yupp I feel like it’s easier to hit it closer to body too. Judging how far the ball lands is tricky for me right now

@@user-vc7zk9tv4d instead of moving wrist upward, accelerate wrist forward more

@@user-vc7zk9tv4d elbow should remain fixed. When accelerating wrist, the elbow shouldn’t shake or move

@@kokoshtet but on video elbow move

@@user-vc7zk9tv4d I wasn’t doing it well lol

I did use it 😞. It was loud in there that day because of an event on the other tables where a lot of people were playing. I couldn’t edit the sound out very well. I found watching on iPhone and laptop to be ok but if you watch on tv, the sound was weird

@@kokoshtet where did you place the mic. I usually clip it to my tee shirt or the opponent's tee shirt.

@@robert2780 I only have one external mic so I clip to the net. I seems to work for the most part