8 BAD table tennis habits, which make you play MUCH WORSE

[@potato-dv3jf]

I got a 15 page paper due today at 11:55pm and I’m watching this. I don’t even play table tennis

[@LilFroggoXD]

It's 11:51pm and I have work due and I'm watching this too 😂😭

[@shivamsurve2419]

😂😂 God bless us men 🗿

[@vidster416]

Op bro

[@wasimmak1]

😂😂

[@chirayatachatterjee1569]

I have an exam today from 10.00am. I'm watching at 5.20 am.

[@danielmacdonald16]

Bad habit number 9. Watching lots of table tennis KZbin instead of playing. 😅

[@Anandita261]

As a person who has been playing table tennis for quite a good time,I recommend watching table tennis games as it improves you.Trust me,this is the way I learnt as well.

[@soupofdoom4542]

when doing both together, it can be good

[@thomas-vy4yu]

😂😂😂

[@TrijeshwarDebbarma]

Today is my match and I'm watching this video. Hope I'll able to implement during the match

[@matthewmwodi]

Ha

[@sanjeevaniagrawal7431]

1. Reaching 2. Hitting too hard 3. Ball watching 4. Tight grip 5. Mindless serving 6. Pushing long balls 7. Predictable ball placement 8. Standing upright

[@damonloomer2974]

Thanks

[@Perseverance510]

Many thanx

[@akarshchauhan3684]

Reaching - Move behind the ball Hitting to hard - Placements are more important Ball watching - Hitting shots and not moving. Expect that every ball will come back Tight grip - The grip must be loose so you can move ur wrist very flexibly. Mindless serving - we should think what we gonna serve so we can know where the return gonna possibly be. Pushing long balls - Play top spin on long balls instead of chopping or backspin. Predictable ball placement- we should not be predictable while we hit the ball. Try cross courts and be not predictable. Standing upright - we must bend low on knees. When we bend it adds energy rather standing upright.

[@gladbenignatius1927]

Thanks

[@umair_vision.]

😂

[@vllad74]

One of my biggest mistakes is not watching the ball too close when it is coming towards me. I use my peripheral vision a lot which makes me loose around 20-30% of the points. It is a really bad habit which I am trying to fix. Thanks for the video!

[@biereforte2569]

I had training yesterday, near the end of the training I started to pay more attention to the ball by actually looking at it and it immediately made a difference!

[@zeus__101-q8p]

Tips- A serve is the most important part of a point. Learn 2-3 types of serves and mater them . Keep switching 5hem at every point and place them on corners. Eg -u may learn 1. a side spin serve 2. Back spin serve 3. Any (place at deep corners of table)

[@Uncle-Basil]

Thanks a lot Tom, I am guilty of nearly all those bad habits...I've blamed recent defeats on my racket, but deep down I knew it was bad and lazy habits that defeated me. I have a lot of work to do, thanks for sharing!

[@leob4403]

No it's the racket, you need more stars on the racket

[@Master_Noob1305]

@@leob4403 You can’t depend your skill on a racket for example lets say fan zhendong uses a piece of wood, his skill could probably help him beat a semi pro such a adam bobrow.

[@leob4403]

@@Master_Noob1305 yes that's true, but I think if he had to play with a fork even fan zhendong would lose

[@AdhityaAbuSyafiq]

Thank you coach ❤ 1. Reaching 0:34 2. Hitting too hard 1:28 3. Ball watching 2:33 4. Tight grip 3:22 5. Mindless serving 4:23 6. Pushing long balls 5:32 7. Predictable ball placement 6:23 8. Standing upright 7:24

[@amenplayz6205]

thx

[@chairmanrose1233]

I have 3 mistakes 1 6 and 8

[@fesihak6104]

You broke the whole secret. You didn't leave anything that shouldn't have been told. Bad news for coaches :))

[@887363]

not really, there is so much that coaching can entail, stroke devolopment, proper footwork, serve/serve return and sequencing to name a few. What he covered is extremely important but also very fundament.

[@Idiotwithphone]

Always good to have a buddy to throw balls,correct you stuff in the moment without any bias,teach you new techniques,teach you their secret ti their succes and many more,a tt coach can't be beat.think about it when im training im not thinking about doing things right but a coach can tell you and you csn correct it immediatly

[@outrospection4all]

He's a coach and you need a coach to monitor and help you cure all these bad habits.

[@johncarmen9963]

I never really thought too much about ball placement because what I was doing seemed to work well. That was until for the first time I played a left handed player and I found I kept setting him up for forehand topspin winning shots, it really threw me off and it was hard to kind of break my habits and change out of my normal groove

[@danosdotnl]

Thats funny. As an absolute noob player, my randomly placed balls seems to upset many trained players

[@Fluglecheese]

I used to play backspin only and assumed everyone would beat me if we ever got into a topspin rally. The only time I'd break that rule was if I thought I could hit a winner. Nowadays I fear topspin rallies much less and incorporate a lot of loops into my game, but I think something that is left over from my previous style is that I put everything into my attacking shots. I'll try reducing the power and see what happens.

[@timofejlagutin6851]

so what happened?

[@diavolo7103]

so what happened?

[@shutupandlisten4once]

So what happened?

[@Fluglecheese]

I wouldn't say I've mastered the reduced power topspin yet but I've incorporated it for awkward balls that I can't play a full power loop against because I'm out of position. It works differently against different opponents. Sometimes I get a purely defensive block return which is a great opportunity to play a finishing shot because it's harder for them to control the height. Other times it leads to a topspin rally and I either need to just hold my nerve and place the ball well or play a backspin shot placed where they can't loop it. Overall I'd say learning this has improved my game, although it hasn't necessarily been reflected in my results as I feel there's a learning curve.

[@kookoobeast]

Tom has a video on how to return services. Same concepts can be pulled into rallies as well. Solid video 🤌🏼

[@priteshkumar2755]

Best table tennis tips video... Ive been playing tt from last 3 months and I've made almost all the mistakes mentioned here ... Thankfully I have overcome few of them and am progressing everyday ... Hopefully I'll be able to correct all of them soon

[@soubhagyamishra8367]

I possess each and every Bad Habit Mentioned

[@davidgatheral792]

Yep - all great tips - excellent work, Tom. I mention a lot of these when I'm coaching but serving and playing with purpose, and pushing long pushes are two things I don't teach enough so that was interesting for me. Cheers.

[@MegakeepWorks]

I am guilty of all of them. Thanks for pointing it out and how to get out of those bad habits.

[@mihajlomitrovic1211]

Now how much more spot-on is a tutorial video ever going to get?! Great concrete tips dealing with cause and not consequence of playing bad. Kudos!

[@angelinakoenen7845]

Zo goed en duidelijk weer gegeven. Als trainster van 50 plussers, wijs ik hen ook elke keer op deze 10 punten. Dit zijn echt de belangrijkste basis punten, om goed tafeltennissen te leren.

[@peterswenson7795]

Why does the Swedish chef sound like he's speaking Dutch?

[@julianschopf3032]

Excellent video with good tips! As a beginner, I probably make all the mistakes, but I've already been able to successfully improve on the topic of "Standing upright". I think if you focus on certain habits instead of "just playing" you will progress much faster.

[@Mm2_gurl8]

Seeing this comment was 10 months ago I guess you have improved all of them😂

[@taihiong]

On point no.5 on mindless serving: just to add on that on top of thinking through what serve we will execute, it is generally useful too (esp. at amateur level) to observe the position and focus of our opponent, so we can serve a type or to a position of his/her weak part at that point in time. But yes, the more advanced our opponent is, the less effective is this approach.

[@Ilicet]

I like to duplicate serves if the opponent can't return it, or they hit it into the net, watch to see if they think they have figured out how to return it properly, and then switch the serve up so they still can't return it. This usually deflates their confidence which makes it easier to win. I.E. my main serve is a back spin corkscrew to the right, if they figure it out I switch to a top spin to the left.

[@sparky2387]

@@Ilicet 4 weeks ago I played against a player who had trouble with my backspin, I noticed it and stopped using it because I felt bad, my coach then said to me that I should keep on using it so ended up using it anyway (still lost the game sadly). Did feel better about using it because he had a serve that destroyed me, so we traded points for a while depending on who served.

[@AdnanGusic]

Thanks Tom! Support from me.

[@TomLodziak]

Thank you! Very much appreciated. And thanks for watching.

[@kenshek5074]

Yes!!!! I get 8 out of 8!!!!!

[@mackyaarad8898]

legooo!!! SAME HERE

[@hpvinayak02]

3:10 Bad habit 3, I don't know why I don't expect the shots to be returned lol Also, Bad habit 8: recently realized and started to avoid standing upright, it really helps a lot

[@KevWhitehead]

Brilliant video! I’m getting back into Table Tennis after many many years ... and absolutely loving it !!

[@StillMintTea]

I learned the very basics from my coach ages ago, when I took coaching for hardly half a year. I got back into the game more than 8 years later with hardly any attacking power but it felt like recieving and serving were two things i could get decently right. Watching this confirmed that my coach did indeed teach me well, cus i only make one mistake mentioned: and that is pushing

[@MsMonika59]

Wow my very first Tabletennis video. I enjoyed it very much. I play it weekly and I totally love it. I have not improved for a long time - but now I know what to do, which is watching your videos. Thank you and a big hello from Australia 🇦🇺 😊

[@idrivearttabletennis]

Great video - sad that I have to say that - you just pointed out a lot of things I still need to work on. Of the 8, I still need to really work on 5 of them. I'm pretty good at varying ball placement. I start low but soon I am pretty upright again (so still working on that). I vary serves (and try to think about them) but I tend to give tail-tail signs of where I'm going to serve (very bad!). I don't try to kill a lot of shots but I'm better at a kill if I do it with a little less force (and therefore more control). So, yes, it was a timely and great video! Thank you!

[@anshikaalittleteacher8709]

Hey I have a problem in benting my knees

[@corin9038]

The ball watching is so important to me, I always have to remind me of exactly what you said. I had lots of cases when I hit a great topspin but my opponent just blocked the ball and I stood there and didn’t stand a chance, so thank you 🙏🏼

[@kamathgirish]

Thanks

[@TomLodziak]

Thank you! I appreciate the support.

[@paulturner6227]

fantastic video; spot on in sooo many ways as just started playing again..& yes, im guilty of several of those bad habits..now pointed out so clearly, i can set about eliminating them...SUPERB..

[@alyjaturi1694]

Everybody makes mistakes but most of them didn't knows where are they making the mistake. you are like a teacher who is teaching us about our mistakes and correcting them . Thanks alot ❤️

[@logminusone1272]

Great one! Another one could be ' not waiting for the ball '. In other words, trying to hit it a wee bit earlier than one should. A bit more time takes both the speed and the spin off the ball.

[@g.mueller2652]

Very good video. The advices can be applied in practice. My bad habits are n. 1 and 8. Foodwork should be improved. Greetings from Italy

[@roviwoteap2375]

Some great tips there. Wish I’d watched this video before I played last night! There’s a couple of players who I really struggle to beat and can’t figure out why? Having seen this will give me a few things to think about when next playing. Thank you.

[@TomLodziak]

You're welcome. Glad it was helpful!

[@deniserowntree]

Morning! its 6am here in sydney! really enjoyed your video, hope to put it to good use later this am, thanks, Denise

[@aldopalacios3357]

I'm a winner. At least half if bad habits, but trying to improve. Great video!

[@psircos]

🙈.....guilty of all at times, apart from maybe not going all out on every shot! I think ball watching is my worst fault. Playing at my own standard it's a winner, as soon as I play someone higher up, most of my shots come back! It's the realisation that you need to repeat 'the good shot' 2,3 maybe 4 times to win the point.

[@mio4355]

Amazing coach, I only play table tennis with my colleagues but this guy explain these things like he is a character of Tarantino movie. I love it!

[@MarkRizzoTheDragonWizard]

I think I've got all of them. Which I guess is why I'm watching this video. Lol Thanks a lot for the great tips. First time I've seen your station but I'll have to subscribe. Happy holidays

[@TomLodziak]

Thanks for watching and subscribing. Enjoy the videos!

[@MarkRizzoTheDragonWizard]

@@TomLodziak You bet. Great stuff Tom. I just need to start applying it. Have a happy and safe new year!

[@muhammedasar.]

That is very helpful for me Tom. I am a beginner and most of the time I am doing all of this mistakes 😁

[@CouchDoobs]

This is a nice video thank you. I will say one thing - the first one (reaching too far), can be a good fake out move pretending you're overextending in one direction to lead on your opponent and then doing a quick snap

[@No-ub5ju]

4:26 unfortunately i"ve gotten used to doing this alot because i pretty much only play at school and the people there are just not good enough to require me to make anything other than a mindless serve

[@ArunMPEdison]

The best video!! A must watch for everyone! Great observation!!

[@nicolasviguerasq.3060]

Really I'm so grateful for you, for make this video and a hug from The south of Chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@bm12456]

Thanks sir for your this video all this bad habits I do in my practice and my matches thank you sir

[@kenholloway631]

I’m guilty of some of these habits as well. Your video is a good reminder of what to focus on, as far as my table tennis habits are concerned. And, what I need to work on. Thank you, Tom. 🏓

[@eternaldanny1975]

Excellent, we all are having these 8 bad habits and i am going to learn a lot from these.i will share my updates after incorporating tips shown here. Excellent tips and thanks for putting up this video

[@abdullahilkafi5679]

I didn't know even I have many of these bad habits. Thanks to Tom Lodziak.

[@jplanglais]

About #5 (mindless serves) I find that I'm controlling which serves I'm doing but what I'm not doing enough is trying to exploit the opponents weaknesses instead I prefer varying to keep them on their toes. It means that I will sometime give them their perfect returnable serves. There's something about "sticking my finger into the wound" that I prefer not to do. @Tom I would add a #9 habit which I see lots of beginners do (or advanced player who don't want to get better): Not turning your hips / Not transferring your weight; lots of people are guilty of using their arm only which is a very bad habit long term.

[@TomLodziak]

Agreed about habit #9. Something I am also guilty of. To be honest there could be a list of 100 bad habits! But it would be far too long for one video.

[@bm12456]

@@TomLodziak sir one more video

[@nikhilnath3650]

Waiting and seeing my own shot- mama mia what a shot i played! 😂 Reaching- need to lose some more belly fat Pushing - don't have confidence in hitting the ball with strength and using top spin

[@PeteButtress]

Thanks for the video! I’m just coming back to the sport after a 25 year break from league action. Had my first session yesterday and was surprised how adrift I was from what I used to be able to do. Your video has given me tips to work on my game afresh and be ready for the coming season. Thanks! PS….who’s idea was it to change to games of 11 points back in 2001….whoosh! The game has gone haha.

[@princejoeokechukwu5]

Hello, Tom! I love your videos,so educative, helpful! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to add topspin to a tennis ball. Thank you!

[@martinjanas3324]

Thank you very much for all these advice I indeed am guilty of some of these mistakes Will try to improve on them Cheers

[@ashwinturakhia2836]

Very informative. I do have atleast 3 bad habits which you have mentioned. I will try to correct it to get to next level. Thanks

[@emil8367]

thanks for the video ! btw: my mistake is that my left hand lowered :-) I was not aware of this fact until someone told me that I do it so often, it's getting better now slowly

[@Psyroh]

I just came from training and searched how to prepare for next shot and ball watching is excelent explanation of my problem,maybe 4 out of 8,i'll try to think about it next time.

[@GunZnRifles]

Awesome video covering the main bad habits of amateur players! I find myself fighting to stop with the ball watching habit. I almost slap myself when I do that..

[@qqwweerrtt_gavinofficial2871]

Love the tips. Makes a beginner see everything! Sadly im self training against a wall so the one expecting what they do might be much harder. All in all w

[@icee0711]

I knew I had a couple of these like getting too upright and reaching on occasion but I had no idea gripping too tight was probably my biggest weakness. I'm bummed it's the weekend so I can't try loosening my grip until work on Monday...

[@amitjain11000]

Perhaps the best video for TT beginners on youtube

[@ناشدالعلم]

Thank you.. Unfortunately, I do not have any of the bad habits you mentioned, and yet one of my opponents often wins over me even though he commits perhaps four bad habits! He plays with almost any racket while I love choosing a good racket! .. I feel frustrated my friend!

[@Ahmadraza-vx1oq]

I am glad to know about common mistake. Insha Allah I will act upon your advice and don't do these mistakes next time. I join table tennis last year and very soon go for match. So please pray for me

[@amandamassyn7227]

I just brought a table tennis set, will start playing this Christmas ❤ thanks for the tips.

[@TomLodziak]

Enjoy the table tennis set. And now you know all the bad habits to avoid!

[@muhammadmubashar2497]

I have all those bad habits you have mentioned, thank you so much for highlighting those, now I a know why I sm not improving for the last few months 😢

[@Asim_b]

I have restarted playing tt from 15 days and have forwarded this video to my opponent mate. Hope we’ll enjoy game more.🤟🏼

[@nishantupadhyay01]

I have started playing Table Tennis after a gap of 7 years and i'm really benevolent to you for your videos. They have helped me in recalling basic concepts very quickly.

[@sunderrajpm5651]

Thanks for the wonderful information and instructions . Excellent Video.

[@judewhitbread2394]

I have nearly all of those. But only played about 12 times. Thank you Tom!!

[@Eblansqy]

Got 6 out of 8 :'D Ball watching is my top 1 most common mistake that punishes me all the time

[@FalguniDasShuvo]

Dear Tom, It is a really good video. Unfortunately, I have all the bad habits you mentioned! LOL! I'll try and improve. Thanks for such an instructive video.

[@1markus111]

Tom great Video! Habit 8 is the worst and i know him so well, but i keep on killing it 🙂

[@dpeddy1]

Thank you. It was very useful as a beginner to know these things ahead.

[@crazyoptimist9348]

This is the best tt video I've ever watched!!!

[@JBOB21]

I want the same setup for practicing...great video. Thanks

[@niro56]

Excellent, thank you.

[@Mad_Sochi]

Hello from Russia. i am a beginner. And your video like that is VERY USEFUL for me and for my girlfriend (my table tennis partner). THANK YOU !

[@user-jb7ud4uh6d]

I have all those bad habits at times. Thanks for pointing them out!!!

[@leonidkatsman160]

This is very good explanation. I have more than one, how you name this "bad habits". Only I would name this "mistakes", not a habits. Usually these mistakes done by people who did not have any table tennis proper training like myself. People who had at least 1-2 years of training do not have these habits.

[@malkassim]

Great video! I'm guilty of most of them😅. The most important part though, how can I get the training machine in the video (the ball shooter)?

[@gamehunter2367]

Couch you totally read my mind🤩🤩 i have a table tennis championship this week🏓🏓 i am really training hard and looking for the best way to fix my mistakes 😅😅 I really appreciate this video ❤ Thanks for the help ❤

[@Phillydog1958]

As a kid, I had a buddy who had a table, so I learned the game, but haven’t played in ages. I recently decided to download a VR table Tennis game called, Eleven. It’s amazing, so I’m now relearning the game. Thanks. Your video pointed out my flaws.

[@brianperkins7036]

Good video, good advice, thanks.

[@CjayMagsombol-hh9ev]

Thank you very much for best information, it will help a lot. Hopefully to have a good quality racket like you have.

[@tcao42]

Thank you for the instructions. What kind of ball feeder is that.

[@colinbaggott113]

Great video Tom 👍definitely grip to tight, also having bad grip.

[@Sassin1192]

It's my first time playing table tennis and I was told to join a table tennis competition this really help thank you 🥰 wish me luck though 😄

[@deep77show]

I have aporox. 5 bad habits , now I am going to improve.thankyou❤

[@josepinchero]

TomL...can you do a few videos on services (amateur vs pro) and really break down all the tiny parts. esp the arm motion and wrist. i still find it amazing how hard a really top level serve is to master.

[@TomLodziak]

It's a good idea. I'll add that to my list.

[@rafaelrigatto8643]

Nice explanation. Very helpful.

[@TheTurbonisse]

Good video! I make a lot of does mistakes my self. To tight grip, resching etc.

[@sharmasidharath]

Tom I LEARN a LOT from you.. I am 47 new & new to TT : Please can you do classes keeping doubles game!

[@alangoudie2299]

Thank you for a very helpful video.

[@eyes1905]

I have all of them I'll try to fix from now on :) Thank you for showing me how to be a little bit better player :))

[@vickyg8798]

thank you for this video... i have all of these bad habits... will try my best to avoid them in the future ;-)

[@mdjamsedurrahman7948]

Great tutorial! Thank you so much.

[@alexmendelev]

Very good post! Thank you Tom!

[@thungole9173]

Very interesting the way you teach. Thank you very much.

[@alicepark3618]

I'm doing table tennis at school thanks to our sport teacher, anyway thank you because I really needed it though

[@T.Fitz74]

I’ve been Gripping too hard and mindlessly serving for 20+ years! Thank you!!!😂

[@Mahdul]

Excellent video ! I would be focusing on improving the 6th problem

[@vmmadge]

Very useful video in real practical terms, Tom. "Mindless serving" is a fault with many of generation who play in the 75+ category. That's because in our days at least at amateur level service was only a formality to set the ball rolling, as it were. Now it has become a weapon! Maybe because I have to do solo service sessions, the fault of watching the ball instead of tracking it, as Alois Rosario says, has crept into my game. I'm always eager to see how my service has gone and sometimes I get lost in self-admiration out of which I'm rudely shaken up by a good return!!! Faults which persist even after a close watch on them. Similarly, bending down instead of standing upright becomes increasingly difficult with advancing age and in my case, a spinal surgery last year. Anyway, young persons will definitely benefit from your video.

[@Rakesh1101]

hello tom,your videos are always awesome and educational. am learning from you since 2021. thanks for that. can you please upload videos on how and where to buy ball feeding machine for self training????

[@TomLodziak]

This is the robot I use. The article has some videos which show how to use it: www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/review-power-pong-omega-robot/