How to INSTANTLY improve at table tennis

There is one skill which I work on with every player I coach. It doesn’t matter what standard or whether the player is an attacker or defender. I give every player the same advice.
Focus on ball placement.
This is the simplest and quickest way for every player to instantly improve.
You don’t need to learn any new shots. You just need to improve where you put the ball.
With better ball placement, you put your opponent under much more pressure. You get weak balls back. You force errors. You hit outright winners. Table tennis becomes much easier to play.
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[@ericcimic]

Signed up for a tournament at school and doing some quick learning the night before, wish me luck.

[@TomLodziak]

Good luck! Go smash them.

[@markottone]

How did you do

[@ericcimic]

@@markottone We had a division for beginners, intermediates, and really experienced players. I put myself in the intermediate division (I've played tennis for about 15 years so I understood how to use a paddle and put spin and such). I ended up winning that division without losing once. Keeping the balls to the outside with some decent pace really helped me.

[@mohammednajmi1349]

@@ericcimic nice bro

[@Samir-rd8xp]

@@ericcimic u played for 15 years and put yourself in the intermediate section only......

[@liquidginji3093]

This is an important lesson. Our club's coach told us the exact same thing. To prove his point, he beat several of our club's players with his smartphone. Yeah, you read that right. Didn't play a single topspin, just placed the ball in the wide areas and kept us guessing on how to return them. On that note: Something that wasn't shown in the footage, is the push into the wide areas forcing your opponent to move around the table. I've seen highly skilled players struggling to play proper returns once they were forced to move around the corner. It's an angle few are used to play from. Especially those with poor footwork to begin with.

[@alianwar454]

May be your coach also watches his videos🤣😂

[@liquidginji3093]

@@alianwar454 I sure wouldn't blame him :)

[@cassiusdollin3193]

69 likes on this comment LOL

[@pingpongprince4256]

To be honest, a smartphone isn't that bad of a paddle. It fits well in your hand, and the smooth surface gives it a spin reversal effect similar to long pips. If you have a rubber case on it, you can actually get decent spin as well.

[@alexanderphilip674]

Just watching this tutorial has improved my confidence. Can't wait to get to the table and start putting it to practice

[@bighero8514]

Did it work??

[@davidsrensen6494]

@Zany Lightning after you bought the 350 dollar vr headset

[@hikmetcokugras]

@@davidsrensen6494 66

[@skextreme204]

Bro its summer here and we have table tennis but cant play it because of 🔥🔥

[@floris456]

Play it at 1.5x speed

[@kazihoque1720]

Tom I cant thank you enough! Just started Table tennis after almost 15 years of break. Your videos are simply awesome and inspiring.

[@hctaw1]

Nice coaching Tom. I like the way you explain the techniques. It makes it quite interesting and fun way to learn. Thanks.

[@tungnguyenvan2298]

Absolutely amazing advices Tom. Thank you very much. Your videos have helped me a lot.

[@Franky_1974]

Very very good tipps! Thanks a lot for that! I will implement them in my game and in the youth training sessions! Keep it up!

[@reecetowe6520]

Good points this is something that most coaches don't emphasize enough! Even though the ball may only go 5 or 6cm wider that makes so much difference. I was doing a drill with my coach and he was blocking he placed every ball right at the corner or end line and it was very difficult to play

[@andrewhadd6616]

It worked. I had been losing consistently to my sons and just aiming for those regions of the board helped (still losing but gaining traction!).

[@MrFranco4395]

Thanks a lot for the useful tips sir. I have been playing for some years now without any formal training. I will put pointers into practice

[@Safal_Shrestha__]

Yeah I loved it 😍😍 Sir Tom this is very much helpful My accuracy isn't that good but I became nearly intermediate from beginners with techniques. Played tt from very long but with techniques I improved within a month of regular practice with your videos and coach

[@himanshudixit1407]

You have very good lessons in your videos. Thank you.

[@abhinav1]

Thank you Tom! Great job with all these tutorials. These are really helping me improve my game, day by day :)

[@ali_bawa]

Always a big help. Thank you for the quality guidance

[@NicoGee1]

Amazing vid! Thank you for sharing. Best tips vid for table tennis i’ve seen in a while🏓💥

[@gr637]

Excellent lesson. Thank you very much Tom. Ciao, Gaetano

[@gurudathraok947]

Very good tips to win. Thanks a lot Tom Sir, Definitely I will try it from tommorrow onwards. God bless you.

[@Hemanshu66]

Thank you very much Tom, very helpful tips and very effective..

[@krinal]

Thanks for this, was sort of doing something similar but now have a more thorough strategy.

[@shijinbabu6034]

Tom's videos have helped me a lot to learn the basics of TT. The explanation is very good and easy to follow.

[@ianrtilley]

Many thanks. just got back into table tennis after a long lay off. playing again as my Grandson has started to play... great tips that I will pass on

[@ozanoguzhaktanir]

Thank you Tom. I benefit your videos a lot.

[@youjohnny16]

Excellent as usual Tom. Placememt is so easily a forgotten part of the game, especially when tou are in the middle of one!

[@samithsrinivas7413]

Please make a video on chopping the ball I am asking this from a long time Please sir

[@unded6094]

Yh that could be a video I'll watch

[@stanrintoul3079]

Yes pls make a vid with chopping

[@jinjeonpingpong4989]

Just watch Joo Sae-Hyuk in slow motion

[@lystic9392]

Sharpen the bat.

[@mustafaaljanabi4818]

@@jinjeonpingpong4989 Hi Jin Jeon im ur fan ;)

[@user-rn6jz9gu4k]

Очень полезные рекомендации, особенно для начинающих теннисистов! Спасибо.

[@Hajjat]

Awesome analysis! Thanks!

[@illuminationtrini1]

Love it and total agree on these simple yet very effective methods

[@saldalejo]

Excellent, Excellent video!!

[@joroirinkin]

Thank you for the tip. Sound's logic! I will try it

[@idrivearttabletennis]

Very good video - if not new to some of us, it's still a great reminder. And just remember, be ready, your opponent is doing the same!

[@qomarqomarudin7307]

ball placement .. thanks a lot coach Tom

[@driftert5687]

Great tips!

[@Daniel-qs6te]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@mundomediainvestments1670]

Great and useful videos! Keep up with your good work!

[@manavshailesh274]

This is a very good advice 👍

[@eloimumford5247]

Crazy nice dressing Tom ! They say in business the 3 keys : location/location/location.Thanks.

[@grizzlybunny4014]

Love this channel❤️

[@robertplatttTT]

Usual excellent video with especially important lesson on ball placement. Love these type videos, please Tom keep them coming. Well done.

[@falcao4666]

It works very well, thank you!

[@Shrijoy]

Thanks bro ... Very good and informative video...

[@tombnguyen]

I’m going to try this next week. Thanks for making this. I’ll let you know how it goes.

[@lystic9392]

Now I just need a 10 by 10 meter room to play in. You guys play so fast ^_^ I noticed the man with the shiniest head plays very evil balls in the video's I've seen him in. I like his style a lot.

[@shidharthamazumder]

Great work...Thanks

[@TheWawanhn]

Thank You very much, I'll try

[@pingpongpaddy5753]

excellent lesson I will show this to my pupils

[@RamAcharya-gq9sr]

TMR is my tournament for Tt learned so much from you ty

[@megaaap100]

What a cliffhanger into hahah. Just found your channel after I became a lot better at table tennis and found it more interesting. You've got a sub!

[@nscombat1]

Thanks for the video. Players often forget basics when trying to master more advanced shots.

[@CristianRodriguez-ft1yy]

Thanks for your videos! Are great!

[@yunishmanandhar4817]

Hey thanks for the video

[@ejl8412]

Thanks! This was great.

[@dryashshah]

Very useful tips from you sir

[@PlamenPetrovPacistyleCom]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you very much, Tom! Greetings from Bulgaria! ;))

[@syrabersamira6427]

This video help us alot. 🤗

[@BananaLassi]

it worked very well thanks

[@NHAI_Gowtham_M_N]

thank you so much it helped me lot

[@gerardmccreesh7747]

Great video and an inspired presentation

[@yamlau]

excellent tutorial. thanks

[@robertopena6445]

Muchas gracias por el vídeo. En mi caso yo he hecho mucho multibolas sin prestar atención a este aspecto y mis bolas van a sitios cómodos siendo fácilmente atacable. Entrenaré duro esto.

[@chrisscott1547]

Great advice.

[@edithanyaibe5005]

Very good tutorial

[@minshweyi6468]

On a previous video, you called those middle areas as “Buckets”, right? Still great tips! Thanks.

[@thiagovianavargas3996]

I didn’t try yet but I know it must turn my game really better, thank u 🙏

[@FendiSHChannel]

Terima kasih, sangat menbantu saya dalam meng explore pengetahuan saya tentang teknik bermain tenis meja

[@hkj8920]

Thank you.

[@htetminaung9863]

I find these tips really useful. Thank you so much. I am gonna defeat my classmates in table tennis at school tomorrow :)

[@mervynflowers9146]

Thank you was very informative from Cape Town SA

[@abhisheksabnis5065]

Thanks for this. Now I have understood why I loose to my opponent most of the time

[@santoskaiky7324]

*lose

[@rareview24]

Thanks coach

[@SolomonOkanju]

Thanks, I love your incisive tutorial.i'm motivated to give a try.however, I would love to see your tutorial on backhand drill.i'm so poor on that.

[@nordmende73]

Thanks!

[@loongz6415]

Thank youuuuu

[@darkwing75]

this is very good advice, no matter what shot you are going to do

[@raulmendez3214]

Gracias

[@baslielalene4702]

Thank you

[@sureshakella4263]

Thanks ❤

[@tonycorazon4357]

Thank wery much

[@citizenx3035]

Thanks Tom! Great job! Looking forward for your next videos!

[@sidu8860]

Thank you for your tip now. I can play table tennis game

[@tinnyunt4924]

Perfect

[@constantinalexandru4302]

Nice!

[@mcamosochieng7914]

I like your coaching

[@nebyudaniel1353]

Wanna say really really tnx

[@prockstem]

Sound advice!

[@niklaskras5498]

good point but here is something to consider while doing this: why does timo boll for example plays into the middle of the table very often? its easier for yourself to start attacking because its harder for your opponent to place the ball far out of the table. for example: you place far in his backhand its almost impossible that you get a ball back far into your forehand but at the same time its easier for him to play a ball far out of the table on your backhand side. and for the middle: its more likely that your epponent doesnt play huge angles

[@mohammedkamil6749]

Thanks

[@rubymacamay7201]

Hi...good day for me as a beginner what is the methood we doing? Please give and how to executed...daily routines ..please Thanks

[@graemeaitken2273]

And it was instant. Lad 20 years younger I've never beaten. Beat him both games today. Cheers!! 😁

[@TomLodziak]

Hooray! Congratulations on the victory.

[@matakucing3416]

Keep doing this we want more

[@joaquinplaza6636]

Genial las indicaciones, todo eso es muy necesario para quienes estamos APRENDIENDO a jugar tenis de mesa, muchas gracias, todos los vídeos son muy buenos e instructivos. J. P. Argentina Río Negro

[@adriandrake4208]

Hi Tom, I am a relative beginner; would you still recommend the Bribar flared, 2.0? Also, your lessons are the best, but I would love a one to one with a tutor, but there seem to be none near me in Portsmouth. Can you help?

[@7salads996]

Great tip, i played for 4 years and was never teached this.

[@MrDavid3601]

Nice lesson! You're doing a good job :) PS: echo cancellation goes a long way

[@dhimanbhowmick9558]

Nice 😊👍

[@Hemalsirmaths]

Best👍

[@gerokatseros]

Yes this is true, but placing the ball there is hard ... I will propably miss half my shots

[@tabletenniswithabp3468]

Just practice and you can do it

[@gerokatseros]

@@tabletenniswithabp3468 I do practice my friend :) alot

[@MegaMalik90]

Maybe more than half also

[@lordego414]

@@gerokatseros i think you should change the way you do it idk but it worked for me

[@spongebob1849]

Same

[@realme-sd1gh]

Hello coaches...sir just like to ask.. .. i changed my rubber now.. a TEBHAR K2 HYBRID hardness 57..and A HURRICANE 8 hardness 38.. My question is which rubber is good for back hand in for hand..? Pls i need some advice.. thank you..

[@tonik1222]

So, to summarize- to improve your game just be perfect !

[@Emily_dolls]

You are the best