Table Tennis Match Review - You NEED To Limit Test

[@Looeelooee]

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[@quebecer4605]

I love your critique video's! Keep 'em coming!

[@lt.kettch]

One thing that really stood out to me was that he was very reactive to the opponent's shots (as opposed to predictive). To clarify: After he hits the ball, he has a habit of watching the ball land and then moving after his opponent hits. An example is at 19:58 where he goes wide to return but doesn't move left back to the table in preparation for the next shot until after the opponent hits and he realizes it's not going to be super wide again (statistically very unlikely it'll be as wide as he was standing). If he was just one big step to the left, I'm sure he would have been able to make that return at 20:03, even with his current footwork and reactive habits.

[@jamesmurraldeo7624]

D*mn, i’m guilty of this as well. Gotta make some changes next time.

[@z0uLess]

I would give one specific thing to work on: look at the opponent and predict where you are going to move your feet long before they even touch the ball, THEN move your feet efficiently by moving the backfooot first, staying in balance and try staying parallell to the table with your shoulders (not crossing your feet as much)

[@Spinspiel]

Two comments: 1. Too much sight reading of serves and not enough listening to impact sound with visual clues as to what's on the serve. 2. Lunging to play a topspin with legs spread too far out takes away from your ability to use the power from legs/hip to help in the power for your loops/topspins.

[@explorerars4208]

Very nice review keep going sir , sir i have a request please review some common backhand techniques during practise

[@_yazmatazz]

7:11 "clearly a topspin ball" , my brain "its a backspin ball" :D no wonder i suck at returning serves

[@Looeelooee]

Without a lot of practice it can be really difficult to tell. There are a few other ways to recognize it if you're having trouble though. One is pattern recognition - basically the way that would work is you miss one of his serves out and realize after the fact that it's topspin. And later in the match he does the same serve again, so you should assume it's also going to be topspin if he hasn't changed anything about his action or contact point. Importantly don't worry about the small probability that he may have done something sneaky to change his spin until he proves he actually will do that. Another way is by the bounce of the ball. An underspin ball will stick to the table and kind of "float" whereas a topspin ball looks "normal." So if the bounce is really hard to read because it's not doing anything, that in of itself is your sign it's topspin, because an underspin bounce *will* do something.

[@_yazmatazz]

@@Looeelooee those are some great tips, ill try to think of them next time i play!

[@simsey33]

What do you mean when you say Limit Test?

[@HowardOnweng]

Limit test is kind of like going for shots or trying things that are a bit out of your normal capabilities, just to see if you can do it etc

[@Looeelooee]

@@HowardOnweng Couldn't have worded it better myself!

[@simsey33]

@@HowardOnweng But by that definition I can't see how limit testing really advisable in a match situation....? surely that's what training is for? In matches I'm trying to apply the things I know I can do that will (hopefully) give me the best chance of winning. Am I too cautious then? I mean there's always a few shots I'm trying that would be considered limit testing but that's usually because the opponent is controlling the point and I'm forced into it but generally I'm consciously trying to apply my tactical game in sticking to my strengths.

[@Looeelooee]

Unfortunately it's much easier to do something in practice than it is in a match so you have to be willing to go out of your comfort zone specifically in a match in order to improve. And that normally means losing matches that maybe you could have won but you can't let the fear of losing get in the way of long term improvement

[@Looeelooee]

For example if you know how to loop in practice but you always push in a match because it's the "safer" shot the first time you try to loop in a match it will 100% miss even though you can do it in practice. And the reason it'll miss is because there's more at stake and more to think about, and the only way to train yourself not to miss in this new situation is to practice looping in this new situation which you can't do in training. But eventually if you keep trying it one of the loops will land, and then another and suddenly it will be a consistent shot you don't have to even think about