How to INSTANTLY improve at table tennis

[@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......

[@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 🔥🔥

[@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

[@PingPongPrinceProductions]

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.

[@kazihoque1720]

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

[@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!).

[@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

[@htetminaung9863]

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

[@shijinbabu6034]

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

[@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

[@hctaw1]

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

[@abhishek50656]

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

[@santoskaiky7324]

*lose

[@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.

[@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!

[@СергейНовиков-ж8д]

Очень полезные рекомендации, особенно для начинающих теннисистов! Спасибо.

[@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!

[@tombnguyen]

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

[@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

[@Technical.Table.Tennis]

Just watch Joo Sae-Hyuk in slow motion

[@lystic9392]

Sharpen the bat.

[@mustafaaljanabi4818]

@@Technical.Table.Tennis Hi Jin Jeon im ur fan ;)

[@Shrijoy]

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

[@gurudathraok947]

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

[@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.

[@eloimumford5247]

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

[@RamAcharya-gq9sr]

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

[@tungnguyenvan2298]

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

[@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 :)

[@W_Ivar]

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!

[@thiagovianavargas3996]

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

[@pingpongpaddy5753]

excellent lesson I will show this to my pupils

[@qomarqomarudin7307]

ball placement .. thanks a lot coach Tom

[@youjohnny16]

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

[@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

[@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

[@krinal]

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

[@PlamenPetrovPacistyleCom]

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

[@gr637]

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

[@Alejin05]

Excellent, Excellent video!!

[@echobash]

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🏓💥

[@manavshailesh274]

This is a very good advice 👍

[@TechniNoiX]

Hi from Ukrainian, only starting playing tennis, but interested in playing as well as i can learn, so thank you for teaching all of us, and be good😊

[@joroirinkin]

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

[@nscombat1]

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

[@ozanoguzhaktanir]

Thank you Tom. I benefit your videos a lot.

[@darkwing75]

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

[@illuminationtrini1]

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

[@edithanyaibe5005]

Very good tutorial

[@mundomediainvestments1670]

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

[@grizzlybunny4014]

Love this channel❤️

[@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.

[@falcao4666]

It works very well, thank you!

[@FendiSHChannel]

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

[@dryashshah]

Very useful tips from you sir

[@mervynflowers9146]

Thank you was very informative from Cape Town SA

[@Daniel-qs6te]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@driftert5687]

Great tips!

[@7salads996]

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

[@syrabersamira6427]

This video help us alot. 🤗

[@TheWawanhn]

Thank You very much, I'll try

[@ejl8412]

Thanks! This was great.

[@minshweyi6468]

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

[@robertplatttTT]

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

[@JagtarSaini-b4c]

Good instructions !

[@yamlau]

excellent tutorial. thanks

[@gerardmccreesh7747]

Great video and an inspired presentation

[@CristianRodriguez-ft1yy]

Thanks for your videos! Are great!

[@sidu8860]

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

[@tonik1222]

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

[@gerrychauveau2925]

Thanks very helpful 👍 😀

[@matakucing3416]

Keep doing this we want more

[@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

[@Hemanshu66]

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

[@shidharthamazumder]

Great work...Thanks

[@BananaLassi]

it worked very well thanks

[@Hajjat]

Awesome analysis! Thanks!

[@purisumeet1]

Remarkable and must watch for table tennis players Regards JJs Sky Hawk table tennis academy Sumeet puri I m interested in on line classes

[@NHAI_Gowtham_M_N]

thank you so much it helped me lot

[@yunishmanandhar4817]

Hey thanks for the video

[@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

[@eloimumford5247]

Hy Tom , return to basics is points in the bank. Suggestion : can you decorticate the basics of each successfull player , like for example just to name a few : Timo/Waldner/Ma Long ...i mean they all win but every one has a unique profile , some seems to work hard to achieve while others does it effortlessly (at least in appearance). Thanks for sharing.

[@TomLodziak]

It's a good idea. Maybe something I can look at in the future.

[@Fazaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

☝👍

[@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.

[@mcamosochieng7914]

I like your coaching

[@chrisscott1547]

Great advice.

[@firmanzolamaz9221]

thanks for sharing your knowledge Tom... and a little thing to be improved is your echoing voice

[@tusharjamwal]

A consequence of the table tennis hall design

[@MrDavid3601]

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

[@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

[@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

[@nebyudaniel1353]

Wanna say really really tnx

[@nvision26]

My placement is my biggest issue. I can’t for the life of me make the ball go where I want it, unless it’s a serve. Yet I win most games I play at work just by chopping and a good forehand smash.

[@rareview24]

Thanks coach

[@Plante82]

Tom, what is your advice for developing that side-to-side hopping movement - (for seniors; don’t laugh)

[@nordmende73]

Thanks!

[@sureshakella4263]

Thanks ❤

[@TT-Freak]

Very good video pleacement is key. I might have placed that middle tape differently, one 10 cm on the left and one 10 cm on the right of the middle aiming respecively to the middle of a right and lefthander. How are the knees? Some aspects I might have forgotten to mention last time: There are people who gain muscle weight easily and the ones belonging to opposite group. While you seem to belong to 2nd group you can make up for this by eating properly and that means more in simple terms(protein), it isnt enough to just train you need to feed those muscles. Also give them time to train, 48 hours betwenn training sessions is needed. Speaking to a bodybuilder might help in that regard. The other thing I am not sure I mentioned: Make sure you keep those muscles around your knees stretched and all sides, front and back or face new disbalances causing new issues. Clasically a warmup is good plus some dynamic stretching before training and some static stretching after training, though static stretching is more effective when it last 1-2 min for each muscle.

[@eineente3153]

Moin TT Freak, ich bin ja sehr fasziniert von deinen reflektierten Kommentaren. Finde sie auch unter allen mir bekannten Coaching Kanälen. Daher ein paar Fragen aufgrund deiner Expertise: Gibt es noch weitere Kanäle als Tom Lodziak und TTR Hunter die du empfehlen würdest? Hast du einen Blog oder ähnliches? Und eine Frage die entweder an meinen Englischkenntnissen oder an meinem Unverständnis für Muskulatur usw. Was meintest du in dem Teil über das Dehnen der Muskeln um das Knie??

[@TT-Freak]

@@eineente3153 Hi. No Blog. Regarding the knees: There is no simple answer to this. Short answer: Stretching is needed to keep muscles in balance and keep joints healthy . Muscular disblances are one cause of arthrosis. Just do not believe general medicine rather believe him, for you as a German speaker best choice: kzbin.info/door/t3pGaMM9F40McD-SnAym0gvideos Search for the concerning bodypart in that section you might have problems with and find how to get healthy again. You will also find the real reasons for arthrosis there and that it can infact be healed and how to avoid it. Do no believe general medicine they depend on pharma industry and vise versa. About other good table tennis channels: I know plenty of good ones, but most of them in English, but I never agree with all of that they teach, though it's mostly not a question of right or wrong, but philosophy or the path one chooses. There are so many out there in so many countries that you can get confused easily, especially as a beginner. You could find all the videos in those playlists usefull: kzbin.info/aero/PL5GRLDC-f_XUpvIvLqzb6WC_cwCNoMf3_ , kzbin.info/aero/PLnSKFBegbrmt0xxk9NpOBlKGGBwrprmHP, kzbin.info/aero/PL5GRLDC-f_XXEOQkC3ZrK7dSM5gZtJs58, kzbin.info/aero/PL5GRLDC-f_XX5KGxGeBERqP92ZpqsqmWv, and there are some good quality videos on this channel kzbin.info/door/hGPHBTi6BG9lHnWk6BgQsQ . But maybe easier of you tell me the level you are at and what exactly you look for. What aspect of table tennis would you like to improve?

[@eineente3153]

@@TT-Freak I'm still a beginner, playing between once to twice a week on average. What I'm looking for is everything that helps improving and especially what helps giving me a better idea what table tennis is all about. Besides Matches I'm my own coach so everything that helps giving me the right idea of things help. What the correct technique is, what texhnique is more important, how to train these the best, hiw to win matches, what to do against certain problems. How important are muscles, stamina, how to train these? Should I go for a more spinny forehand or brute force like the chinese? What is more up to date? When should I start training and using flicks as I am using pushes most of the time for underspin and balls short behind the net. How high should my center of gravity be? Higher above the ground for easier footwork or deeper to have a more free upper body and better balance and vision. How important is footwork in comparision to other aspects. I'm doing a lot of footwork drills ( though only are of a good quality in my opinion. So I keep doing the same what isnt that good. New ones would be nice) because I heard from asian channels that this is the most important part. But then I tend to forgot about things like placement(this video reminded me that it is there, thanks) Or very basic things like where the power for the firehand attack comes from. Is it the legs, the hip, the lower arm or the abdonmen? Where does it start. Yeah I think you got my situation. I think about Tabletennis consiously a lot and read and watch a lot but I am unable to decide what to focus on and when. Where my biggest problems are. In which direction to go. How to go in that direction. Where to start and how much attention for what

[@TT-Freak]

@@eineente3153 You seem to ask a number of good questions for a beginner. I can write some guide and answer you questions, but that will take some time since I will also have to find out where I can publish it since I prefer to keep my identity private and yt isn't a great format at least not the comment section.

[@eineente3153]

I don't know if you want to make them just for me or answer these questions for all people interested. If the latter is correct, I have no idea but if it's the first we could use Jabber/XMPP if you want to keep it very private.

[@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?

[@Safal_Shrestha__]

Having some trouble with choppers can we get video on how to trouble choppers with our topspin please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DyaVictor]

Put the ball in a proper place :-) In fact the goal is not to win a point with a single shot

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

haha topspin boy 🤭

[@prockstem]

Sound advice!

[@baslielalene4702]

Thank you

[@rockys7726]

How do you play someone that flips between inverted and long pips?

[@Woodpecker284]

Good tuto and explanatory videos Tom ! Thanks.

[@citizenx3035]

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