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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Signed up for a tournament at school and doing some quick learning the night before, wish me luck.
Good luck! Go smash them.
How did you do
@@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.
@@ericcimic nice bro
@@ericcimic u played for 15 years and put yourself in the intermediate section only......
Just watching this tutorial has improved my confidence. Can't wait to get to the table and start putting it to practice
Did it work??
@Zany Lightning after you bought the 350 dollar vr headset
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Bro its summer here and we have table tennis but cant play it because of 🔥🔥
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.
May be your coach also watches his videos🤣😂
@@alianwar454 I sure wouldn't blame him :)
69 likes on this comment LOL
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.
Tom I cant thank you enough! Just started Table tennis after almost 15 years of break. Your videos are simply awesome and inspiring.
Absolutely amazing advices Tom. Thank you very much. Your videos have helped me a lot.
Nice coaching Tom. I like the way you explain the techniques. It makes it quite interesting and fun way to learn. Thanks.
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!
Thank you Tom! Great job with all these tutorials. These are really helping me improve my game, day by day :)
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
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
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
Very good tips to win. Thanks a lot Tom Sir, Definitely I will try it from tommorrow onwards. God bless you.
Amazing vid! Thank you for sharing. Best tips vid for table tennis i’ve seen in a while🏓💥
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!).
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
Очень полезные рекомендации, особенно для начинающих теннисистов! Спасибо.
You have very good lessons in your videos. Thank you.
Love this channel❤️
Thank you Tom. I benefit your videos a lot.
Tom's videos have helped me a lot to learn the basics of TT. The explanation is very good and easy to follow.
Thanks for this, was sort of doing something similar but now have a more thorough strategy.
Excellent lesson. Thank you very much Tom. Ciao, Gaetano
Play it at 1.5x speed
Love it and total agree on these simple yet very effective methods
Thank you very much Tom, very helpful tips and very effective..
Thank you for the tip. Sound's logic! I will try it
It works very well, thank you!
ball placement .. thanks a lot coach Tom
Please make a video on chopping the ball I am asking this from a long time Please sir
Yh that could be a video I'll watch
Yes pls make a vid with chopping
Just watch Joo Sae-Hyuk in slow motion
Sharpen the bat.
@@jinjeonpingpong4989 Hi Jin Jeon im ur fan ;)
TMR is my tournament for Tt learned so much from you ty
This video help us alot. 🤗
Thanks bro ... Very good and informative video...
Usual excellent video with especially important lesson on ball placement. Love these type videos, please Tom keep them coming. Well done.
excellent lesson I will show this to my pupils
Awesome analysis! Thanks!
Excellent as usual Tom. Placememt is so easily a forgotten part of the game, especially when tou are in the middle of one!
Excellent, Excellent video!!
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!
This is a very good advice 👍
Crazy nice dressing Tom ! They say in business the 3 keys : location/location/location.Thanks.
thank you so much it helped me lot
Great and useful videos! Keep up with your good work!
Thanks for the video. Players often forget basics when trying to master more advanced shots.
Thanks! This was great.
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!
Excellent video. Thank you.
it worked very well thanks
Hey thanks for the video
Awesome tutorial! Thank you very much, Tom! Greetings from Bulgaria! ;))
I’m going to try this next week. Thanks for making this. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Great tips!
Thanks for your videos! Are great!
Great video and an inspired presentation
Great work...Thanks
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.
Thank you was very informative from Cape Town SA
Thank You very much, I'll try
excellent tutorial. thanks
Thanks ❤
Very useful tips from you sir
Great advice.
Thank you.
Thank youuuuu
Very good tutorial
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.
Thanks!
I didn’t try yet but I know it must turn my game really better, thank u 🙏
Thanks coach
Thanks Tom! Great job! Looking forward for your next videos!
On a previous video, you called those middle areas as “Buckets”, right? Still great tips! Thanks.
Thank you
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.
Terima kasih, sangat menbantu saya dalam meng explore pengetahuan saya tentang teknik bermain tenis meja
I find these tips really useful. Thank you so much. I am gonna defeat my classmates in table tennis at school tomorrow :)
Thanks for this. Now I have understood why I loose to my opponent most of the time
*lose
Thank you for your tip now. I can play table tennis game
Perfect
this is very good advice, no matter what shot you are going to do
Nice!
Sound advice!
Thank wery much
Thanks
Keep doing this we want more
Gracias
Best👍
I like your coaching
thanks for sharing your knowledge Tom... and a little thing to be improved is your echoing voice
A consequence of the table tennis hall design
Wanna say really really tnx
You are the best
Great tip, i played for 4 years and was never teached this.
So, to summarize- to improve your game just be perfect !
Good tuto and explanatory videos Tom ! Thanks.
awesome tutorial...Thanks Bro
Hi...good day for me as a beginner what is the methood we doing? Please give and how to executed...daily routines ..please Thanks
Thanks from turkey
Remarkable and must watch for table tennis players Regards JJs Sky Hawk table tennis academy Sumeet puri I m interested in on line classes
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..
Nice lesson! You're doing a good job :) PS: echo cancellation goes a long way
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.
It's a good idea. Maybe something I can look at in the future.
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Hey Tom, I was wondering if you were going to upload more on your trip to Germany
I do have some more footage, but sadly it did not record as well as I would have liked. But I'm sure I will visit again in the future.
@@TomLodziak alright, thanks for all the great videos! One of the best TT channels right now