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0. Blueprint

Consider the following building blocks, some subset of which will work most effectively for you against a given opponent:

• the grip
• the stance
• footwork
• forehand drive
• forehand push
• forehand loop
• forehand lob
• forehand block
• forehand chop
• forehand chop block
• backhand drive
• backhand push
• backhand loop
• backhand lob
• backhand block
• backhand chop
• forehand chop block
• serve
• return of serve
• match play

[9] overview: Expert Table Tennis

[6] the four basic strokes: Expert Table Tennis

[4] the kicker, fast down the line, super wide sidespin, ghost serve: Craig Bryant

[47] top 10 fundamental skills: PingSunday

[67] Crazy Ping Pong Shots: Pongfinity

[68] trick shots: Pongfinity

[69] Pongfinity Highlights in Real Matches

1. Featured

Stories that inspire (thought or emotion).

[73] What Can Ping-Pong Teach Us About Life?: NPR

2. The Objective

Our goal is to emulate great players.

[1] 2022 ITTF World Team Championships: Women | China vs. Japan

[2] 2022 ITTF World Team Championships: Men | China vs. Germany

[36] great forehands: table tennis "PingSunday EmRatThich"

[35] great backhands: Table Tennis Nation

[[38] great chopper: TableSkills

[48] 1: Ping-Pong Culture

[49] 2: Ping-Pong Culture

[50] 3: Ping-Pong Culture

[51] 4: Ping-Pong Culture

[52] 5: Ping-Pong Culture

[53] 6: Ping-Pong Culture

[54] 7: Ping-Pong Culture

[55] 8: Ping-Pong Culture

[56] 9: Ping-Pong Culture

[57] 10: Ping-Pong Culture

[58] 11: Ping-Pong Culture

[59] 12: Ping-Pong Culture

[60] 13: Ping-Pong Culture

[61] 14: Ping-Pong Culture

[62] 15: Ping-Pong Culture

[63] 16: Ping-Pong Culture

[64] 17: Ping-Pong Culture

[65] 18: Ping-Pong Culture

3. The Grip

We will focus on the shakehands grip, but the penhold grip certainly has some advantages worth considering. Ben Larcombe provides insight into grip nuance based upon several months of experimentation, especially how the label shakehands is intuitively potentially misleading because it diverts attention to the lower fingers when perhaps the focus should be on the pinching action between the thumb and forefinger, what he calls "the relaxed shakehands grip." The Shakehand Grip Technique There are variations (e.g., traditional, deep, shallow) of the shakehand grip from which to choose as well as other viable penhold grip alternatives (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean). Less common options also exist (e.g., reverse backhand grip, Seemiller grip).

[7] the grip: Expert Table Tennis

[10] how to improve your grip: Ben Larcombe

[11] the pressure line: New Level TT

[12] Ma Long finger technique: PingSunday

[31] Ping Pong Picks

4. The Stance

“Pretend you’re a goalkeeper!”

[8] Expert Table Tennis

5. Footwork

"Spectacular performances are preceded by spectacular preparation." (Frank Giampaolo)

[13] MLFM Table Tennis

[26] Ping Pong Academy

[27] Table Tennis Spot

6. The Forehand Drive

After you understand grip, stance, and footwork, learn this dominant-hand response to medium-height, not-too-much-spin shots.

[14] Expert Table Tennis

[28] World Table Tennis

7. The Forehand Push

This is one of the more difficult of the basic strokes to master.

[15] Expert Table Tennis

8. The Forehand Loop

The most important advanced stroke you will ever learn, according to Expert Table Tennis.

[16] Expert Table Tenns

9. The Forehand Lob

Keeping the point alive with defense.

[20] Killerspin Table Tennis

10. The Forehand Block

A shortened stroke which uses the opponent's velocity.

[32] Ping Skills

11. The Forehand Chop

Keeping the point alive with defense at a distance.

[29] PingSkills

12. The Forehand Chop Block

Defense.

[33] Ping Pong Academy

13. The Backhand Drive

Practice it as much, or more, than your forehand drive.

[17] Expert Table Tennis

14. The Backhand Push

The easiest stroke to learn and the foundation for several other shots.

[37] PingSkills

[18] Expert Table Tennis

15. The Backhand Loop

[23] Ferenc Horvath

16. The Backhand Lob

[21] Killerspin

17. The Backhand Block

A shortened stroke which uses the opponent's velocity.

[71] PingSkills

18. The Backhand Chop

Keeping the point alive with defense at a distance.

[30] PingSkills

[70] Olympics

19. The Backhand Chop Block

[19] Expert Table Tennis

20. Serve

Use spin, speed, location, and deception to your advantage to either ace the opponent or set up your next shot.

[66] Return My Serve, Win £100: Pongfinity

[40] great servers in action: SmartED

[44] backspin: MHTableTennis

[43] crazy sidespin serve: MLFM Table Tennis

[39] legal serve: MHTable Tennis

[34] serving rules: Racquet Insight

[3] backspin & hook: Tomorrow Table Tennis

[23] tomahawk: Dimitrij Ovtcharov

[42] unique serves: KunalPuri _TTVideos

[46] best strategy: PingSunday

21. Return of Serve

This is arguably the most difficult shot in table tennis.

[25] Table Tennis Day

[5] a simplified approach: Tom Lodziak

[24] return a tomahawk serve: The Racquet Life

[45] returning the long serve: PingSunday

22. Strategy

[72] strategy: Table Tennis Spot

23. Injury

[74] 6 Things to Know About Recovery After Knee Replacement: Hospital for Special Surgery

24. Academic Findings

Although table tennis has a tradition lasting more than 100 years, relatively little is known about players' physiological requirements - especially during competition. In this review we discuss research studies that have led to our current understanding of how the body functions during table tennis training and competition and how this is altered by training. Match and practice analysis of the table tennis game indicates that during intense practice and competition it is predominantly the anaerobic alactic system that is called into play, while the endurance system is relied on to recovery the anaerobic stores used during such effort. It is thus important for coaches to keep in mind that, while the anaerobic alactic system is the most energetic system used during periods of exertion in a table tennis game, a strong capacity for endurance is what helps a player recover quicker for the following match and the next day of competition.

[41] The Physiological Demands of Table Tennis: Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

25. References

¹ World Table Tennis. (14 October 2022). "2022 ITTF World Team Championships: Women's Final Recap | China vs. Japan" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgkS_6LUTFI)

² World Table Tennis. (14 October 2022). "2022 ITTF World Team Championships: Men's Final Recap | China vs. Germany" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0g6eOjLHk8)

³ Tomorrow Table Tennis. (16 October 2022). "Best Table Tennis Serves Tutorial. (Pt 1: backspin, hook)" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1QHwNHHeSw)

⁴ Lodziak, Tom. (16 October 2022). "4 killer serves to destroy your opponents (with Craig Bryant)" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuXKHxRcRbQ)

⁵ Lodziak, Tom. (17 October 2022). "A simplified approach to returning serves" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj_pv2sRTjg)

⁶ Expert Table Tennis. (19 October 2022). "The Four Basic Table Tennis Strokes" (www.experttabletennis.com/basic-table-tennis-strokes/)

⁷ Expert Table Tennis. (19 October 2022). "Table Tennis Grip – Shakehand" (www.experttabletennis.com/table-tennis-grip/)

⁸ Expert Table Tennis. (19 October 2022). "Table Tennis Stance and Ready Position (with Fan Zhendong)" (www.experttabletennis.com/table-tennis-stance-and-ready-position/)

⁹ Expert Table Tennis. (19 October 2022). "How to Play Table Tennis (in 12 Simple Steps)" (www.experttabletennis.com/how-to-play-table-tennis/)

¹⁰ Larcombe, Ben. (19 October 2022). "How to Improve Your Shakehands Table Tennis Grip" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXAXpZ8jRZw&t=12s)

¹¹ New Level TT. (19 October 2022). "Concept 01 - Holding pressure line | Best table tennis grip advice" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BsnygueSPg)

¹² tennis "PingSunday EmRatThich". (19 October 2022). "table tennis master level: using fingers (Ma Long's technique)" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thqzpeiz2Xo)

¹³ MLFM Table Tennis. (21 October 2022). "How To Improve Your Footwork | Best Tips (Table Tennis)" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwvPj0nOIIU)

¹⁴ Expert Table Tennis. (22 October 2022). "How to Play a Forehand Drive in Table Tennis" (www.experttabletennis.com/forehand-drive-in-table-tennis/)

¹⁵ Expert Table Tennis. (23 October 2022). "How to Play a Forehand Push in Table Tennis" (www.experttabletennis.com/forehand-push-table-tennis/)

¹⁶ Expert Table Tennis. (24 October 2022). "How to Play a Forehand Loop in Table Tennis" (www.experttabletennis.com/forehand-loop/)

¹⁷ Expert Table Tennis. (25 October 2022). "How to Play a Backhand Drive in Table Tennis" (www.experttabletennis.com/backhand-drive-table-tennis/)

¹⁸ Expert Table Tennis. (26 October 2022). "How to Play a Backhand Push in Table Tennis" (www.experttabletennis.com/how-to-play-a-backhand-push-in-table-tennis/)

¹⁹ Expert Table Tennis. (27 October 2022). "The Chop Block (The Most Neglected Shot in Table Tennis)" (www.experttabletennis.com/chop-block/)

²⁰ Killerspin. (27 October 2022). "How to Forehand Lob" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYzwsRxqSpg)

²¹ Killerspin. (27 October 2022). "How to Hit a Backhand Lob Shot in Table Tennis" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sWPpCzYI70)

²² Horvath, Ferenc. (28 October 2022). "5 tips to improve your BACKHAND LOOP (with Ferenc Horvath)" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=H349iFl4C4o)

²³ Ovtcharov, Dimitrij. (29 October 2022). "4 Steps with Dimitrij Ovtcharov to learn the Worlds Best Tomahawk Serve" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHqUS1xCpqU)

²⁴ The Racquet Life. (30 October 2022). "How To Return A Tomahawk Serve In Table Tennis" (theracketlife.com/how-to-return-a-tomahawk-serve-in-table-tennis/)

²⁵ Table Tennis Day. (31 October 2022). "How to Return Table Tennis Serve?" ()

²⁶ Ping Pong Academy. (25 November 2022). "Table Tennis Footwork: How to Move Right? (pingpongacademy.org/table-tennis-footwork/")

²⁷ Table Tennis Spot. (26 November 2022). "Table Tennis Technique – Footwork" (www.tabletennisspot.com/table-tennis-technique-footwork/)

²⁸ World Table Tennis. (27 November 2022). "How to play table tennis - Forehand Drive" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abe_FicwtAE)

²⁹ PingSkills. (28 November 2022). "Forehand Chop | Table Tennis | PingSkills" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4n0YXKt8FU)

³⁰ PingSkills. (29 November 2022). "Backhand Chop | PingSkills | Table Tennis" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5xZXjaRfwk)

³¹ Ping Pong Picks. (30 November 2022). "Different Types Of Table Tennis Grips – Complete Guide In 2022" (pingpongpicks.com/blog-posts/different-types-of-table-tennis-grips/)

³² Ping Skills. (1 December 2022). "Forehand Block | Table Tennis | PingSkills" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V021kGUUTsU)

³³ Ping Pong Academy. (4 December 2022). "Chop Block in Table Tennis: How and When to Use the Technique" (pingpongacademy.org/chop-block-table-tennis)

³⁴ Racquet Insight. (5 December 2022). "The 5 Serving Rules in Table Tennis You Need to Know" (racketinsight.com/table-tennis/serving-rules-in-table-tennis/)

³⁵ Table Tennis Nation. (7 December 2022). "10 BEST BACKHANDS In The World Of Table Tennis" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx_hE7x6Vrg)

³⁶ table tennis "PingSunday EmRatThich". (8 December 2022). "Legendary forehand of the top Chinese players" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sphQHrnl90)

³⁷ PingSkills. (9 December 2022). "Backhand Push | Table Tennis | PingSkills" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_NAMempMvs)

³⁸ TableSkills. (10 December 2022). "Joo Se Hyuk - South Korean Wall" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-OpfxifS9Y)

³⁹ MHTable Tennis. (11 December 2022). "Basic Rules for an ITTF Legal Table Tennis Serve | JOOLA Basics" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1JsA7Plids)

⁴⁰ SmartED. (12 December 2022). "TOP 5 SERVERS OF TABLE TENNIS" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKTWml84rA)

⁴¹ Miran Kondrič, Alessandro Moura Zagatto, & Damir Sekulić. (2013). The Physiological Demands of Table Tennis: A Review. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 12, 362-370. (repositorio.unesp.br/bitstream/handle/11449/76484/2-s2.0-84883147806.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)

⁴² KunalPuri _TTVideos. (14 December 2022). "Top 5 Unique serves in Table-Tennis(part 2)" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ihxa3TX-C8)

⁴³ MLFM Table Tennis. (15 December 2022). "Learning CRAZY Sidespin Serve | MLFM Table Tennis Tutorial" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-JIgWeN5Z8)

⁴⁴ MHTableTennis. (16 December 2022). "Learn and Improve the Basic Backspin Table Tennis Serve" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2aaDGCx_-I)

⁴⁵ PingSunday. (17 December 2022). "How to return the long serve in table tennis like a pro" (pingsunday.com/how-to-return-the-long-serve-in-table-tennis-like-a-pro/)

⁴⁶ PingSunday. (18 December 2022). "Best table tennis strategy: Serve and attack" (pingsunday.com/strategy-win-table-tennis-serve-attack/)

⁴⁷ PingSunday. (19 December 2022). "Top 10 fundamental skills for modern table tennis" (pingsunday.com/10-table-tennis-fundamental-skills/)

⁴⁸ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 1" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGc6AUq49tQ)

⁴⁹ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 2" (www.youtube.com/shorts/uqmjsW1qBQ8)

⁵⁰ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 3" (www.youtube.com/shorts/tUEaTh7yyiM)

⁵¹ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 4" (www.youtube.com/shorts/jR2mVhd0GSc)

⁵² Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 5" (www.youtube.com/shorts/XIZ9Q0pOoxw)

⁵³ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 6" (www.youtube.com/shorts/1SIgVeuYa1k)

⁵⁴ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 7" (www.youtube.com/shorts/_mhqCa6XU9Y)

⁵⁵ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 8" (www.youtube.com/shorts/-6qPaMVKV2w)

⁵⁶ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 9" (www.youtube.com/shorts/xOxD6NILUEg)

⁵⁷ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 10" (www.youtube.com/shorts/29GS7KN_zT0)

⁵⁸ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 11" (www.youtube.com/shorts/5d4ItEJxr1Q)

⁵⁹ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 12" (www.youtube.com/shorts/gUglI_euj4s)

⁶⁰ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 13" (www.youtube.com/shorts/YbRP-LzvPZ8)

⁶¹ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 14" (www.youtube.com/shorts/iYgEybsaXwM)

⁶² Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 15" (www.youtube.com/shorts/2KdEqXN0NzU)

⁶³ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 16" (www.youtube.com/shorts/GLQqJLURraI)

⁶⁴ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 17" (www.youtube.com/shorts/6INYk-I4cGc)

⁶⁵ Ping-Pong Culture. (20 December 2022). "Table Tennis Best Points Shorts - 18" (www.youtube.com/shorts/LktLK41EjdI)

⁶⁶ Pongfinity. (21 December 2022). "Return My Serve, Win £100 [London]" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRa_VpMp2ls)

⁶⁷ Pongfinity. (22 December 2022). "Crazy Ping Pong Shots" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRmVDCWcd9o)

⁶⁸ Pongfinity. (23 December 2022). "Best Ping Pong Shots 2018" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj8XNBZZsxY)

⁶⁹ Pongfinity. (24 December 2022). "Pongfinity Highlights in Real Matches" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpbpOHOU8Bk)

⁷⁰ Olympics. (26 December 2022). "How To Forehand Drive & Backhand Chop in Table Tennis | Olympians' Tips" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQXqa6Kupo0)

⁷¹ PingSkills. (27 December 2022). "Backhand Block | PingSkills | Table Tennis" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-gQutk9tgo)

⁷² Table Tennis Spot. (5 January 2023). "Table Tennis Game Strategy To Win The Game" (www.tabletennisspot.com/table-tennis-game-strategy/)

⁷³ National Public Radio. (8 January 2023). "Pico Iyer: What Can Ping-Pong Teach Us About Life?" (www.npr.org/2019/12/20/789740217/pico-iyer-what-can-ping-pong-teach-us-about-life)

⁷⁴ Hospital for Special Surgery. (9 January 2023). "6 Things to Know About Recovery After Knee Replacement" (https://www.hss.edu/article_knee-replacement-recovery.asp)