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This is a really neat way for kids and beginners to get the feel of a loop. Quite impressive from this young girl!

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What a good training routine, with a good arm action & timing

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This girl has excellent hand eye co-ordination and thankfully she's not obsessed with hittting the ball as hard as possible which many beginners are. I think she's quite advanced especially as the ball has little pace on it so it's dropping very quickly after leaving the end of the table giving her very little margin for error.

Based on my experience of coaching children (and adult beginners) I'd have two concerns with this technique where a forehand is played directly behind the table and the ball is rolled slowly so it just drops off the end
1. They could hit their hand on the table on the upswing - ouch.
2. They could hit the table with the bat damaging either the table or their rubber.

The way I've seen this practiced is for the player to stand outside the line of the table rather than directly behind it. This let's you
- get in a more natural position to play the forehand and still practice the upward motion. It's easier to have the left foot foot slightly forward of the right (for a right handed player) which is a more natural way of playing the shot.
- less chance of the hand hitting the table, although if it does, there is more chance it will be a sharp corner

I think using this technique where the player stands directly behind and inside the line of the table would probably be better for practicing the backhand than the forehand?