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Author:  CoachMcAfee [ 03 May 2012, 16:34 ]
Post subject:  Long Pips Ball Control Drills for Close to Table Style
Hello All,
I often get asked about what type of drills that I do to build-up my own long pips ball control skills. I have fifteen ball control drills that I do. I have made some short videos demonstrating the first five of these drills. I hope to get the rest of the drills on-line in a few days.

Here are the links to the first five drills.







Coach McAfee
Author:  decoy [ 03 May 2012, 17:13 ]
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thanks for that will be looking forward to the rest :)
Author:  helsen [ 03 May 2012, 17:21 ]
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That are great videos.
Thank you very much for sharing!
Author:  CoachMcAfee [ 03 May 2012, 17:58 ]
Post subject:  Re: Long Pips Ball Control Drills for Close to Table Style
Drill #6 is now up at:



Coach McAfee
Author:  PipProdigy [ 03 May 2012, 18:35 ]
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Do you drill with him every Wednesday? That explains why I have so much trouble when I play him. He beat me 3-1 last Saturday but I plan to have my revenge this weekend.
Author:  haggisv [ 03 May 2012, 19:51 ]
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That's fantastic! :clap: :clap: :clap: I'll sticky this thread! :up: :up: :up:
Author:  TTbuddy [ 03 May 2012, 21:26 ]
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Brilliant and thank you Coach :up: :up:
Author:  Bogeyhunter [ 04 May 2012, 13:45 ]
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now I know why Nobu is very good against LP!!!
Author:  PipProdigy [ 04 May 2012, 21:24 ]
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Bogeyhunter wrote:
now I know why Nobu is very good against LP!!!


Lol, my thoughts exactly...
Author:  CoachMcAfee [ 08 May 2012, 15:45 ]
Post subject:  Re: Long Pips Ball Control Drills for Close to Table Style
Hello All,
I have uploaded 8 more videos of the long pips training drills series on you tube at:

















I hope the long pips players on the forum will find them useful.

Coach McAfee
Author:  haggisv [ 08 May 2012, 15:54 ]
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Ah I see you've copied them here already :up: :up: :up:

PS Embedded them so that you can view them directly.

Thank you very much!!! Great stuff! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Author:  Justas [ 08 May 2012, 16:29 ]
Post subject:  Re: Long Pips Ball Control Drills for Close to Table Style
Nice videos coach, but I would like to know what are your favorite moves when you play against:
1) Power-looper (for example Michael Landers) - who just loves to 1 shot you
2) Blocker - who loves to block and only sometimes attacks
3) Defender - who's main weapon of choice is many heavy underspin balls and very spiny loops
Author:  CoachMcAfee [ 08 May 2012, 17:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: Long Pips Ball Control Drills for Close to Table Style
Well, I certainly am not going to be able to compete with a player at Michael Landers level. I am competitive in the USA in the Over 60 age group but that is a long way from competing with US National Team Members. However, I will try to give you a couple of ideas of how I would tactically play the styles you listed (at my level).

Against a power-looper, I normally turn up my own offense when I am serving. If I am forced to chop-block with my long pips I am going to take the ball as early off the bounce as possible to put the looper under some “time pressure” and hope to force some errors from him. When receiving serves, I am going to have to greatly vary my serve returns, including flipping often to use the short pips on the backhand. I have to keep the power looper confused about what is coming on the serve return or he will probably score a high percentage on his first loop attack.

Against most blockers, I will try two different tactics. First, I am going to attack with my long pips to see how he blocks against the “sinking” ball. Many blockers play well against loopers but cannot play against flat dead-balls. My second tactic is to simply force forehand to forehand exchanges. I have a strong forehand and I can often win these exchanges.

Against a heavy spin defender, I am first going to make sure that I am anticipating their first loop and make sure that I get it back on the table. I will use my own forehand loop to back the defender up from the table and then I will often flat hit with the long pips. Once back from the table, many choppers find it difficult to return the hard “dead” hit from the long pips.
Of course there are more tactics against these styles but these are a few of the basics.

Coach McAfee
Author:  Justas [ 08 May 2012, 19:38 ]
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Thanks coach, it was interesting to hear your opinion.
Author:  mynamenotbob [ 08 May 2012, 23:48 ]
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Thanks Coach, this video series is terrific. I had a nice upset Monday night that I can attribute to your advice on service return.

Do you have any special tactics for playing against aggressive penholders?
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