OOAK Table Tennis Forum

1) Join a club, get some coaching.

2) Once you've gotten good, go where the players aren't so good..

(This happens quite a bit, actually, if you move somewhere where there aren't any serious players and have to spend your playing time in a dorm basement..)

Iskandar

You need to really be prepared to change and work hard on it.

Play with the best players in the area.

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Donic Waldner Senso V1,FH Joola Rhyzm 425 2.0mm ,BH Donic Baracuda Big Slam 2.0mm

Change your blade and rubbers constantly until you find the perfect combination.

And when you do - remember that an even better one almost certainly is just round the corner.

Or, more seriously, if you cannot get a local coach, which would be the best way to improve your game, look for TTEdge, PingSkills, Brian Pace, Expert Table Tennis etc on YouTube/the Internet. All have some good basic information, and advice on how to get more.

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Other setups:
DHS H301 Blade/DHS Hurricane 3 Nat/Tibhar Evolution MX-S
DHS H301 Blade/Loki GTX Pro/Loki GTX Pro

You'll have to admit, Ma Long sets a pretty high bar...

Iskandar

You have posted in the "penhold grip" section. Are you looking for online tutorials on penhold grip?

Someone at at golf group lesson asked how can I play well enough to join the tour. He said quit your job and do nothing but practice.

But seriously a club is great. You'll be exposed to different player styles. Find out how to attack off them. Add a coach to find out what you're doing right and wrong. It can get really precise like which fingers you put pressure on to make a stroke or where to put you leg when you make a forehand. It's hard to get that from a video.

In order to become a player simply go to a club, get a starting setup and start hitting.
But unfortunately being Chinese is REQUIRED in order to become the best player.

I WISH I were kidding but if you look at lists of the best players from any country, literally ANY country you're likely to find a bunch of:
John Chineselastnames and Jane Chineselastnames.

I hope all these are like sarcasic or tongue-in-cheek comments

Serious note on becoming "a best" rather than "a better" table tennis player is to be born not only into a TT family ( father or mother must have been top-10 ) but to have the same parents sit you on a TT table since the age of 2 and have you swing the giant tennis-size TT blade while feeding you ( milk only if you hit a 1000 balls, else just balls everywhere ). That way you can surpass anyone! By age of 12 you would have become World No. 1 or will have been crowned Youth No.1 , Junior No.1 etc and none of the oldies can touch you and your same-age opponents will be in awe too much gap in training to ever score against you.

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Backup C-pen blades:

• TSP Black Balsa 7.0 :
  1. FH/BH-729OEM/729SuperFX
  2. FH/BH-STN
• 729 Bomb : FH/BH-YRD/T5QS
• DHS PowerG-9 : FH/BH-729SuperFX
• Stag Balsa Koto : FH/BH-YRD/YR9

Fun blades:

• Yasaka Battle Balsa(ST) : FH/BH-YSD

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There are probably dozens of kids born into top table tennis families but there is only one Harimoto..

Iskandar