OOAK Table Tennis Forum

https://youtu.be/a1Zxl98tGZk?t=342 (start at this time)

replace game with "table tennis". replace money/loot/skins with ratings.

We forgot to do that editing class in FL.

Well for people with time to waste...

Princeton Pong June 2019 Laj: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... -R0L8DRotV

My last tournament at Princeton where I usually struggle. This time I was top seed in U2000 and defended my seeding. I didn't record any matches before the semis. These are the semis and the finals. I think in the finals I saved the best shot for last.

And no, I didn't use my torso properly especially on serves, I didn't hip clap and I served long no spin to the pip because it was working. I am ashamed of my play and happy with my win. Winning is hard these days. But I don't think I could played without the confidence and the feeling of the training.

My unrecorded matches were better because I can only remember thunderous shots and can't peruse them for technical issues. More seriously, I went down 0-2 to a 1500 penholder before I came back. Then I beat the finalist 3-0 (thanks to pgpg for all the Grass Dtecs LP practice), played a kid in the quarters who was near tears that all his long serves were being looped at him (and ended up giving up a game out of pity/annoyance), won the semis (video above) vs a guy who I hadn't beaten before though he has gone rusty while I have trained since I last played him, and then won the rematch with the guy in my group in the final (again thanks to pgpg for the DTecs training).

Using BRS metrics, this was really an U1850 win as none of my opponents were rated over 1850 (though the semi-finalist and finalists have easily beaten players over 2000 before). But I think I will stick to the BRS criteria.

Congrats on your U1850 win, NL!

PS: OH and I forgot to mention that I had flu like symptoms. So add 50 pts for that. Congrats to me on the U1900 win.

They are half way towards being great. You need to do the double-fold in a more defined way and that should propel your racket over your head in a circle. Your circle is way too small because you body doesn't move enough.

For those of you wondering what this all means, watch LTT112.

How can you improve your return now? If those serves are really short, then just tap them back short and prove it. If you can't, they are probably long.

With these discussions of 20%/80% and nationals coming up for me....I've been thinking what I could do to improve my point expectation in the next few weeks.

What parts of your game do you think you could improve in a month that would make a difference in many of your matches?

I'll keep my answer to one item: Improve my backhand against backspin consistency. I tend to make a lot of errors on this shot even though it is technically sound. My guess is at my levelish (+-200 pts) that I get in around 60% yet win the point outright 3/4ths of the time. (I've been tracking it for the last week in practice matches). If I could get closer to 80% in and win outright a bit more (say 4/5) then that should improve my point outcome by 1 or 2 per game and sometimes much more, depending on the usual variables (usually the other player). It's a big ask to improve consistency and quality and maybe it isn't possible to do that much in a month but I'm sure it's possible to improve those numbers some.

I may have lower hanging fruit but I'm too dumb to see that fruit right now.

With these discussions of 20%/80% and nationals coming up for me....I've been thinking what I could do to improve my point expectation in the next few weeks.

What parts of your game do you think you could improve in a month that would make a difference in many of your matches?

I'll keep my answer to one item: Improve my backhand against backspin consistency. I tend to make a lot of errors on this shot even though it is technically sound. My guess is at my levelish (+-200 pts) that I get in around 60% yet win the point outright 3/4ths of the time. (I've been tracking it for the last week in practice matches). If I could get closer to 80% in and win outright a bit more (say 4/5) then that should improve my point outcome by 1 or 2 per game and sometimes much more, depending on the usual variables (usually the other player). It's a big ask to improve consistency and quality and maybe it isn't possible to do that much in a month but I'm sure it's possible to improve those numbers some.

I may have lower hanging fruit but I'm too dumb to see that fruit right now.

I am addicted to multiball training. Now I know I am because I had someone feed me and it was his first time trying so he sprayed the ball quite a bit even when feeding it at a slow pace and I felt I was back in Florida despite not having a great feed.

I hope this doesn't wreck my game..

Tyson has one of the Brazilian coaches he brings in coming to Zero Beach TT on Saturday. I'm doing three hours with a small group, probably a good bit of multiball. I expect just training more than coaching since there are four of us in a three hour session. But that's fine. I am sure he feeds quality multiball.

I have to choose some exercises is all. Probably the same Florida stuff, plus some middle-corner, and some short or long. My biggest problem is still ball perception. I'm constantly wrong about short or long, or so late on the read that I just guess. It's not pretty.

Tyson has one of the Brazilian coaches he brings in coming to Zero Beach TT on Saturday. I'm doing three hours with a small group, probably a good bit of multiball. I expect just training more than coaching since there are four of us in a three hour session. But that's fine. I am sure he feeds quality multiball.

I have to choose some exercises is all. Probably the same Florida stuff, plus some middle-corner, and some short or long. My biggest problem is still ball perception. I'm constantly wrong about short or long, or so late on the read that I just guess. It's not pretty.