Backhand Loop

LeangHeng IT Asked 12 years ago

Hi Coach,

My backhand is very weak inconsistent when I tried to counter to backspin ball!!! How do I improve backhand loop??? If there are basic ways practising without using a table or ball, this is good!!!

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi LeangHeng,

Before you get on the table you can watch your stroke in a mirror wihtout a ball and see if it looks correct. Take a look a our lesson on the Backhand Loop Off Backspin and see if you are getting it right. Then on the table you need to find a way to practice this one shot repetitively.

A good way is with multiball. Get someone to feed out the balls to you with backspin just to your backhand side and practice this stroke.

Another way is if you serve, get your training partner to push the ball back to your backhand and then do the backhand loop. After this shot stop the rally and repeat the process. You should so this drill for around 10 minutes when you train. If you can do this consistently over a month you will find good improvement with this stroke.

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LeangHeng IT Posted 12 years ago

Thank you coach!!! It seems that my backhand has less power though I am strong. Or I don't know how to use my physical strength with the backhand??? Big thanks for any suggestions!

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 12 years ago

To get more speed you need to contact the ball a little flatter and get the bat moving more forward to generate the extra speed.

LeangHeng IT Posted 12 years ago

Hi Coach, if I hit the ball flatter, is it more likely to get into the net for backspin ball??? Anyway, I will try it out tomorrow to see what happen for hit the ball flatter for backspin ball!!!

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 12 years ago

It just needs to be a little flatter to generate more spin. You still need to be brushing the ball to get the lift.

LeangHeng IT Posted 12 years ago

Hi coach Alois,

When I hit the ball flatter, I feel it generates the speed and also can lift the ball up over the net for not-backspin ball. But for the heavy backspin ball, when I hit the ball flatter to increase the power (speed), it most of the times goes into the net. What happen???

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 12 years ago

That is why we talked about making sure you still have the topspin on the ball. It is still very important. Just a little bit flatter. YOu must practice this stroke a lot to get the speed. It will not happen straight away. Like with everything in Table Tennis you have to practice it repetitively before you can judge whether it has improved.

LeangHeng IT Posted 12 years ago

Hi coach, I get you!!! I thought I had to lift weight downward => upward to increase the speed!!! I will try to find a person who interested in table tennis to be my training partner.

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