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Pasquale Mule Asked 10 years ago

Hi Alois! i have some good news, its that i found a fantastic way to practice alone while i cant find a partner, and that is multiball alone without a robot. Now how do i do that if the balls are not feeding to me? well i realized one thing that they said nothing in table tennis is impossible. So i forced myself to think and i said "as im a bit away from the table in my normal position, what if i throw the ball a bit high or lower and do my strokes?" and as you may know i practiced that and improved my forehand and backhand topspin! now, why dont i train with the robot? because the robot wont stop whenever you want unless you press stop on the control box, but now i know in fact with this way, i can stop the drill or exercise whenever i want. And also my robot wont always throw it different directions. But i can sometimes.

Now i have two questions:

1) Is this a good way to practice?

2) If it is, can the one on one ball or two on two balls has to be just counterhitting? or i can do some basic topspinning 

Because today i made the current and concentrated on: Counterhitting forehand and backhand, Topspinning forehand and backhand and of course short pushing forehand and backhand and a little bit the pendulum serve.

Thanks! for reading! i love pingskills

Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago

Hi George,

This is a good way to practice if you don’t have a partner.

The only limitation is that the ball has a different bounce to a game because in the game the ball is travelling towards you and has it’s own speed.

It is a matter of doing what you can when you can and hit as many balls as you can.

Keep up the good work and keep training.