Reacting to fast winners

Table Tennis Strokes and Technique

Last updated 11 years ago

azhar bhabha

azhar bhabha Asked 11 years ago

hey alois.... yesterday i played the tournament i mentioned earlier... i won my matches with the unseeded players with ease... but in the 4th round i played sanil shetty, india rank 3... a phenomenal player who could produce winners at will... now im 20 yrs old, have been playin since 1.5 yrs and making tremendous and rapid improvement for my age....(i play 6 hrs a day).. but one thing i have realised while playing state level players is that while among themselves they make amazing returns and have beautiful rallies, when i play against them i simply do not have time to react to a shot when they attack.. dont tell me not to allow them to attack coz when playin the same shot against a player of their level it gets returned....is it that i've got naturally slow reflexes (worrisome) ? or is it that my age is too old to reach a competetive level? pls reply this has been botherng me...


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Azhar,

To be able to keep up with these players you need time and more practice.  You can't just compete with them at their speed easily.  Keep working at it and with time and more training you will start to be able to track the ball at those speeds.  Your body starts to become conditioned to it.  Give it time and good quality training.  In training you need to be hitting the ball at that pace consistently to be able to do it in a match situation.


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Tom Goodwin

Tom Goodwin Posted 11 years ago

look at the way there bat is facing so you can guess where they are playing the ball before they do it helps with being able to get to the ball in time but you have to guess spin and power a lot i find midrange is best


azhar bhabha

azhar bhabha Posted 11 years ago

oh wow thanks a lot... i never knew it worked like that... its a huge relief... now im even more determined to practice hard... but do you reckon i am too old to get to a competetive level?? thats wat all the 16 year olds i play wit say.... :/


azhar bhabha

azhar bhabha Posted 11 years ago

thanks for your input as well tom... :)


Vishal Oza

Vishal Oza Posted 11 years ago

@Azhar you were playing at the Dombiwali state level tournament?


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Azhar,

Even though you are starting older you can still reach a good level, especially training those sort of hours.  Just keep working hard and see where you can get to.


Jeff Plumb

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Here is an interesting article on the topic.

How to Build Better Reflexes: Forget Speed and Focus on Information

azhar bhabha

azhar bhabha Posted 11 years ago

@vishal... no dude it was held at juhu gymkhana...

@alois...yes i think im gonna work hard n become the best...

@jeff... that was a good read.. n what alois said abt conditioning your body makes a lot of sense too...


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Azhar,

Juhu, I have pictures of me at Juhu beach when I was about 2 I think...  Nice memories.


azhar bhabha

azhar bhabha Posted 11 years ago

hahaha nice to know uv been to india... ever come again after that?? how come u were here?? got any relatives here??


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

I was born in India and been back a few times for Table Tennis and to visit relatives.


azhar bhabha

azhar bhabha Posted 11 years ago

oh thats really cool...let me know the next time your here would really like to meet if u could spare time... :)


azhar bhabha

azhar bhabha Posted 11 years ago

im reading this after awhile, i have been training for those hours consistently since when i asked u this question, and i have noticed myself that i am finding myself ready for most of my opponents attacks. its all about conditioning...!


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Well done Azhar.  Good to hear of your improvement.



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