strong backhand, not so strong forehand
Table Tennis Strokes and Technique
Last updated 13 years ago
Harry Brayshaw Asked 13 years ago
| SOME ADVICE PLEASE. |
| Hello there, I started playing again last year after 35 years absence, am now 66 years old with very good reflexes, am playing A reserve with Central Coast Table Tennis Assoc. & will be going into A grade next Comp. (have won 20 matches lost only one) Am using Double Happiness wind series CW-C bat with Commercial Hurricane rubber for 13 months without changing rubber, Hurricane 2 backhand & 3 on forehand. I feel I have adapted to bat very well but forehand top spin tends to overshoot table unless I slow down the swing, would this be due to H3 (forehand) getting old? In comp. play I usually chop FH & BH & kill the ball normally with BH, my BH is very strong & I have very spinny serve so worried about completely changing bat/rubbers even though I find it very heavy I wear a wrist support as wrist gets sore, have tried 3 other bats for fun but find the chop tends to sit up whereas with my bat it gives low & very spinny chop, I find the Hurricane rubbers are good value & keep them clean + keep protection sheets on & apply Spinmax once weekly. My game centres around giving opponent very difficult serves then strong chopping on both hands waiting to kill with BH & I stand fairly close to table.Can you give your opinion as some players concentrate on my forehand.Regards, Harry |
Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago
Hi Harry,
Firstly, well done on getting back into TT.
It sounds like the Hurricane rubbers suit you. The grippier surface will tend to give you the spin that you are looking for.
My only advice would be to develop your forehand attack. It doesn't even have to be a great shot, but if you can break it up by making a topspin stroke there, your oppponents will have less options. At the moment they probably feel safe to put the ball back onto your forehand. If you can develop a topspin stroke there, you will throw all their plans into disarray.
Give it a try and see if you can start to develop a forehand attacking stroke.
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