Table Tennis Robots

Training

Larry Winn
Larry Winn Asked 10 years ago

Howdy,

Years ago I had two tables in my garage, one table was for my son and I to play against each other and the other table had a newgy robot for us to practice on when one of us was not around to play with.  What are your ideas about using a robot as a training device, and what do you see as it's greatest good?

Larry Winn


Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago

Hi Larry,

I think robots are OK for training your strokes when you don’t have someone to train with.  Their limitation is that they do not give you the cues that you normally get from an opponents swing.

They are good for training a repetitive stroke and learning the action of your stroke.  Multiball is a better way of doing this though, if you have someone to practice with.


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Salvatore Arpaia

Salvatore Arpaia Posted 9 years ago

Alois, I agree robots are only a second options. But do you have any suggestions on how to get the best of this opportunity?

 


Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago

Hi Salvatore,

I think utilise them for learning strokes.  I think especially they can be used to practice against a backspin ball as this is something that you can't often get a training partner to do well and consistently.

The more advanced robots can also place a series of 3 or 4 balls that you can utilise for footwork training again with consistency.

Quite a few of our drill in our free Training Drills download can be adapted to use with the robot.


Miklós Fazekas

Miklós Fazekas Posted 9 years ago

I train a lot with robot, for lack of partner, (i'm a beginner). With robot i do like that i can make progressive drills. Say you're starting top spinning a light backspin ball. Then once confident i can up the number of balls/min, or i can go to more spiny balls, or set the robot so it adds a bit of randomness in direction, or alternate between push and topspin and/or forehand/backhand, then those can be combined.


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