Many amateur table tennis enthusiasts have not received formal basic training when they first play, so that the batting action is strange, neither unreasonable nor coordinated, and the rate of going on stage is surprisingly low. Seriously affecting the improvement of amateur table tennis level, even making them lose interest in the sport. As the saying goes: it is not too late to make up for the dead sheep. In fact, as long as there is a determination to practice table tennis, any age and level level is not a problem. Although it is impossible to reach the level of professional players, it is still completely possible to improve a lot from their previous level.
Let's talk about how amateur table tennis enthusiasts should retrain their most common, most important, and most error-prone forehand tackles. After practicing forehand attack, other basic skills can also be retrained according to this idea and pattern, and I believe that it can also achieve good results.
First, the common mistake of amateur table tennis enthusiasts to attack the ball with forehand
1. Raise your elbows
The tip of the elbow is raised upwards when hitting the ball, mainly for fear of bad habits developed by the ball.
2. Flip your wrist
When hitting the ball, the wrist flips and presses downwards, which is also a bad habit of fearing that the ball will come out.
3. Wheel arm
When hitting the ball, it will only hit the big arm, and will not accelerate quickly.
4, will not turn the waist
When hitting the ball, only the arm is moved, and the overall body is not used to coordinate the force, and the most fundamental manifestation is that the waist and the arm movement are disconnected.
5. The batting point is not correct
The hitting point of the forehand attack is the rising and high point period of bouncing up after falling on the own table. The wrong hitting point is to choose to hit the ball during the descending period, so that the correct batting feeling is not found at all. This is also one of the most overlooked points for amateurs.
There are also some other problems, such as standing too flat, standing too straight, holding a hand and stretching forward, and so on. In short, there are thousands of wrong actions, and there is only one set of correct actions. After re-practicing, any wrong actions have been solved.
Second, the action essentials of forehand attack (take the right hand shooting as an example)
1. Prepare the posture
The body is about 30 to 40 cm away from the table, the whole body is relaxed, the knees are bent, the shoulders are naturally relaxed, and the upper body is slightly forward. The amplitude between the feet is basically the same as the shoulder width, the left foot is slightly forward, the right foot is later (the foot on the side of the clapper is later), and the difference between the front and back of the two feet is about half the length of the sole. If you are standing in the middle of the bottom line of the table, then the front of your eyes should be the right corner of the opposite table, not the center of the opposite table. The large arms of the clapper hand sag naturally, and the forearm bend is similar to the height of the table.
2. Hitting the ball
When the ping-pong ball flies over, the clapper pulls the clapper back to the right. The correct lead shot should be to turn the waist and open the hand to the right. When the ping-pong ball falls on the table and bounces up, the racket leans forward slightly, swinging the forearm forward in the most economical line to hit the ball. Only consider the forward force, due to the limitation of the elbow, when waving the forearm forward, it will naturally retract the arm obliquely upwards, resulting in upward force. When hitting the ping-pong ball during the ascent period, you should swing it to the front of the head (be careful not to exceed the midline of your body) and quickly restore it at about 50 cm to prepare for the next shot.
Third, the steps of retraining the forehand attack
Retraining forehand tackles is actually much more difficult than beginners learning. The reason for this is that the wrong habits that have been formed before are difficult to change. So retraining should be based on the understanding of the correct movements and the feeling of a reasonable shot.
First of all, it is necessary to ensure the correct preparation posture, which is not difficult to learn with a little attention. Don't underestimate this correct preparation posture, only by doing this posture correctly can you carry out correct training. Otherwise, it is the water without a source of wood.
Second, make sure to hit the ball during the ascending or high point period. This must be done, otherwise it is impossible to borrow the combined force of the ping-pong ball, and the forehand attack action will not be played.
Finally, learn to use the elbow as a shaft to close the forearm to hit the ball. Wrists, arms, shoulders, waist, legs, or anything else don't matter, although don't move. Of course, the big arm will be naturally driven with the forearm, which can be had, don't worry about it. Just remember to use your elbow as a shaft to close your forearm and hit the ball.
As long as the above three points can be done correctly, then it is equivalent to opening the door to the right path. What needs to be done below is a lot of training. Don't exert force first, increase the number of consecutive forehand attacks on the basis of ensuring a fixed landing point. For example, at the beginning, you can only fix the landing point and play five or six consecutive forehand attacks, and as the training increases, you can slowly fix the landing point and play fifty or sixty consecutive forehand attacks. This is not the goal, you must be able to play two or three hundred in a row. When you can hold on to such a number in one breath, you will feel that the shoulders, arms, wrists and other parts are sore and abnormal, which is the result of you not mastering the correct movement essentials, and all the muscles are tense. Keep going, and you'll learn to be "lazy" and relax your muscles when you're not hitting.
After a month or two of training forehand attacks like this, you will feel that forehand attacks are so easy that you will hardly drop the ball easily, and it is normal to play hundreds of consecutive shots. At this time, you can naturally use the coordinated power of the body such as turning the waist. If you can do that, then congratulations you've mastered the right forehand tackle! The next step of power through the board can refer to the article "Breaking through the sound barrier spell of table tennis, how amateurs can easily penetrate the bottom board".