Hi I'm Alois from PingSkills. Today we're going to show you how to focus on keeping the ball
nice and low over the net.
Keeping the ball low over the next is critical in table tennis.
If you put the ball up higher it's much easier for your opponent to make an attacking stroke.
To help us to focus on how high the ball is going over the net
we have just rigged up this string across the net.
To rig this up for yourself
you just need a piece of string,
two sticks, I've just used some plastic sticks here,
and some sort of clamp to clamp them on the net.
So I've just wrapped the string around the top of the post there
and all I do is I put it up
next to the net
and you use
the clamp to hold it on.
It's easy to alter the height of the string by just pulling
the stick down lower.
Using this setup
is great for me practicing my serves
because that string really shows me how high the ball is going over the net.
It really focus my attention on that.
So let's see
if I can keep the ball nice and low over the net.
Now if I get comfortable with the string being that high I can adjust it so now I can
just pull the stick lower and the string will come down
and I will do the same on the other side and then I will see how my serving goes.
Now this looks like much more of a challenge. Let's see how I go.
Now hitting the net is fine because that means that it's quite low.
Now here is a
really difficult
level for me to try and get through. The ball can only just fit through.
Alright, let's see how we go.
This really draws your attention to keeping the ball low
over the net.
It's great for improving
your low short serve.
This setup can also be
to keep the short push
low over the net.
In the rally the line can be used as a guideline as to how high the ball is going over the net.
As you get better you can lower the string to make it harder.
Keeping the ball low and short in Table Tennis is a really technical aspect.
You need to be able to change the angle very slightly to keep the ball lower or shorter.
It becomes a little bit too technical.
The easiest way to learn
is to have something like this, a string,
a target to aim at
and then you start to learn the game more naturally.
You will naturally start to change the angle to keep the ball low.
So don't get too caught up
in the angles of your bat,
just look at your target
and see how you can learn.
So now it's up to you
go out and find some string,
some sticks
and some clamps
and start your practice