I'm Alois Rosario and I'm Jeff Plumb and we're from PingSkills and today we're going to teach you how
to play the forehand counterhit. Let's have a look at the forehand counterhit now. You'll
notice that Jeff's starting position is always down beside him with his bat facing towards
where he wants the ball to go.
From there he comes forward, he hits the ball and then he finishes up near his right eyebrow each time.
So there's three critical factors that you need to consider when you're learning the forehand counterhit. The first one is
your feet position, the second is your start position and the third is your finish position.
So your feet need to be square on or slightly side on to the table. Your start position
needs to be at hip height next to you with the whole face of the bat facing towards where
you want the ball to go. This is really important to develop a good counterhit stroke. The third
thing is to make sure when you hit the ball that you come up and finish near your right eyebrow.
So three factors for a great forehand counterhit. Feet position,
start position, finish position. After years of practice Jeff's forehand counterhit is
really always the same. You'll notice that it always starts in the same position and finishes in the same position.
To play the ball faster all Jeff needs to now is to speed up the stroke, get the bat going faster from the start to the finish.
And if he wants to play it slower he moves his bat through slower.
By having this basic stroke you'll be able to play the ball at any speed that you want to.
There are a couple of things that I often see players do when they are learning the forehand counterhit, one common error is that
they swing too low. The second error is that they swing across the middle line of their
body so if you imagine a line right down the middle of your body your bat doesn't need
to go past that middle line at any stage when you are playing the forehand so it can finish
here. It might even be able to finish here but definitely you don't want to finish
right across there because then you've got to come all the way back to your ready position.
So think about a mid line and don't go past it.
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