So Alois, what is the most important skill in Table Tennis?
It is definitely being able to hit the ball on the table. So in Table Tennis if you can
start to learn how to control the ball and hit the ball on the table a lot of times then
the rest of the game becomes a lot easier.
The thing we need to think about when we are learning to hit the ball on the table is to
have your bat flat facing exactly where you want the ball to go.
If you can do that and contact the ball then that is where the ball will go.
By having your bat facing in the right direction you are going to be hitting the ball straight.
The next thing you want to think about is to be able to control the ball well enough
and the main thing is to hit the ball softly enough.
You will find to start with a lot of players will hit the ball too hard and the ball will
fly off the end of the table. So the key is just hitting the ball softly and straight.
You will notice that the stroke doesn't need to be very big and it is just pushing the
bat forward and through the ball so that the ball is going towards where you want it to
go.
When you are starting to learn how to play it is a great idea to challenge yourself with
how many hits you can do in a row. To start off with if you can do 3 hits in a row that
is great. So you do 1, 2 and 3 with your partner. Once you can get to 3 you aim for five and
then you aim for 10 and so on until you are really challenging yourself and you will find
within a very short period of time you will start to be able to hit a lot of shots on
the table.
It is a great idea when you are challenging yourself to make sure you write down how many
hits that you achieve, that way you will start to see your progress and see your improvement.
On our website there is a free Consistency chart download. Go to our website, download the chart and that will
make it easy for you to record your scores.
So the most important skill of Table Tennis is definitely being able to hit the ball on the table a
lot of times. The keys are making sure you are hitting the ball as straight as you can
and hitting the ball softly. Anyone can hit the ball too hard. So work really well to
make a soft controlled hit.