November 2022 - Tom Lodziak Table Tennis Coaching

What advice should you give to team-mates during matches?

27/12/202228/11/2022 by Tom Lodziak

Giving useful advice to a team-mate during a match is a difficult skill to master. I don’t profess to be an expert in this area, but I have been doing it long enough to have a decent idea about what definitely doesn’t work and what type of advice is more likely to lead to an improved outcome for the player. Keep reading

How often should you use long serves?

27/12/202207/11/2022 by Tom Lodziak

Is it true that you should only serve long occasionally? Most players and coaches would say that you should serve short, or half long, most of the time and only use a long serve now and then. But there are times when using lots of fast, long serves is absolutely fine, and strategically the best thing to do. Here’s some scenarios… Keep reading