One of the great (and daunting) things about table tennis is that there is so many things to learn – drives, pushes, topspins, blocks, smashes, chops, flicks, lobs, serves, receives and more! No matter how good you get at table tennis, there’s always something new to work on.
On my website I have over 150 table tennis coaching articles and videos to help you improve. On this page you will find links to my most popular coaching content. I have grouped my articles and videos into different categories, which makes it a bit easier to find the coaching content you’re interested in.
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Training and practice
Here’s some articles on how to make the most of your training sessions…
A simple way to improve your practice sessions
Should you work on your strengths or weaknesses?
Can you pass my consistency test?
How to practice with a player of lower ability
5 alternative match-play exercises to help you improve
Basic technique
These pages explain the basic technique for various strokes. Each page includes a short video (only 60 seconds), written guidance and links to further viewing and reading.
How to play a forehand topspin vs backspin
How to play a backhand topspin vs backspin
How to play a forehand topspin vs block
How to play a backhand topspin vs block
Developing your strokes
These videos and articles will help you improve your strokes and raise your game to the next level…
How to get more speed and spin on your forehand topspin attacks
How to play quick backhand topspin attacks
Frustrate your opponents with steady blocks, aggressive blocks and trick blocks
Put your opponents under serious pressure with short, long and wide pushes
Learn how to counter-attack (and take your game to the next level)
How to play great forehand attacks from the backhand corner
7 step plan to improve your forehand topspin
Service
Here’s some tips on how to improve your table tennis serves…
Sidespin serve – tips and tactics
How to do a reverse sidespin serve
How to make an existing serve even better
The perfect table tennis serve
Always expect your serve to be returned
Service tactics to win cheap points
When do you use your best serve?
How to destroy opponents with long serves
Returning serves
Here’s two very popular videos on returning serves…
How to return a sidespin serve
A simplified approach to returning serves
Tactics
Lots of useful advice on how to beat different styles of player…
Pushing tactics to mess up your opponent
Tactics for beating a long pimples player
Tactics for beating a big flat hitter
Tactics for beating a one-wing attacker
Tactics for beating a good junior player
Tactics to beat a much stronger player
Tactics for beating weird players
Match-play
Here’s some tips on improving your performance in tournaments and league matches…
How to improve the placement of your attacks
How to attack more during matches
How to identify and exploit an opponent’s weakness
The quickest way to improve your win percentage
How to approach (and win) matches against weaker opponents
How to warm-up before a match (if you only have five minutes)
Why you should make notes about your opponents
Psychology
Some advice on improving the mental side your game…
How to deal with nerves in table tennis matches
Tips for maintaining a positive attitude when you’re losing
Coping with defeats in table tennis
Training drills
Here’s a few training drill ideas you can use in your training sessions…
5 training drills for switching between forehand and backhand strokes
10 training drill ideas for the first five shots in a rally
3rd ball attack training drills
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