Ask any Table Tennis questions to the Australian Olympic Coach http://www.PingSkills.com/table-tennis-forum/ Copyright PingSkills 2008 Hi Alois! Hi Jeff!I want to ask you how to smash long and high ball with a bit backspin.I try to adjust my racket angle but very often it falls into the net or goes off the table. What should I do?Nasko  http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5056.php Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:22 EST Hi coaches!What spin can I produce with the reverse pendulum serve, I mean what effect it has? And how to return the reverse pendulum serve if it is played against me? Nasko  http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5055.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:33:03 EST How do i do ma lins forehand?P.S. i am a penhold and i like your penhold tutorial http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5054.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:27 EST Hi, I was wondering how to do a forehand loop to my forehand side. Lately, I've found that my loops always go to the backhand side (from my POV). I know that variety is important, so I was wondering if there's a way to FH loop to the FH side.Thanks. http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5053.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:05:13 EST How to push a top spin & no spin return.Underspin push is returned with underspin push with downward & forward action.    http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5052.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:13:36 EST hai alois,im here with another question....what are short,medium and long pimples......i would rather want 2 watch it when u show me the basic differnce in the 3 pimples through a video response........thanq 4 ur videos i practised a lot.....my game has been improved a lot.... i was awarded as i became the college champion in tt..waiting 4 ur replythanqq  http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5051.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:16 EST How do i defeat a aggressive player with a topspin?  http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5050.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:22 EST Hi Alois and Jeff,Looking back at when you guys played competitive table tennis, what did you do the week before a tournament as a build up? Did you train harder, train less, practice your strengths, practice your weakness? There are obviously so many different ways to train and different ways of approaching tournaments, i think its a interesting subject to see how different players prepare for their tournaments. I tend to practice more, but I worry that it will lead to burnout. Practice less, and I feel as though I haven't prepared thoroughly enough. I also try to make sure I get at least one league game in, as I feel as though match practice and focusing your mind in a game situation is good preparation.If possible, I would like to know how Jeff prepared for his games in the Olympics, and Alois, how would you advise those players around the world who are preparing for their Olympic Games qualification events.  http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5049.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:47 EST How can you be more efficient in blocking?? Because sometimes the ball goes to forehand but it goes in the reversed way. How can I be more ready about it? Thanks http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5048.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:35 EST My classmates said my butterfly racket has lost its grip . they said players put something on the rubber to gain more grip.is it true?if it is true what thing did they put on it http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5047.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:47:22 EST Coaches,Please give some information on how to clean a table tennis all-wood blade, and what are the materials needed to clean it. Thank you http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5046.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:59:48 EST Hi, for your video on backhand push, does the ball contact the bat on the bat's top, middle or bottom? Thanks. http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5044.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:07:34 EST Hi AloisI just watched this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psqmHQYKDYs&feature=relatedI must say I'm really surprised by his serves. What makes his serve so fast and spinney?I don't think only the wrist movement is enough to do a very good quality serve. Any idea?  http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5043.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:12:26 EST Hi coaches,I have been practising rallying on the forehands and backhands and I am quite comfortable with it. What kind of mindset or target(what should I aim for) I should have to improve the quality of my strokes? Meaning what are the elements in stroke quality i can look into? Thank you.The other question is that when I make my movements swifter and more precise on rallies, I tend to make mistakes. Is this normal? http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5042.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:04 EST hello sir my backhand is weak so i have used spectol rubber so please say me sir how can i use it and how attack and block and make good use of the rubber .thanku sir http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5041.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:03:36 EST How do i do a pendulumn serve? I usually fail as the ball goes under net. http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5040.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:43 EST Hiwhat is the technique of hitting high balls to the opponent's half, standing away from your own side of the table when the opponent topspins? I have difficulty because I tend to ovehit it, or hitting it very close to the net.Also, what do you create the topspin effect in this high balls? Thank you. http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5039.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:51:12 EST Hi coach,I have seen professional players swing their bat across their body instead of normal follow through.In ur videos u hve told not to follow thru wit the bat across your body. Can u tell me the purpose and advantages  of such a follow through in forehand.On the backhand topspin against backspin i m able to topspin only with an open bat face, wat shud i do to achieve this with a closed batface? I can understand hitting the ball parallel to the table at the topmost point to topspin a topspin ball as u have explained in the video countering a slow spinny topspin bt i have seen some elite players using an extremely closed bat angle on most of his backhand topspin shots irrespective of the fact tht the incoming ball is a block or a topspin. Kreanga,it seems uses a closed bat angle even to lift the backspin balls on his backhand topspin. Is my observation correct?If yes,why do they do so and what's the advantage of it?Thanks in advance http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5038.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:40:56 EST Is the Alois serve better than the Jeff Serve?I do this question because when there is a video response about a serve it is always made by Alois. http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5037.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:10:52 EST Hello, after watching this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43slTzNWkM8&feature=g-vrec&context=G25705baRVAAAAAAAAAQI'm wondering if it's a legal service or not. It's still pretty nice to do for critical points :p  http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5036.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:02:52 EST Hi,I learnt that it is "ideal" to actually brush the full surface of the bat on the ball to get a spinny topspin. However, this is not possible in reality. What are the different effects then in brushing the ball at1) top of the bat2) middle of the bat3) bottom of the bat? http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5035.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:46:41 EST Is the Spin Art from butterfly the most spinny rubber or there is another rubber that makes more spin on the ball?? http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5034.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:40:03 EST Hi Alois,This is Naren and I am a big fan of Pingskills. The quality of your video tutorials is excellent and I sincerely appreciate you and Jeff for that. I have been dwelling up on this question for quite some time now and I thought of taking your advice here. Pardon me if I am lengthy coz this is really important for me.I am a software engineer. I am 24 and I have been playing table tennis for past 4 years.  I learnt the sport mostly by playing with my friends and watching videos. I soon came to know that I am really good at it and last year hired a personal coach and we play every weekend.I am an intermediate player with good knowledge on all shots(but still working on using them during match). Unfortunately, I met with an accident recently and had ACL injury. Though it is not a complete tear, doc said it will take at least 6-8 months for complete recovery.I am so dedicated to this sport that I am ready to take any amount of pain in order to come back and play TT again. Moreover I want to take TT as a profession. I know that I sound stupid as it is almost impossible to become a world class player if I start at 24 but I feel nothing wrong in aiming high.So if I recover in another 6 months and start training from now on, is there any chance that I can become an international player? If YES, then how my approach should be? If NO, then at least what is the highest level that I can attain from here?(I mean Nationals or State level)Please tell me your honest opinion.Thanks and Regards,Naren http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5033.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:53:56 EST Hi,I'm relatively new to this sport and recently picked up a fairly nice (DunRun "Title Holder") bat. This bat has the extra grippy rubbers and a 5-ply wood blade. My problem is that the handle itself is too short for my hands. It seems to be a common problem, as every single bat I've looked at has the same length handle, all of which dig uncomfortably into the meaty part of my palm just below my thumb. (I typically use the shakehand grip.)I guess my question is, "Can you reccommend a blade that has a longer than "standard" lenght handle?" Do any of the blades PingSkills sell have varying length handles?Thanks! http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5032.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:20:24 EST Hi coaches,1. recently I started playing with people that play short  balls that are very low andhave heavy backspin.I don't know what to do with them I can't topspin them and I find it diffcult to push it back. What can I do to answer these shots?(I am an offensive player).2. As I said before I am an offensive player and I want to know what tips do you have for me to get better in defense. Thank you anyway,Daniel.  http://www.pingskills.com/table-tennis-forum/question-5031.php Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:20 EST