ping pong tips

Nov
07
2008

Do you enjoy playing ping pong? Want to be nigh unbeatable? Here are 6 tips to help you beat any opponent.

1- Know what to serve and when. If you’ve missed a serve because of high tension, it is more likely that you will not have the regular control and fluidity to execute your master serves. This is the worst possible time to launch an offensive using your tough and tricky serves as the chances are quite high that you may miss again. Stick to the safe short or medium, neutral serve.

2- When you aren’t playing, use that time to watch your opponents. Take a good look at how they play and what openings you can exploit in their game. Studying how they serve, how they return a serve and what are their strong and weak points will give you the winning edge, no matter how highly ranked they are.

3- Keep on attacking right till the end. Just because you are leading, don’t make the mistake of playing passive and hoping for your opponent to miss a shot so that you could win. If you do, the tables could turn very quickly and you could find yourself at the losing end.

4- Develop various styles of serving with differing lengths and spins. Mix them up when you play. Some of the more complex serves include pure spin, medium-long, short , deep, pure speed, down-the-line.

5- Returning serves with your forehand keeps your opponent on their toes as they find it harder to predict the placement of your shot. Don’t try too hard to make a perfect serve return. The important thing is to keep the ball in play and anticipate the next move.

6- You cannot take a long hiatus from the game and expect to win. The key to beating your opponent is practice, practice and practice some more. Better to practice for about an hour daily, then to have one marathon 4-5 hour session and then skip training for the next few days.

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Improving Your Ping Pong Serves To Deceive Your Opponent the Legal Way

As a ping pong player, you know that it is illegal to serve if you hide the ball in your hands. It should be in clear view as it hits your paddle. So, how will you be able to deceive your opponent and gain the advantage?

First of all, being the person serving the ball is advantage enough. However, if you want to have more advantage and make sure that your opponent will make a mistake, you will need to develop trickier serves by experimenting on the spins.

There are quite a lot of factors that can help you control the amount of spin you can deliver to the ball. With the different combinations of these factors, you will be able to produce different variations of the spin that is not very easy to read and can often catch your opponents off guard.

The first factor is the service motion. Try experimenting with the speed, the direction, and the height of your swing. Different variations of the service motion can significantly affect the way the ball reacts and spin.

The wrist snap can also be varied. You can try heavy snaps or no wrist snaps at all. Slow swing motion with heavy snap will differ with fast swing motion with little or no wrist snap.

The height of the ball toss is also an important factor that can significantly affect the spin of the ball. The higher you toss the ball, the more spin you will get.

You can also try experimenting with the amount of brushing versus solid contact of the paddle to the ball. You will be surprised as to how many amounts of spin that you can get with different kinds of variations.

The sidespin can definitely make the ball unpredictable. Try mixing topspin with a little amount of sidespin. This will result in a longer ball with unpredictable bounce direction.

The speed of the paddle swing is also a factor when it comes to serving the ball. Faster serves means less curves, but slower serves will mean more visible spin effect.

These are the ways on how you can increase the chances of winning a point when you are serving. By remembering these tips, you will be able to make your service in ping pong unpredictable that can easily confuse your opponents. Although there is a rule that says it is illegal to hide the ball when serving, but there is no rule that you can manipulate the spins on the ball to make it difficult for your opponent to read. With practice, you will be able to develop the perfect serve that you can include in your arsenal of serves.

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