First we started warming up so that we were nice and loose and ready to do the drills. For the warm up we just started rallying with each other using any type of shot just getting used to the ball. We done this for about 5 – 10 Minutes before moving onto the main activity and skill based exercise.
In the main activity we focused on one skill, the topspin shot.
The first part of the Topspin Shot is to position yourself, keep your knees bent shoulder width apart, with one of your feet slightly behind the other depending on what hand you are and make sure your body is slightly square on to the table and your opponent. This is so that you are ready for the ball when it comes towards.
When the ball comes towards you, transfer you weight on to your back foot, rotate your body and open the bat up ready for the ball. Then when the ball and bat make contact put your weight on to your front, make sure that the contact is at a high point of the ball with a big follow through. This is best because it allows you to get enough and as much spin on the ball in which you would want while still allowing you to still provide enough power to test your opponent.
After getting used to the shot we added in some rules in which made us have to get the ball on to a mat on the table. We first started rallying at a reasonable speed aiming for the mat on the table. We did this for a while so that the accuracy of the shot would then improve. After a while it was then turned into a competition in which allowed us to try harder to get it in the section allowing our technique to improve.
The Topspin Shot from Sam Ainsworth on Vimeo.
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