Of all the forehand flick videos I have watched, this one is the best for me. Surprisingly helpful detailed explanation and demonstration. I was able to adapt the basic principle taught here to produce a flick kill. Thank you.
Excellent video. I really appreciate the detailed explanation on what happens, what happens when you do it wrong, and what the intention is. The slow-motion camera with the marked balls is also a great addition to understand what happens. Thanks!
You sir, have just earned a subscriber. Really nice video, liked the fact that it explains why it is done like that and not only tells you how to do it
nice video I love it. The production is good and audio is great, which makes it easy to hear and watch; and most importantly the instructions are brilliant.
ive been playing table tennis for a number of years , i recently returned to playing after an 8 years, during games i was having trouble returning the short backspin on my forehand side . i asked a couple of coaches at my club what i was doing wrong yet none of them could give me the solution . i now understand that i am lacking in point number 4 of the summary of principles . Thanks Jim
Best video.. no one..I repeat no one has explained it so well.. I will try and report back whether it helped me practically or how easy it is while practicing..
Helping me out 10 years later. My mind clicked when I realized that returning a backspin serve like that retains the spin and becomes a top spin return.
I'm much better at tennis so its nice to learn how to deal with all that confusing spin in table tennis and how to deal with it from this video! Like the other comments have mentioned I appreciate the explanation of how the spin is sort of borrowed from the serve! Very nice to know! I have some questions though: a. If I needed more control/less chance of hitting the ball over the table should I contact the ball on the paddle face closer to the handle? b. Should I cancel the flip and go for a low push if I'm late on the receive because I've been told to take the ball at just before the peak of the bounce! Or maybe an advanced side-spin flip on the backhand? I know its harder to dig up the ball on the dip.
Cheers for the video have played TT for a long time and never understood the flick shot til now! The length I found helpful as I didn't need to go back over it, so by the end I had every angle covered Very helpful Thanks and hello from Australia. re Steve
Im so glad we finally have more from Mr Clegg. I usually move the paddle up keeping the open angle to return these balls, what's the extra help i'm supposed to get from changing the angle of the bat to a more vertical one along the stroke ?
Thank you so much for this video. I am just learning tanle tennis and this stroke is really something I would like to understand but I can't find any explanation as clear as this.
Hi Paul, Thanks for the nice video. I watched it before and watched in again now. Do you have any video of returning short top-spin serve? That I found difficult to return.
This video is very useful, thanks a lot If my son Is a Beginner and loves to play offensive What do you recommend in racket type, which he should use and the type of rubber
William Ross Hi William, it doesn't matter when you use the red and/or black. On most bats, the red side will have the same rubber as the black. Most players will have a preference though, and will choose one side for forehands, and one for the backhand side. There is no rule that you need to follow though. If you are using a custom made bat, it is possible, if you know what you want, to have different rubbers on each side, to help you to play different types of shots on forehands vs. backhands. Most beginners and intermediate players, however, will stick to the same rubber on both sides.
+William Ross Yes it is just a rule, in the good all times there were also green, pink and yellow rubbers possible, but now on the regulations you need a back and a red one - it doen´t matter on which side you put them and also not what kind of rubber as long as it is a legal listed ITTF rubber and black on one side and red on the other, without tuning or other modifications to it. When you are not playing any tournament or official matches at all, it does not matter, then you can play also only red or black rubbers, or an old green or pink one - you found. But when someone ask you to play an official match because of replacement or so, you will need to get a red / black rubber blade of course.
+William Ross Ah something I forget, when you like cheap Chinese rubbers... I do not know why, but the black ones are mostly in a weaker quality on cheap Chinese rubbers then the red ones, but you will notice this only when you are an advance player, mostly they will choose then a Japanese or European Rubber on the black side, which are mostly more expensive, but constant in the quality or they just deal with it. Like the Chinese DHS Neo Hurrican 3, a very good typical Chinese rubber the black rubber comes often in a weaker quality then the red ones, when you are unlucky and you will notice that your red rubber does create a bit more spin then the black one. I hope someone can confirm this, I notice this by myself and also other players I know, but I do not know why the quality does variate minimal in colors there sometimes ? But I love the Hurrican Neo 3 I will also keep it on the black side, maybe testing the new Yasaka Rising Dragon soon in black, but only when it will be a bit cheaper. The Yasaka Rising Dragon is a Chinese rubber close to the Hurrican Neo 3, but made in better quality by Japan very similar to the Hurrican Neo 3.
How is it that even on an Olympic level, so many players are able to essentially ignore the service rules, the most basic being that the ball should be projected vertically as near as possible? Yet, many serves travel half the width of the table before being struck by the server.
Probably because umpries are scared to call foul serves because when they do they are heavily criticised. This is now changing though with the ITTF trying out video technology to check on just this type of thing.
This is good example, but I have one question. Do you sure that you can play active ball with this kind of flip? This is very pasive ball and I think that is not ideal ball in high level of table tennis.
