These 3 Pro Tips Saved My Backhand | Table Tennis 

Let us know your key tips to improve your backhand topspin 👇🏓

The best tips to improve my backhand side was given by Olympic Medal winner Ryu Seung Min. He told me to switch leg and hit with my forehand 🌚

Thank you so much. This is so great.Truly so nice of you to be be making it and sharing it. Thank you.

Was working on that today with my robot. I had pretty good form but I definitely had my racket too closed (closed it to get more spin, but lost too much control). Timely tips. Have a great week from all of us watching here in the States.

Here's an interesting comparison, table techniques are very similar to boxing. The way a topspin is played from the forehand is taught almost exactly the same way, the force starts from the legs and goes all the way through the hips, then the shoulders at the same time you start moving your arm. For backhand it is explained that for more force for example in a loop you could move the elbow a bit and start more from the side of your body and push with your left leg like as if you try to flex your left calve. For more force with short to the table topspin you can swing your arm a little bit back like a pendulum motion before performing the topspin

So good. Thank you guys.

Thanks guys, really great tips for us recreational players! Learning theese moves makes playing lot more interesting. Cheers ✌️

Thanks guys! Really good points

Outstanding tips and very clear explanation! Thanks a lot! Please, go on )!.

Lovely, thanks for sharing

My backhand is already stronger than my forehand, my forearm is quite large. A small tip is to try to adjust your grip in different ways for each kind of backhand shot and find the best one for you, even small adjustments can make a big difference.

Thanks so much for the video. Learnt so much from this!

Thanks dan! Very helpful 👍👍

Very useful tips guys. Thank you very much

Thanks guys

Very useful tips. Thanks

The Eleven Table Tennis game that is sponsored on his shirt is the reason I am into Table Tennis now. That being said, I just tried the first tip in VR and seen improvements IMMIDIATETLY!

Thanks guys.

thanks so much.

Thank you

Thanks Dan and Tom!

Fantastic video. Excellent tips.

Excellent

Very good training.

I have an addiction on checking the comments for first

Thx for the video

Great video as usual! I need to film my spinny backhand which goes off to my left finding the corner, it's probably a handy mistake of mine! ✌️🏓

Elbow placement is AandO. Keeping the racket open is keen when you have a nice touch with your backhand

It's amazing backhand improvement occurs to the accompaniment of heavy techno music.

Great video as usual, can you also do a video about the contact point and timing.

I was taught when a teenager by an English International Tennis player to open up the face of the backhand stroke; ie to place the thumb on the rear of the grip with the wrist behind also. When I took up Table Tennis some 35 years later I found myself doing the same thing with my backhand. The slight change in grip meant I could get the blade more easily underneath the ball ready to roll the bat over with the wrist and produce strong topspin on even very low bouncing balls.

I wish this kind of tips were available like 20 years ago, or that my coach at that time knew this. Or at least 2 years ago when I started changing my bh to something more appropriate. It would safe me lots of time. Nowadays, unfortunately, I don't need them anymore and I'm a little bit jealous to those who can learn by watching this video. Great video, keep up this kind of level of videos and tips!

Also a good quality of blade and rubbers are must to generate the powerful shots

Hi Dan and Tom, very informative video guys. I am novice in TT, just wanted to know which blade should or beneficial for forehand. Coz Dan was using red and Liam prefers black. Pls revert. Thanks and keep it up.

I have been extremely bad with my backhand. This one tutorial video has chaned everything for me.

Yes i like thankyou 💪💪

9:45 - Switch hands, Timo Boll style.

I do tips 1 and 2 already, but I don’t have trouble getting mine over the net because I do a hybrid motion of loop and drive on my backhand

On my bh game I buy tibhar k3 hybrid, it’s amazing :) on fh stay on Tibhar mx-p classic )

Hi Dan , really been struggling with my match play can you make a video on some tips to improve with match play o think a lot of people will benefit from tht good vids

could you do this for the forehand loop/topspin?

In the slow mo Liam bh stroke is just the opposite. Starting closed and finished slightly open...😮. I like the technique of Patrick Fransziska much more.😊

can you do a review on the waldner senso carbon?

Hey Dan, can you review the Butterfly balsa carbo x5 blade in one of your next videos. Its a carbon blade from Butterfly and it only costs 50 euros. I just bought it and i like it very much so i wonder what yall think about it.

Elbow give speed+spin, wrist-spin. If you play fast blade you need improve wrists movements.

Thanks Guys! Definitely gonna use these tips in my practice! Thanks!

Is this shot for the topspin ball or the backspin ball or for both Regards Sharad

"I like to start with a slightly more open angle" proceeds to demonstrate in slow-mo that it's closed af lol

Riskiest shot in table tennis history. A deadly weapon when the ball goes on and should only be used extensively for the very elite player. Liam continued with this shot in the final of the Mens singles final at the recent commonwealth games while his opponent used his experience and just played a steady balanced game. Continually trying to hit winners with his backhand cost him the gold medal. That extreme closed angle he uses only gives him a very fine margin for error. What Liam said about having the bat more open increases your chances of actually hitting the table on your opponents side and is highly recommended. Liam, follow your own advice and open up that angle.

can we get a fastarc g-1 review ;-;

Hi Dan, at the end part of the video, you said not to go under the table which might hamper the consistency of backhand topspin. I am wondering how to backhand topspin against very low heavy backspin without taking your wrist under the table. Can u make a video on doing backhand topspin against heavy and low backspin using this pro techniques?

Great lesson as always! Was just struggling with my backhand consistency and will focus on keeping the elbow high and see if it helps. Also Dan, looks like you are back to the trusty Boll ALC. What rubbers do you have one it? Still Tenergy 05 and Dignics 80?

Are ttdsl season 2 vids going to come out?

Hello, do you know about classic 08 dhs? I've been trying to search its ORIG price need help

He said that he likes to start his backhand with a more open face and then to close it as he strokes over the top of the ball. If you slow the video down, it is clear that he actually begins with the face very closed and then gradually opens it.

Excellent thanks. Will try to implement them this evening and change 40 years of bad habits🤣

I think keeping elbow up is a good option when you do flip on short or even half long balls. But for long balls I prefer to keep "wrist up" and the elbows down and compensate lower trajectory balls with my body down . Wrist up and elbow down position gives more power and even more control(not tossing the ball high) to play faster rallies in either situation: 1. prefer block style 2. prefer counter topspin Hope I could explain my point. Edit: Got your video guys to validate my words ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BCn4hbo60tQ.html&ab_channel=TableTennisDaily

I'm just learning table tennis recently, can anyone explain what did they mean with "open/closed" bat angle mentioned in point #2? Does open mean the bat is perpendicular to the surface of the table (i.e the person standing directly in front of you can see the whole bat)? Kind of confusing since from my POV, Liam's bat is pretty much facing the floor when doing the backhand stroke ...

Great video! Thank you so mich for the content! There's one point though. Liam is talking about an open bat angle. But at the same time in the preview at 4:28 it appears to me that he's using an extremely closed angle. Is this contradictory to what he's saying or am I just blind or don't know what open bat angle is supposed to mean? :D

What a god tier thumbnail 🤣

Can you use that same technic against a long (back spin) push?

Could you pls review the dna dragongrip?

Nice (Wrote this so Table Tennis contents show up in my recommendation )

Salam from dagestan

i'm better at backhand shots but i wonder... i dont see the table under my raquet when aiming... is it a problem ? is it normal ?

👍

William Henzel shows this same technique it's universal....

Is Tom playing with cybershape blade

The best tip i ever got was from Jan Ove Waldner - he told me “give up, you’re crap”

How am I the only one that realised Tom has a Stiga Cybershape blade 3:58

Leandro SANCHORRO

Tip number 1 about the elbow position is an interesting one, something I never really think about. Will be trying it out! Great video guys!

Would you say it's almost like popping a towel?

How can i get the video on flash drive

3:03 Kreanga disagrees 😅 jk, he is another level.

Just come across this now. If you want to see perfect execution of the backhand through the whole match, watch the GOA match between Lin ShiDong vs Felix Lebrun. Lin's game was just insane, and Lebrun's game was very high quality until this match. He just didnt get a chance becoz Lin was in god mode. Link to the game here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vRQtcyqdVVU.html

4th

backhand is trouble because generatng power is morphologically harder than FH. But this demo......would be more intersting if you werent using top speed rubbers, then you'd have to go get the power from your body and it would show more. BTW keeping elbow low is good for block, for accuracy, and for switching to forehand....but yeah it's weaker for BH attack

you look very tensed Dan... try to relax dont think or worry about form. trust that you practiced enough and youre ready to play anyone and everyone.

This video should be called, is there any way I could put more gel in my hair

If pong finity is whatching this you may know wha is the master tip keep your eye on the ball

Guys, in step 3 you're talking about using legs and body. But at the beginning of the video you play only with your hand, in the examples you also play only with your hand. Pitchford also talks about using the body, but does he only play with his hand in the examples, or does his T-shirt hide everything? Then is it important to use the body, maybe not to waste energy on it?

U look like Nick (nick and carrie channel)

Can anyone recommend me good rubber for backhand? (Im intermediate player)

Tip #2 doesn't make any sense after watching that slow motion clip😏

Video starts at 1:00.

Im just missing something. With front hand i can see the ball and hit perfectly. But with backhand I always miss the ball or hit to the net. Its just not working

Must watch with sound off (sleeping partner), and also, some players are deaf. Would be useful if videos had added text "right"/"wrong". First *elbow) tip clear the other two not so much. Just try watching with sound off....

I'm playing ping pong in vr, but I'm thinking real life is gonna be helpful lool

Hmmm, Liam says he likes to start with his bat open when he prepares for a backhand shot but in very slow motion that is not what he does, he bat is very closed. Also in very slow motion when he actually makes contact with the ball his bat is pretty open. Physics does not allow a player to hit the ball with a very closed bat and nor does it allow to hit the ball on the top. Closing the bat before and after contact gives the illusion that the ball is hit with a very closed flat but in reality that cannot be the case. Liam also said he turns his upper body to create more speed and spin when hitting a backhand but then he didn't actually do that. Even the very best do things differently to what they think they are doing. Despite the above, it is what you do, not what you say you that counts and I would love to be able to play like Liam.

Tom…no more hybrid wood?

relax your wrist, use your wrist like an horsewhipp - wave movement like throwing frisbee and keep the racket head not vertical

Tom has that iPhone hairstyle

I slowed it down to .25 speed,,. I hear his words, but at this speed you can see he still starts with the backhand angel totally closed before the start of the stroke. Just slow it down...and watch what really is happening. His bat is not just closed, it's over close before the stroke starts.

I have short pips

I came here to fix my poor results in backhand , net or too far , i believe you got the right prescription to improve , thanks Docs.TT 😃

Frte Bd

Tom can you explain to me why Dan is in such denyal about his bh? Its easy to go watch TTDSL last match he did. There was no bh and he lost. Was still pivoting for fh. 😒

I see stiffness

Please 🙏 I’m needing the translation to Arabic on screen