Every time you play table tennis you are either creating or reinforcing habits. The habits are our technique, shot selection, movement, everything that happens at the subconscious level during a match. This has a huge impact on how we learn and perform. Dan …
Hey TTD’ers, We have been hard at work at TTD HQ working on something special for the past year. Since the success of the Per Gerell Serving Masterclass helped thousands improve their serve, we’ve had many requests for another similar course. So once …
Over the years I’ve seen hundreds of players that have picked up bad habits through being self-taught or badly taught to play table tennis. Many of these players have played table tennis for years without much improvement. This is all too common, and …
Table tennis is a very quick sport. It is common to feel rushed, resulting in a mild panic during play. The urge to guess where the ball is going is huge because of the small amount of time between shots. But, you must …
What better way to prepare for your upcoming tournament or league match than by playing some actual practice matches? Getting some match practice in is vital to bringing all your hard-earned improvements in training together. Although, just repeating standard best of 3, 5, …
When you are training, you should be trying to maintain high levels of concentration, intensity and motivation. However, to get the necessary improvements there is a lot of repetition needed which can often get quite stale and boring to a degree. One way …
Something that is not often talked about in table tennis coaching is how each skill is connected. For example, the manner in which you step in for a touch impacts on the proceeding shots. This is why it is important to practice skills …
In this article we’ve come up with 3 of the most common mistakes that players make which can hold back improvement and stop you maximizing your potential, so let’s get stuck into what they are: 1) Holding the bat too tight This …
Just under 2 weeks ago we launched our exciting competition give away for 5 free lifetime memberships to the TableTennisDaily Academy! To enter and be in with a chance of winning a membership users simply had to guess what they thought the score …
Staying low is the foundation for everything you will do on the table, it gives you the base for solid movement, shot production and maintaining balance. One of our recent videos looked at this topic and what differences it could make to you …
Many players who we’ve coached often say they find it difficult in match situations to strike a balance between being too negative and simply keeping the ball on the table or going for too many risky shots and making more mistakes. If this …
If you want to win those tight games and beat your closest rivals there is one area of the game that you simply can’t afford to neglect, the short game! The short touch and the return of serve might not be the most …