Why you need to RELAX when playing table tennis (Secrets from the Bundesliga)
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- In this video, Rade Markovic (Head Coach - ASV Grünwettersbach) explains the importance of being loose and relaxed when you play table tennis.
If you have too much tension when you play, your shots will be stiff and you will lose spin, speed and control.
But if you can keep your body more relaxed, you will be able to transfer body weight better and play with more speed and spin without using lots of energy.
So it's a win-win! Keep loose and play better (for longer!).
In the video Rade demonstrates how to play relaxed shots and also discusses the importance of breathing between shots.
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I realized this problem recently, so basically "Swing the bat fast but never hit it hard", and that means we should always hold the bat as loose as possible, the looser we get, the more spin and speed we can put into the ball.
In fact, wearing a tennis wristband actually helps a lot, it slightly squeezes the wrist and forced my hand and fingers being looser than normal.
Reminds me of all my techniques from my years of karate training.
Soft, then hard for a moment at the moment of contact.
Hip action for power
Breathing
Great video from Rade Markovic! He was great player, my former oponent and now he is a good coach, but the most important, he was always nice guy and good man! This thing, how to be relaxed and strengthenin in the same time and BREATHE , it took me over 30 years to find out the way to learn it !!! Because NOBODY explained it to me. Here you can hear and try the right way. He is right!! Marek Klásek
Thanks Marek. Rade is a very nice guy. He looked after me very well when I was at the club.
Can you explain how you learned it and how you would teach it? I get so stiff because I come from another sport (similar to wrestling)
@@inrpce Hi, Rade explained this in his video. You must find your own way 🙂 . Like he said, play relaxing, no big suspension in your body, but before the end of the move, you must control the strike by pulling in and firming at the end. Importent notice- stay low, bend your knees , move like a boxer and breathe between strokes. Good luck 🙂
it's not enough to tell people to relax. You have to tell them how. You can only relax when you know what to do in advance and are not in a rush. I get relaxed when I correctly and quickly guess where to put each part of my body before the ball arrives and then execute the move with proper synchronicity and placement of all parts. That way I am not in a rush. But it requires a lot of technique and proprioception.
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very well said sir
Do endurance running.
Be ready for the shot on every side, because you might be good at guessing, where the next ball will land, but against better players, you can forget that, they will play on any side, therefore, stay low, keep breathing.
Oh and train your upper legs A LOT.
Very good tips Tom!
Thanks for the tips...that suits perfectly.
Loved this one!
Great points, very helpful, many thanks.
Don't mean to dig too deep but the stiffness comes from fear. Fear of losing a point, fear of being judged etc. Conquer the fear. Play to have fun first and foremost and the stiffness will vanish.
Im watching how to relax the body at the others channel but you are ones of the best ,easy to earn....thanks alot coach!
Extremely useful 💯
Excellent reminder
Another great video. Very informative. Keep go on Tom. We love you love from Turkey. (By the way we expect you to commentary table tennis world. For example what do you think about wonder kid Lin yun ju he beat ma long and fan zhendong at same tournament. I have never seen fan zhandong soo much tense before. This kid demolished world top 10 very coldly )
Another excellent video which will help players of all abilities.Thank you.
But at least it was helpful. Thank you so much. Your videos at all,are helpful.
Good video, gr8 tips
very delicious technique😍
Thx u for sharing nice method 🥰🥰🥰🥰🏓🏓🏓
In short, play like Yan Ove Waldner! Lol He never looks rushed or un-relaxed. Even when the pressure is on. How does he do it you may ask? ...decades of play and years being the best. Enjoy the game, as it is a game, train hard, and play smart. Then watch the game come easy to you. -Tilden
Thanks a lot for the brand new Video! By the way: it is Bundesliga, not Budesliga ;-)
I think a lot of players can not relax due to the excitement and the nervousness before the game. This often falls off during the competition. Is there a way to go to the table more relaxed?
I think relaxing comes from confidence given by good practice + good basic technics such as stance/timing/mindset/control of your emotions. Good player acts as condenser :accumulate energy : Release / Recharge / Repeat. Fear creates tension , in my case it is true.
Thank you
its amazing that this video is also useful for playing eleven table tennis
great vid upload more secrets from bundesliga
quality content
This is great! The more professional coaches the better. -See how he bends his wrist like a chicken wing at 1:54. I always wonder if that wrist bend is beneficial or just a preference.
Yeah this technique is awesome, its used by Jun Mizutani.
Perhaps it's also a good idea to exhale during stroke. Just look at how martial artists scream while punching/kicking, they're essentially exhaling. That way, they can exert more power on their technique.
I think Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov do this. So yeah, probably not a bad idea.
looks so effortless
Thanks Tom! this a wonderful share. Can you recommend any self monitoring exercise where we come to know when we are tensed in arms and how to overcome that? Same for the breathing. Another important aspect which I find (I hope that many others will also relate to this) is the distance from table. This happens in two scenarios, first is when after opening the first ball with topspin, we don't step back and the block chokes us. Second is when in a rally, when someone starts lobbing the ball and we move closer but forget to step back and get choked on the next ball. Sorry for the long post, IMHO, I felt that this would also help many players including myself. Thanks for all your efforts!
Hi Mudit - I will make a video about playing distance at some point. It's a slightly complex subject, so I need to think about the best way of making the video. Regarding controlling tension - I like to use this routine... when a point has finished, I completely relax my grip and twiddle my bat a bit. I then drop my shoulders and breathe out. This helps my re-set and loosen up in-between points.
Guilherme Teodoro from Brazil in the video
Nice!!
I will have some more vids with Teodoro over the next few months.
Nice
Play like a Ninja !
Great video!
When the coach talks about the 'under-arm' is he referring to the forearm?
EmRatThich Table Tennis Coach also has this video about 'in pai' where he talks about something similar!
Yes. In German forearm means "Unterarm" wich translates to "underarm".
yes he clearly means forearm.
In Pai is different. It is the correct anticipation of the ball contact point, without rushing into the contact. In pai comes with experience and is more like an instinct.
Yes, underarm/forearm mean the same thing in this video.
Hi Tom my son wants to learn how to play around the net from the backhand side .
Whats your equipment settup ,thx
100k soon
Tom, I'm still looking forward to your defenders Tutorial.
I'm currently planning my videos for next year and there will definitely be some more videos for defensive minded players.
Wich table tennis racket is best
The blockers role should not be underestimated. Teodoro is blocking softly with control and the same rhythm. This helps Rade relax. If you pressure him with fast balls. He has no rhythm and would struggle to relax.
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How do I be accurate with bat which part i need to hit from and where should i stay if i am a back hand player
Try to play a bit slower and really be aware of which part of the bat you are hitting the ball with. This does take lots of practice. When you have a better feeling of where on the bat you are hitting the ball, then you can speed your shots up again (gradually). If you prefer to play backhand, try standing a bit more central. This will increase the area on the table where you can play backhand.
Can you explain how to make weight transfer better. I am having trouble with it no matter how many videos I watch.
Mehr too
when it means transfer weight, it means that, say on a forehand shot, you lean back on your right leg, and as you go to hit the forehand, you push your body weight to your left leg as you hit the shot. how it would look like would be leaning a bit back as you prepare for the shot, body weight on the right leg, and as you move to hit the ball you transfer your weight to your left leg.
as he says 2:03 onwards, you transfer your body weight through the ball, on your back leg (giving it more power), and pushing through and weight then on the foot at the front. it is always a good idea to have a stance where one foot is infront of the other foot, making it easier to transfer weight.
Ha, ha! The next video with Rade (in September) will be about weight transfer.
@@TomLodziak thanks, good to know.
Yeah... I can do that, but then I can’t reply a side under arm serve
I want to know the right way to hold a bat
First, very good video, but I'm sure that it's "Bundesliga" and not "Budesliga" (vid title) (btw German is my native language).
Thanks! It was a typo, which I have now corrected.
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If we take rest,even our opponents get the opportunity of getting rest😫😫😫
But what about during a rally when you lose the initiative and your opponent is putting pressure on you? Like you accidentally give a high ball and he's about to smash or he's making you anxious thinking about where the next shot may be. How are you suppose to relax when everything is happening so fast and you cannot anticipate well enough and tense up?
You can only relax if you have time to guess the ball trajectory and prepare a move. I guess in your case that would require you to take a few steps away from the table in order to receive the smash
@@manudehanoi thanks for the first tip, but what about when he steals the initiative? Like let's say you and your opponent were in a backhand to backhand rally and he plays a stronger shot and you only have time to block while he already pivots and readies a forehand loop to either corner of the table. How do you relax to react fast enough to his next shot when not having enough time to back off the table?
@@user-sq9sh9ge3l practice relaxing in your training and drills. Create drills with your practice partner or robot that increase pressure but not so much that you can't relax. Create really simple drills where all you do is focus on relaxing, like perhaps forehand drive to forehand drive (or backhand). Musicians will practice this way as well - they will play just one note repeatedly focusing entirely on relaxing the body and mind. In this way it becomes a meditation. Practice relaxing and it will come out in your matches, just like any other skill in table tennis. It will take some time however - part of learning to relax is about patience and understanding and accepting the long path toward mastery.
Also, part of relaxing is waiting just a bit longer before executing the stroke. prepare, wait, execute, repeat.
also, work on your fitness. Relaxed table tennis will take less effort, however you should have plenty of reserve power, speed and flexibility. If you are not fit, you will respond less quickly and effectively, will tire quickly and tend to get more tense.
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Nive vid but I think we have to relax the forearm not the underarm...
I think that's what Rade means when he says "underarm".
His accent sounds like Russian with a bit of Italian but not at all german
Serbian - Srpski
Первое же усиление слева в сетку. Как можно с такой техникой видео снимать. Таким левым уже никто не играет
show us, you can play 10 hours
It would be a boring video!