Unstoppable forehand attack

In this video I show you one of my favourite shots, "Tom's unstoppable forehand attack".
This is a shot I play when my opponent puts the ball to my wide forehand position. I then attack to a very wide position on my opponent's side. This can be done as a drive or with topspin. The key is to take the ball early and play very wide. It is extremely difficult for your opponent to return.
In the video I show footage of me using this shot against a variety of opponent's over the past 12 months.
The rubber I am using in this video is JOOLA Dynaryz AGR bribartt.co.uk/product/joola-...
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[@voberle]

Very nice, I especially like that it's all about placement and not just hitting strong.
BTW a similar shot with the backhand can also be very effective, possibly even easier to execute as backhands are naturally taken more in front (thus it can be more natural to take the ball early than on forehand).

[@Wugga]

I love that Tom isn't afraid of making himself look a bit of a fool, which is bound to happen when you're practising against top talent, but it's great to see what a potent force he can be at times for a change.

[@nevilabrahamelias6631]

First time I've seen you win a point against Craig

[@dirkschroder7012]

Lol....right!:)

[@Nomulus]

Nice Tom! It must have felt good to win those points against Liam Pitchford. I love that sly grin to the camera afterwards.😄

[@bqbqbq1142]

Great forehand, I will practice like you do, very effective shot. Good job Tom 😂👍

[@wilkinru]

I think the most impressive thing is how you don't use your hip to rotate and still make that shot :D I can't even hit that angle without using my hips to turn.

[@mauricetate3571]

Great tip. What I do is I get my players to their warm up with all balls wide for 1 month. Counter hit both wide first then one blocking one looping on both forehand and then on backhand side wide. This gets them used to hitting wide balls. Then it can transfer into match.

[@MarcelSM01]

Nice one Tom, thanks!

[@berryesseen]

You don’t expect the ball to go there even in replays. Very cool shot.

[@janbalompie9844]

and so it was to see, one of your attacks got succes in Norway, wonder how far you made it in the tournament Tom.... 😁 👍 🏓

[@martingray4515]

Seen that shot a few times myself. Normally flying past thinking good angle or OH bugger! 😃😃 Nice Tom. Even managed to get one past Mr Pitch this time in the demo! 👍

[@TomLodziak]

Actually, you are one of the very few people who can get this shot back!

[@adamszabo2139]

I catch myself sometimes drawing a triangle in my mind (vertices are: left edge of net, halfway of left edge of opponent's table half, halfway from net centre to the left edge of the net), and I try to land a few balls there. My opponents don't quite like, when I find out, that they left their forehand side too wide open. Well done pulling that off against Liam Pitchford :)

[@fredriksigeman]

Great stuff! I'm going to try to perfect this and be lethal :)

[@1markus111]

Great shot Tom 💪🏻, this you must teach me when I come to Cambridge 😀 hopefully this year greetings Hubert 🖖

[@TomLodziak]

I hope you can make it this year. It has been too long!

[@idrivearttabletennis]

Ahh. Something I love to do and I'm getting fairly good at it. And since I'm left-handed, it can drive right-handed players nuts.

[@user-hf3bb7oq4r]

There is nothing wrong with not using body rotation for a soft forehand like this. Good tip!
BTW, your index finger is sticking out too much in the middle of the rubber when you play forehand. It makes your stroke looks awkward. :)

[@ttennisdr]

I imagine this technique will be a manace to table tennis society

[@justincavanaugh1812]

This is an episode just to boost our opinion of Tom cuz he gets smoked in all his other vids 😂
Loved it. Definitely a good tip

[@TomLodziak]

Ha! Yes, I need to remind people now and then, that I'm not that terrible.

[@nanogon7767]

reminds me of Oh Sang Eun!

[@nabkawe]

I have the same shot but with my back hand shots.

[@aruncps]

😍

[@tchevengour8345]

How old are you Tom? If you don't mind me asking of course...

[@TomLodziak]

42, although hips and knees feel like 72.

[@tchevengour8345]

Thank you for your videos, good sir. Very motivating!

[@iker7377]

promo sm 🤩