Table Tennis Backhand Counterhit Lesson

[AUstraliaSUKS1]

your ball position shouldnt be that high when you finish your hit

[Vocalen]

........its called ping pong

[pingskills]

@Vocalen or Table Tennis :)

[melenmike]

@Vocalen do you call football soccer??

[Vocalen]

@melenmike ...im not american nor mexican if ur asking...

[dellftw225]

@Vocalen thats the name for people who dont take it seriously like you noob. Owned get goin i win R03STED

[lol48275]

@Vocalen I replied here to get top comment

[EpicShadowRaze]

omg he really do look like ted mosby !!!! BUTT UMM

[acorulez]

Thanks for the tip about feet, had no idea, but makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

[loopvinny84]

def ted mosby for sure

[sohamthegr8]

does the wrist move whilst hitting the shot ?? :-O

[oZCereaL]

Nice video, really useful... And yeah, you look like Ted Mosby.

[pingskills]

@oZCereaL Thanks.

[cookies1and1creme]

ted mosby

[pingskills]

@cookies1and1creme ???

[akfjxla]

great video!

going to try this today!

[pingskills]

@akfjxla good luck with it. Let me know if you have any questions or even better ask any questions on our website using "Ask the Coach". We check there more often and can answer in more depth.

[akfjxla]

loved it thnx!

hopefully i can learn to counterbackhand today!

[xiujuan2]

This was a very good video, thank you

[pingskills]

@xiujuan2 you're welcome.

[jpbraziliano]

great video

[pingskills]

@jpbraziliano Thanks!

[MrDon191]

you guys are uploading some great videos i wish if you were my coach :(

[pingskills]

@MrDon191 Thanks! If you've got any questions about Table Tennis, try out the Ask the Coach section of our website. We love talking about Table Tennis!

[Taxbraham]

hello, I know how to do a topspin on a serve when the ball is Baja?

[xSnIpEDeViLzZ]

Hello, i have a qouestion is there any kind of serve where a person cant smash on that specific serve and how do you do it ? plz Reply

[pingskills]

@xSnIpEDeViLzZ The key to stopping your opponent attacking is to serve the ball short so that it would bounce twice on the table. This stops your opponent from taking a big swing at the ball. Also try and keep the ball low over the net. The last thing you can do is to put backspin on the ball. The backspin will cause the ball to grip into your opponents rubber and drag the ball downwards again making it harder to attack.

[2012wyvern]

I don't understand, everytime I tried this stroke, I hitted it too hard and it becomes a punch :(

[pingskills]

@2012wyvern It is OK to turn this stroke into a punch and if you can do that consistently it is great. To hit it slower you simply need to move the bat more slowly. You could even try almost not moving the bat at all and letting the ball hit your bat and just control the angle of your racket.

[2012wyvern]

@pingskills Really? Okay, I'll work on it. My "usual" Backhand Counter is to push my paddle forward. Thanks for the suggestion.

[99checkmate]

Isn't this a drive? Please help

[johnbozi]

looks similar to william Henzells warm stroke on backhand

[simkunni]

These guys are the best table tennis tutors/coaches out there!!! They are clear, easy to understand, and incredibly skilled players.

[wggraceful]

i'm short pips player. how should i adapt this?

[RoyalsChamp5]

OMG all these videos are at MSAC! Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre nice cant wait to go there for holiday training

[criticaltinker]

Guyz, how can one maintain composure during games. I felt that even if you're good enough with any drills or strokes if you don't have proper composure, you're nothing. Like myself, i tend to be in the attack mode all the time which often resulted to lack of controls and miss the points. I'm over excited with every shot. Sometimes my hand hesitates to strike even if it's clear to attack especially on the slow ball. Please help. Any advice or training that could improve your composure? Thanks!!!

[pingskills]

@criticaltinker Hi, the best place to ask questions is on our website. We have an ask the coach section which we check regularly. We can also post longer responses and we have also started to answer the occasional question with a video answer.

[criticaltinker]

@pingskills : i've been trying to ask there but there's a backlog. i can't ask. thanks anyway...

[pingskills]

@criticaltinker Yeah sometimes we can get a lot of questions. I'll see if we can clear the backlog in the next few days.

[criticaltinker]

@pingskills Thank you...

[leonhrad]

it's also important to hit the ball when it's on the top of his flight

[fibogo]

die engländer konnen leider kein tischtennis spielen

[Topspinify]

@fibogo Very good comment!

[xHaerkePilsx]

Lächerlich,ich spiele seit 8 Jahren Tischtennis,Linkshänder,spiele annehmbar gut offensiv mit Topspin.

Aber so eine einfach Scheiße krieg ich immer noch nicht hin!!!!!!!!! :D

Es ist zum Heulen.

[cptjrkov]

i found out that by lowering ur bat below the table it's a lot easier to keep the ball on the table with lower bounce

[cptjrkov]

* not in the counterhit tho

[BlueStar1100]

nive vid man :)

[frostzor]

hahahaha

[DatTranRulz]

thats easy as man

[LyricOverLoad]

Hardcore sport.

[IseeYouNewb]

it is

[aggbala]

the lft foot should not be infront of the right foot if ur righthanded and plays back hand...it makes ur body unbalanced try hit ur self like how he is standing. the hit technice was really good tho :)

[Kubric]

That is done to facilitate the transition between backhand and forehand strokes. While the backhand is possible to hit with your right foot behind your left one, the forehand, in the other hand, is impossible to hit with your left foot behind your right foot. To compensate for this foot alignment, players introduce more of a body/core rotation to add power to the backhand.

[Delucs23]

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[mike11742069]

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[thesweetdevilguy]

this is really neat..

my back hand was a disastrous .. thanks a lot..

i got a perfect idea

[megastaunch]

table tennis is a poor excuse for a sport

[MrMatthewwallace]

yous are crap if you can't use your forehand

[thomaselgarsmith]

my backhand is shite, the only time i use it is on return of serve.

[sneakytanderson]

he played in olympics m8 lol

[lamlethang]

good! Thanks for share

[mixyguy6]

I can only play very good with backhand and can't play at all with forehand...actually the one's that other smash for a point I totally miss them playing forehand...

any improvement suggestions?

[retteretter]

I'm the exact same, my forehand only comes into play if i want to hit a long lob, and I don't really have much advise except make your backhand really good. In table tennis you should only really focus on using 1 style to be able to always get to the ball in time. I prefer backhand for this because you can cover the whole table and when you're good can do most of the stuff a forehand can do.

[darksorcerer009]

same here! its true you just need to master this and practice a good serve and your good to go i only lob using my forehand or when it's really desperate so just master the block,counter hit and punch using your backhand and your good to go oh yeah and practice a good serve so you can ace every now and then

[bobadillda]

when you hit it perhaps it goes off the ned of the table so then when you hit it hit it at a down angle a bit more

[Bakuricoso]

You guys make it look so easy :)

[aggbala]

lol how the hell dose he stands with his feets btw? if ur right handed u should have the feet paralleled with each other or maybe riht foot abit more forward then the left but this guy WOAH his balance is totally wrong

[Dianshengcuber]

Dude, he is an olympian. he knows way more than you, how do you know you stance isnt the wrong one??? are you training to go to the olympics

[aggbala]

whats his name? he sounds that he comes from GRB somewhere? and i dont know any table tennis olympian from GRB lol.

he stands totally wrong imo wich i learned learned from my trianer who have trained Bundesliga......

[retteretter]

His clothes say South African but his accent pushes more towards New Zealand.

[deon1309]

hes Australian....

[extremetabletennis16]

his shirt says Australia

[pussyclawte]

I think it's called a counterhit because most players do not serve with the backhand. So your backhand is usually a counterhit.

[aggbala]

i serve mostley with backhand cus my forehand serves sucks

[welcometoneo]

It is true that you discover the law of gravity when the fingers to type USA

[chrismne92]

thank you for posting this..........it is very useful

[FreddySeeFreddyDo]

Damn aussies.. Now they're good at Ping pong too! xD

[halow545]

The way he holds the paddle in my opinion is the best way. I wouldn't change my style if I were you, you will see this has many advantages =D.

[aharvey35]

hey nice vids, im just tryin to find out other ways to hold the bat. mine is the exact same as yours, and i like it but i just want to try something new, do u think u can post a vid on it?

[boogiepanda007]

Pen hold?

[daicelender]

if you can choose between paying and not paying.. how come people pay..? idiots!

[stevema2]

if you have this much time on your hands, how come you don't go and learn this stuff yourself? lmao :p

[poostinkpoo1]

why is this called a counterhit

isnt this just a normal backhand drive

[undyingflame27]

I think it's called both.

[darthsophia123]

i think its wrong, after hitting the bat should be going into inside and out again in a circular motion

[brunozxch2o]

circular motion isnt correct man..

it makes you loose lot of time, power, spin potential and control =D

his movements are quite nice.

i just disagree with 1 thing... he continues the movement even when the ball had already hit the other side of the table o0'

if you take a look at chinese players like wang liqin... u realize that his movements are really short and fast when he is close to table ;D

[ikustir0915]

That's a Chinese thing man. They have their strokes short and fast. If you want, look at the video response to this video and see(ppgear). I'm posting a video as a video response too.

[brunozxch2o]

Hmmm

i guess i prefer the chinese way of play, cse, when i was a "semi-pro" (junior table tennis player) my coach was chinese... and all the sutff i've learned about TT is in the chinese vision of thing ;D

[idoknow1]

all lessons are about the arm-tecnique and not about feet and use of shoulders and wrisks.

[mcgcarlos]

he is doing straight! it's crosscourt what's he is doing!

[PingMast]

u r hitting to the side...wat about the straight wan....

[schwazer210]

thanks the videos a great but i dont no why the high quality opotion is in there

also do you need to know every shot and how to counter every shot or play just in the style you feel comftable with.

[pingskills]

The more shots you learn and know how to counter the more you will be able to deal with different opponents. So I suggest that it is good to learn as much as possible. After you have learnt most of the strokes, it is then good to play as much as possible in a style you feel comfortable with. Hope that helps.

[amlor88]

50000th view woooo

[asletfd]

the wbs cool

[tananakkalabau]

is there any lesson for those using pen hold and single rubber side bat?

[busterbing0]

woow i'm getting better at table tennis thanks to you guys cheers :)

[ratttt33]

thanks jefffy

[trZack]

Thanks guys for the lessons, they really help.

[ROBQ900]

this looks like this shot would put spin on it does it?

[pingskills]

The backhand counterhit does put a little bit of topspin on the ball. The topspin helps the ball drop down allowing you to hit the ball harder but still have it land on the table.

We also have other videos on the backhand topspin and backhand topspin off backspin. Both of these strokes put a lot more topspin on the ball.

If you have any other questions then please try out the "Ask the Coach" section of our website. We check this all the time and answer questions there frequently.

[cryionic]

i fail hard @backhand. i think this will help me develop a better style.

[ixixyixix]

Thanx alot jeff and that other men. These lessons helped me alot.. Again, thank you very much. I like your lessons and it helped me really.

Thank you. :-)

[yb600whp]

This really helped me beat my m8's at school. i'm better because of these lessons.

[dominator778]

This video is sooo cool!!Thx a lot.....It reallllly helped my backhand.....

[rgc93]

Thankis for this lesson, it was quite helpful!

[Majkovsky]

thanks

[bsurfs]

thanks man

[invincibleindian]

thanks buddy...

it did help to get my back hand right !