Table Tennis Strokes: Backhand Smash

Learn how to perfect the table tennis stroke known as the backhand smash with this ping pong video. Expert: Tahl Leibovitz



Video transcript:

My name is Tahl Leibovitz and I'm here at SPiN, New York. I am a professional table tennis player who has been competing internationally since 1995. I am here today to speak to you about the intermediate and beginner aspects of the Olympic sport of table tennis. I'm now gonna demonstrate the backhand smash. There's a lot of different types of backhands. The one that I'm gonna be talking about is mainly where you sort of start with your racket at your stomach, then you push your racket out. This is just rallying; it's sort of like a rally. Now, when the ball, a lot of times in table tennis the ball's traveling at a very fast speed, so you don't really have time to move your hand back. However, sometimes you get a ball that's very slow. If the ball's slow, it's good to try to get your hand back, and then try to pass through the ball. The main key here is: always try to get your racket to pass through the ball quickly; it's very, very important that you do that on every stroke that you do, especially the backhand. What a lot of people do in Europe is they do a sort of‚ a couple of years ago, they sort of transferred the backhand loop, but they try to pass the ball quickly. Just like that. And that's sort of how you smash the ball with the backhand. And you just smash. Then you're sort of passing the ball quickly. So the main thing with the backhand is to try to get the racket to pass through the ball quickly. So you're starting here and you're just passing it, that's the backhand stroke, just like that.

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[kvedward]

@pokeranter56x There ARE no wrong techniques, as long as the person gets it right and comfortably.

[masterdannyboy1212]

I prefer forehand more, it seems alot easier for the way i play to smash it.

[The45Goku]

@xXxC0nSUm3rXxX1337 thanx for the reply but wat happened to me is mom didnt awoke me and i didnt played my match because of my mom

[xXxC0nSUm3rXxX1337]

@The45Goku did you winned

[Takasanwhich]

@kvedward Depends on what your definition of wrong techniques is. In table tennis, you can smash the ball the way you like, but if you do it in a way that waste energy and opens up your weak areas if your opponent manages to get the ball, then I would consider that a wrong technique.

[The45Goku]

i am watching this vid because i have a table tennis match . i think it is on 18 february saturday

[AceofDlamonds]

backhand smash is more beautiful in my opinion because of the relative difficulty.......forehand looks badass as well if you smash it like Tennis.....

[pokeranter56x]

@kvedward Thats definetely true, it correct to do what works for you

[pokeranter56x]

This guys technique is wrong but good vid anyway

[uzairfarooqui]

nicee...