HOW TO PLAY TABLE

TENNIS
Group 2
Adrayan Delos Reyes Palma
Almarvez Go Pascua
Cabalan Mendoza Valdez
 GRIP
• Most favoured grip - “shake hands” grip

• Purpose of the grip is to control the angle

of the bat.
- Height of the ball
- Depth of the ball
- Speed of the ball
- Type of spin
- Amount of spin
- Direction of the ball
 BASIC BALL
CONTROL
• Hand and Eye Coordination

• Exercises in order to achieve/improve

ball control
- Bouncing the ball on the forehand side of
the bat, attempting to achieve a uniform
height
- As 1 but using the backhand side of the bat
- Bouncing the ball each side of the bat
alternately
- Repeating exercises 1,2 and 3 but varying
the height of the bounce
- Repeating all exercises but with added
movement such as walking or light jogging
BASIC STROKES
• Backhand Push
- the basis for backhand backspin
• Forehand Drive
- the basis for forehand topspin
• Backhand Drive
- the basis for backhand topspin
• Forehand Push
- the basic for forehand backspin

Forehand drive – more likely to adapt an

attacking attitude

Backhand push- easiest stroke and more

practical
 SERVICE

• Stroke that starts every rally

• Most important stroke in

Table Tennis
 Service Return

• Second most important stroke in Table

Tennis

• The receiver should return the ball

in one of two ways:
- Push (from a short service)
- Drive (from a long service)
 Spin
• Ball is generally struck with either
topspin or backspin.

3 Kinds of Spin
• Topspin – brushing the ball upward
• Backspin – brushing the ball downward
• Sidespin
 • To angle the ball away from the receiver.
Usually near to the base or side lines.

Tips on how to block

• Stance - Facing the line of play
• Table Position - Close
Block • Length of Swing – Short with 50% before
contact 50% after
• Timing – as the ball is rising
• Bat Arm Movement – Moves from the elbow
in an horizontal plane
• Free Arm – Points to ball acting as a
reference point. Assisting with the body
rotation and balance
 LOOP
• Maximum topspin with as much speed as possible to
increase pressure on the opponent

Tips on how to loop

• Stance - Facing the line of play
• Table Position - Close
• Length of Swing – Medium with 50% before contact 50%
after
• Timing – Variable
• Body Movement – Accentuate the movement by pushing
strongly with the legs
• Bat Arm Movement – Use all three joints of the playing arm
to gain maximum spin
• Free Arm – Points to ball acting as a reference point.
Assisting with the body rotation and balance
 CHOP
• Maximum backspin. Place as short or as long/wide as possible
to reduce the control level of the opponent

Tips on how to loop

• Stance - Facing the line of play for backhand.
• Table Position - Variable
• Length of Swing – Medium with 50% before contact 50% after
• Timing – Variable
• Body Movement – Accentuate the movement by pushing
strongly with the legs
• Bat Arm Movement – Moves from the elbow in an horizontal
plane
• Free Arm – Points to ball acting as a reference point. Assisting
with the body rotation and balance
 3 STAGES OF
• To get the ball on the table

• The accuracy to get the ball to certain areas of the table

TACTICAL • The ability to apply pressure to areas of the table and the

DEVELOPMENT opponent with different types of spin, amounts of spin and

different speeds to create openings to hit winners