A recent post revealed a great table tennis training tool to help increase spin.
Someone asked a great question:
“Why bother with a stationary tool like this if you have a ball-feeding robot that can place the balls consistently in the same place?”
The answer is: One of the core philosophies of Deliberate Practice Principles is to routinely (and tactically) isolate elements of your training to apply highly targeted concentration of focus with INTENSITY. In so doing, the distinctions you will acquire will catapult your proficiency forward to create quantum leaps instead of painstaking incremental progress.
In this instance, the spinning tool REMOVES footwork and isolates the concentration of power within the SPECIFIC stroke; be it a forehand versus a backhand, dealing with a topspin versus a backspin ball.
The INSTANT FEEDBACK of this tool will confirm your technical adjustments as you try to balance the appropriate ratio of the brushing versus the forward motion (component) of your stroke.
An hour with this training tool can represent as much as a whole month of unfocused training.
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For less than $100, you can save yourself a lot of time and effort and acquire skills a lot faster.
A training tool like this comes in handy on an on-going basis since each level of play requires a review of the fundamentals which (should) involve tactical isolation with intensity!
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