Show #277 - The Katana Grip




Ask The Coach Show | Table Tennis show

Summary: <h4>On This Day - 1:07</h4> <p>Patrick Chila (born 27 November 1969 in Ris-Orangis, Essonne) is a French table tennis player who has competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008.</p> <p>Ariel Yenhua Hsing (born November 29, 1995)[2] is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hsing became the youngest U.S. table tennis national champion in history in 2010 at age 15.</p> <h4>Tip of the Week - 6:50</h4> <p>Using your wrist</p> <h4>Drill of the Week - 11:11</h4> <p>Practicing the Flick - Use short serves or multiball</p> <h4>Tournament Wrap - 14:45</h4> <p>Swedish Open</p> <h4>The Katana Grip - 19:07</h4> <p>We discuss a grade 2 player using a new style of grip called the Katana Grip. Will this become popular?</p> <h4> <a href="/table-tennis-forum/long-pimples-rpb/">Long Pimples for RPB</a> - 22:08</h4> <p>Icon: Is it okay to use long pips when playing rpb the back side specifically.</p> <h4> <a href="/table-tennis-forum/anger-under-pressure/">Anger Under Pressure</a> - 24:02</h4> <p>Nathan: I have never been able to beat my Dad at table tennis, he is nothing special but whenever i am doing really well, he always makes me choke and i mess up. Also no whenever i play, if i mess up simple shots, i start getting very angry which makes me miss even more. My Dad ends up quitting on me whenever we are playing because i get so mad. How do i keep myself from missing those easy shots, and keeping my temper cool. Please help, i really need to beat him. So please help.</p> <h4> <a href="/table-tennis-forum/game-strategy-against-fast-player/">Strategy Against a Fast Server</a> - 28:01</h4> <p>Ardak: I played with a guy who plays really fast. When he does his very fast topspin serves, I can't react to loop or to use topspin it. Because I can’t topspin against very fast balls, also,  he serves sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right side. Tried to topspin it or loop, but without success. I can always block it, or counter by flat bat contact. But he continues to topspin, I continue to block. Tried to counter by flat contact to different sides of the table, but after 3-4 blocks I fail. What must I do?</p> <h4> <a href="/table-tennis-forum/ma-lins-serve-fake-action/">Ma Lin's Fake Serve Action</a> - 31:05</h4> <p>Jason: Hi. I already know about how to do the Ghost serve, and I don't wanna ask about that. I just amazed when I see he hiding his serve (a little) with his left hand and if I watch his serve in his matches I just can see that he brush the ball to the other side (It looks like he is doing a reverse pendulum serve, but actually he is doing a normal pendulum serve). My question is, how to do that? (I really want to learn it)</p> <h4>Links in this Episode</h4> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Chila">Patrick Chila</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Hsing">Ariel Hsing</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.topspinmovie.com/">Topspin Documentary</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ittf.com/tournament/2704/ittf-world-tour-swedish-open-major/">2016 Swedish Open Results</a></p> <p><a href="/table-tennis/strokes-and-technique/advanced-forehand-topspin/">Advanced Forehand Topspin</a></p> <p><a href="/table-tennis/multiball/introduction-to-multiball/">Introduction to Multiball</a></p> <p><a href="/table-tennis/strokes-and-technique/forehand-flick/">Forehand Flick</a></p> <p><a href="/table-tennis/sports-psychology/">Sports Psychology Course</a></p> <p><a href="/table-tennis-forum/how-to-execute-the-ma-lin-serve/">How To Execute the Ma Lin Serve</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPThAWFaHc">The Katana Grip Video</a></p>