Practicing bounce between shots

[JoeClark]

Hi there,

I try to integrate it into all my drills: I try to keep bouncing when blocking, or while "waiting" in my neutral position after a serve. But the problem is that once I stop worrying about moving between shots, I stop bouncing. I feel I need some kind of "saturation training" to address this issue. So how would "saturation training" look like for this particular technique?

Thanks

[Uranus]

I am not 100% sure, what your definition of "saturating training" is!?

But you can practice is with training matches. You must tell your opponent, that he always will get the point, when he will notice that you are not bouncing between the points. You will lose 1-2 times the point, after that it will be save for a whole match. If you practice like that 2-3 months, you will never again forget to bounce.

[Rückhandmonster]

I think bouncing mean short jumps between the strokes and before stroke.

I guess the bouncing might be a problem, when you bounce only for bouncing.
In the international trainings exists different position how good is bouncing.
I see some girls that bounce ever, but think about that:
In the moment when you jump up, your opponent play the ball - you have to come down and then change the direction an move there.
That seems in some situation to much complicated.

I guess you, that you do 3 things:
1. Train your footwork without ball - this means train that you can do all necessary steps for table tennis. Use shadow training for that - means you imagine what happen and move right for the situation.
2. Train your footwork with ball - like falkenberg or other practice - your footwork should work automaticly.
3. Train anticipation - this is the hardest part of practice. You can try the multiball with some regulations:
- you know allways what happen - like Falkenberg
- you know the first 2 balls what happen and the third ball is free
- completely free multiball - very difficult
But you should have your attention to a good multiball coach, he/she should know what kind of balls can't combine. Example: when you play a very good forhand in forhand - in 80% you get a forehand ball back - this is a part of anticipation and tactics - you should learn how the balls fly .

Whenever you know which is the most likely answer to your ball, you can move easy to the right position and make the point.

Kind Regards
Tom