| Table tennis can be a very competitive game. There | | | | you will find your accuracy improve quite a bit. You |
| are some people out there who are quite skilful and | | | | may not hit the spot on the nose but with practice, you |
| putting them away is not such an easy task. That's | | | | will come very close to it and in many cases you'll put |
| why this first tip is one that you're going to want to | | | | that point away instead of throwing it out the window. |
| pay very close attention to. | | | | This will show your opponent that you can put away |
| This first tip is on closing points. Every once in a while | | | | these shots and will end up commanding more respect |
| you're going to be involved in a point where your | | | | from him. |
| opponent just lays one right in there for you like a big | | | | This next tip is a simple one but one that will save your |
| juicy watermelon. You take one look at this big fat | | | | life more times than you know. When in the middle of |
| goose egg just waiting to be slammed into next | | | | a point where you are forced off the table with a |
| Tuesday. You wind up, swing away and put the ball on | | | | defensive lob, try to add more topspin to your return |
| the moon instead of on the table. What happened? | | | | and lob it back as deep as you can. This will do two |
| What happened, is what happens to many beginners. | | | | things. First, it will give you more time to get back into |
| They see a real easy shot and get so excited about it | | | | position and back to the point and second, it will make |
| that they don't think about what they are doing and in | | | | it tough for your opponent to smash tough angles. |
| their over excited state, send the ball sailing into orbit. | | | | Finally, many beginners try to fake their opponents out |
| It's an easy thing to do, even for the more experienced | | | | on the serve. Experienced players don't fake out |
| player when in the middle of a big point. So the | | | | easily. Instead, try to concentrate on putting as much |
| question is, what do you do to prevent this? | | | | spin on the ball as you can. Or if you don't think you |
| The answer is very simple. When you see a shot that | | | | can put extra spin on the ball then just use your serve |
| is an easy point, take a breath and pick a spot on the | | | | to set up the best shot for you based on your |
| table where you want to send the ball to. Not just an | | | | strengths. Simply try to keep your opponent off |
| area, but a spot. Make that spot as small as possible | | | | balance. As soon as you are finished serving, what is |
| and try as hard as you can to hit that spot. You will | | | | important is to get back in position so you're ready for |
| find two things happen. The first is this will force you to | | | | what's coming at you. |
| concentrate and slow down a bit. The second is that | | | | |