Is it possible to improve your table tennis skills by yourself without a table as well?
If so are there exercises that one could do to improve your table tennis skills by yourself?
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I would take a look here for some ideas sports.stackexchange.com/questions/50/…– Marcus SwopeCommented Feb 11, 2012 at 6:50
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1@MarcusSwope i thought about that but i'd rather use a table tennis racquet ;). I guess i could do that to the end of the bat.– chrisjleeCommented Feb 11, 2012 at 6:52
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Update: found a youtube video on this - youtube.com/watch?v=i8Pv8vWdyL8&feature=relmfu– chrisjleeCommented Mar 25, 2012 at 15:19
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Found another exersize: youtube.com/…– chrisjleeCommented Apr 21, 2012 at 4:12
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One article discussed various solo table tennis training drills. Topics included:
- Serving Practice
- Shadow Play and Ghosting
- Solo Footwork Drills
- Video Footage Analysis
- Table Tennis Robots
Each topic had several practical pointers and tips.
One table tennis forum post dealt with this question and had two suggestions:
- Shadow play (mentioned in the first article above)
- Purchase a return board
Regarding the return board, one poster noted:
return boards have proper rubber on them, and can actually help you, unlike folding the table up
These resources suggest that there's a wide range of drills that one can do without purchasing any equipment - at minimum shadow play and footwork drills can be done without any equipment. At the high end, buying a robot or doing video analysis can be costly, but can provide good returns if solo practice is very important.
