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How to Play Table Tennis for Beginners

Table tennis instruction for beginners includes the following skills and exercises:

Basic skill practice:

Bumping Exercise: To bump the ball in place, place the paddle flat in front of the body, gently throw the ball up with the other hand, and when the ball falls close to the paddle, gently bump the ball upward with the paddle, and repeat. This helps to build up the feel of the ball.

Bouncing Exercise: Hitting the bottom of the table tennis ball with the ping pong paddle so that it doesn't fall to the ground is the most basic exercise to work on the balance of the ball. Chipping: Chipping the ball against the table tennis table with both forehand and backhand, this should be done after you have improved your rolling skills. Advanced skill practice:

Pumping exercise: find a table tennis table against a wall, bounce the ball on your side, then immediately pump it towards the opponent's table, the ball collides with the table and bounces to the wall, then bounces back to your table again, and so on and so forth. This is a more difficult exercise.

Serve Arc: 1m to 2m away from the table, hold the ball in your left hand and lift it up, let go of the ball and let it fall naturally, when the ball bounces up, use the correct action of pulling the arc to practice the arc. Squash practice: let the ping pong ball hit the ground once and then instantly draw it up so that it hits the wall, either by drawing or spinning. This simulates the real world and works on resilience. Auxiliary practice methods:

Using a tee machine: If conditions allow, purchase a tee machine for individual practice, this is a very effective method, but requires a high level of space and equipment.

Hitting against the wall: Use a ping pong board to whip the ping pong ball so that it hits the wall and rebounds, and then whip the ping pong ball so that it does not fall to the ground. This helps to develop control of the ping pong ball.

Practice in the mirror: Use a mirror to observe your own movements, or mark a box on the wall and try to hit the ball into this box to practice accuracy. Forehand and backhand and serve practice:

Forehand: Take a pot of balls and put it on the left hand side of the table, take the ball with your left hand and gently throw it to the lower right corner, then hit the ball with your right hand. You can also practice your forehand against the table tennis table, paying attention to the correct posture.

Backhand: Place a pot of balls on the left side of the table and hit the ball with the right hand. You can also practice your backhand against the table, with half of the table standing up.

Serve: Take a pot of balls and place it on the left or right side of the table and hit the ball with your right hand, practicing the different spins of the forehand and backhand strokes.

Through these techniques and practice methods, novices can gradually master the basic skills of table tennis and improve themselves in practice.

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