About the Book. The book contains an age-appropriate collection of all aspects of table tennis tactics for young players.

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This book will show you how to do this, and it provides a thorough analysis of all the most important table tennis tactics.

1 How often have you thought that you had been the better player technically, but still managed to lose the game? In order to beat an opponent, you have to be more than technically proficient and learn how to apply your technique correctly through a better tactical appreciation of each game as it progresses. This book will show you how to do this, and it provides a thorough analysis of all the most important table tennis tactics. About the Book The book contains an age-appropriate collection of all aspects of table tennis tactics for young players. It helps you to read your opponent s game and to decide how to play against forehand- or backhand-dominant players. There are also valuable tips on how playing tempo can be used as a tactical element, how to produce and read ball spin and how to influence it with a suitable racket surface, and how the service game is used to take tactical control of the game. With numerous photos and illustrations, a self-test questionnaire, profiles of the best table tennis players, the official rules and tactical know-how, this book will soon become your table tennis bible. ISBN $ US/ 9.95/A

Alongside his coaching work in Hannover, Germany, he is also actively involved in coaching training at regional and international level.

2 The Grip Table according to Östh/Fellke About the Authors Klaus-M. Geske, 42, is a qualified physical education teacher. From 2000 to 2008, the elite level coach was national youth coach for the Flemish Table Tennis Association in Belgium. Alongside his coaching work in Hannover, Germany, he is also actively involved in coaching training at regional and international level. Jens Mueller, 39, was coach to the German national deaf table tennis team between 1997 and The high school teacher has been working as a lecturer at a German University since The table below was compiled by the Swedish coaches Glenn Östh and Jens Fellke, a former Swedish first division player. It shows which grips are advantageous for which strokes and side changes. For example, a FH topspin is easier with the forehand grip while the backhand grip is helpful for a FH-sidespin. They also indicate that by changing grip (also known as flipping the racket) during a rally, it is possible to change the grip in order to play as many strokes as possible with good technique. # Strokes FH-topspin BH-topspin FH-smash BH-smash FH-flip BH-flip Quick change from FH to BH Quick change from BH to FH FH parallel from the FH corner BH parallel from the FH corner FH cross-court from the FH corner BH cross-court from the BH corner FH from mid-table BH from mid-table FH sidespin Defensive FH-chop Defensive BH-chop Grip

3 Table Tennis Tactics Your Path to Success!

4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, OR (TO QUOTE JOE COCKER) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS The authors thank: The Butterfly company for their support. Timo Boll for his friendly and very professional collaboration on the photo shoots. Guido Schuchert for the great photos, without which our book would not have been so well illustrated. Oliver Sprigade for preparing the images. He had the difficult task of representing what we were not able to communicate via photos or the written word. He is also the creator of the tactical fox. Another big THANK YOU to all those mentioned above.

5 Klaus-M. Geske & Jens Mueller Table Tennis Tactics Your Path to Success Meyer & Meyer Sport

6 Original title: Tischtennistaktik Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 2009 Translated by Heather Ross Table Tennis Tactics Your Path to Success Klaus-M. Geske & Jens Mueller Maidenhead: Meyer & Meyer Sport (UK) Ltd., 2010 ISBN: All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means now known or hereafter invented without the prior written permission of the publisher. This book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form, binding or cover other than that which is published, without the prior written consent of the publisher by Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen Aachen, Adelaide, Auckland, Budapest, Cape Town, Graz, Indianapolis, Maidenhead, Olten (CH), Singapore, Toronto Member of the World Sportpublishers Association (WSPA) Printed by: B.O.S.S Druck und Medien GmbH ISBN: info@m-m-sports.com

7 CONTENTS Contents Greeting from Timo Boll Foreword Before We Start Ball Placement Elbow Scattering Angle Implications for Training and Competition Conclusion A Brief Glance Beyond Our Sport Racket Grip The Grip Table According to Östh and Fellke Implications for Training and Competition Game Types Characteristics of a forehand-dominant player Tips for Playing Against Forehand-dominant Players Characteristics of a backhand-dominant player Tips for Playing Against Backhand-dominant Players Summary Drills Pace Fast or Slow? Changes of Pace Drills Flight Height General Lobbing The Problem of Time Playing Against Defense Drills

8 TABLE TENNIS TACTICS 4 Spin Producing Spin Identifying Spin Backspin Topspin Sidespin Drills Chop Drills Topspin and Block Drills Flip Drills Special Kinds of Rubbers Pips-In Rubbers Antis Pips-Out Rubbers Short Pips Long Pips Mid-length Pips Service Tactics Service Feints Feints With or Without Spin The Windscreen Wiper Principle The Reversal Principle Tips for Service Training Risk Assessment Risk Phases Epilogue The Official Rules The Order of Serving, Receiving and Ends The Expedite System Table Tennis Rules

CONTENTS 9 Final Questionnaire...................................... 98 9.1 Answers.............................................. 101 10 Profiles of a Few Former and Current Table Tennis Stars (and those to come).

9 CONTENTS 9 Final Questionnaire Answers Profiles of a Few Former and Current Table Tennis Stars (and those to come) Timo Boll Wang Hao Ma Long Ma Lin Wang Liqin Vladimir Samsonov Michael Maze Joo Se Hyuk Jun Mizutani Dimitrij Ovtcharov Werner Schlager Jan-Ove Waldner Zhang Yining Guo Yue Elizabeta Samara Daniela Dodean Photo Credits

The Grip Table according to Östh/Fellke About the Authors Strokes Grip

The Grip Table according to Östh/Fellke About the Authors Strokes Grip About the Authors Klaus-M. Geske, 42, is a qualified physical education teacher. From 2000 to 2008, the elite level coach was national youth coach for the Flemish Table Tennis Association in Belgium. Alongside