With the smash there is a couple of key features that you need to remember. First one is to get your bat up nice and high to start off with and the swing is to come forward and through. One common mistake is to drag the ball down too much. That's okay if the ball is up a little bit higher. Back off the medium height ball, it's basic to start quite high and come through, nice and flat and forward.
The contact of the bat on the ball needs to be very flat. If you brush the ball on contact, the ball does not go as fast. So with the smash you want a nice, flat and fast contact. The key element of the smash for a lot of people when they are starting to learn to have smash is your feet. The most important thing is, as the ball is going up in the air, you need to get your feet into position straight away. Use that time the ball is in the air to move into position.
A lot of players when they start to smash, as the ball is up in the air they will move their body and try and look where the ball is going and end up in a really bad position. So, as the ball is in the air, make sure you are moving into position, okay, and then you are right to smash.
The feet are really key feature of smashing. Make sure you get yourself into position right from the start. As soon as you see that ball going up in the air, get your feet moving so that you can make a good strong smash from a good balanced position.
You need to get your feet side on to the table so you can generate power coming forwards. In table tennis a lot of the time we are very square on. With the smash you have got time to turn your feet side on. So as the ball is in the air, you have got time to turn and then get your power coming forward to generate more speed, more power with your smash.
Forehand Smash
Main Points
1. Get your bat up high
2. Swing forward and through
3. Contact needs to be flat
4. Get your feet into position early
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