Hiroe Imai Drills Forehand & Backhand Loop against Underspin // Coaching Berkeley TT Alum Erica Tran

One of the most tiring things you can do in table tennis is loop underspin balls, overriding the incoming backspin with your own top spin ball to open up a point and get into a rally. it requires great movement to put yourself in the position to use your legs and core to generate enough brush and power onto the thinnest of edges of a 40 millimeter plastic ball. Oh, and your paddle angle must be right as well. All of this is just one reason why Table Tennis is considered by NASA to be the most complex sport in the world, countless variables that alter the correct response happen within a split second, and you’ve got to be remarkably athletic, adaptable, and agile to execute within that timeframe. This video features coach Hiroe Imai drilling Erica Tran with backspin serves to both her forehand and backhand to practice loops with various combinations that will challenge Erica’s footwork and stamina, and they will work to correct a few things in Erica’s technique that