Table Tennis Masterclass with PROVINCIAL Player... in China 🇨🇳

This is part two of two of my China mini series where I travel to China for one week to visit family and get a couple of table tennis lessons in.

During this episode, I travel to Chongqing, China and get a lesson in with 张弛, a provincial player from Hubei and Chinese National Team (second team / reserves).

He puts on an absolute masterclass training lesson as he covers a lot of great points about forehand, backhand with analogies and even goes deeper in the philosophy behind table tennis.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:35 - Vlog
4:00 - Forehand warm-up and loop
5:53 - Proper Forehand technique (power, relaxing, exercise analogy)
9:15 - Return on effort and optimal contact point and positioning
11:14 - Relaxing especially when fatigued after multiple strokes
14:20 - Body part synergy for consistency
17:50 - Adjustments, spacing, and timing
20:00 - Backhand timing, position, and technique
24:50 - Outwards-angled vs inwards-angled grip
32:50 - Random ball (dropping the paddle, timing problems)
36:55 - Philosophy: adapting to instability of ball with stable stroke
40:00 - Importance of keeping ball on table (protective stroke)
41:45 - 捏拍 (niē pāi): grip control technique for stability
45:40 - Movement is on a scale (0-100)
47:00 - Relaxing and keeping body with arm
51:06 - Forehand Loop vs Underspin (my two problems)
52:05 - Locked vs unlocked power
54:10 - Relaxing and timing (return on effort)
57:00 - Why proper positioning matters
1:00:40 - Why do old school forehand dominant players stand so diagonally?
1:03:25 - Backhand Loop vs Underspin (keeping weight centered)
1:05:50 - Using core to overcome heavy spin
1:07:30 - Proper positioning using non-dominant arm for balance
1:09:00 - Power efficiency (before vs after contact point)
1:11:30 - Stability first, adjustments later (Subway sandwich analogy)