Paddle
Palace 2014 Backhand Loop Clinic
Time:
Super Bowl Sunday, February 2nd 3-7pm @ THPRD.15707
SW Walker Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006
Coaches:
Tim Aikey, Thomas Kung, Brian Yoder. All coaches have completed the
ITTF level 1 course.
Sponsor:
I want to thank Paddle Palace for supporting my clinics and supplying
Orange Nittaku Top Balls. I would also like to thank Portland Table
Tennis Club for their support and continuing to promote table tennis.
Last clinic highlight video, check it out: http://youtu.be/JCkcVzq4VPc
Cost:
$60.00 for four hours. Contact me Tim Aikey,Aikeyt@gmail.com
to
get into the clinic.
Required
level & Partnering: This Clinic is open to everyone. Super basics
will not be covered. Make sure to bring water and a couple of towels,
there will be a lot less lecture and a lot more drill / play time in
this clinic. Players will be partnered up with similar skilled
players. Top 20 players will get into the clinic.
Overview:
This clinic will be mostly drilling with lots of feedback from the
coaches. Backhand loop vs everything! We are also going to cover
backhand flip (backhand loop over the table), backhand serves and
quickly going over one of my favorites “the push”.
Specifics
covered:
1)
Backhand loop vs underspin, how to loop vs heavy underspin, light
underspin and dead ball. Tricks to finding consistency with this
stroke against any ball.
2)
Backhand loop placement strategy.
3)
Knowing your options and your opponents options after you backhand
loop.
4)
Foot work knowledge for backhand loop, where you should be in
relation to the ball and how to move there.
5)
Well also be going over the coaches favorite backhand serves and
having them share some serve strategy and or deception tactics they
personally use.
6)
Backhand loop vs serve; this is a very special strokes and in my mind
the most mistakes are made here. We will go over what you do want to
do and what you want to avoid doing when you are receiving a
serve.
7)
Backhand flip, at the pro level this stroke is used on any short ball
now, even on the forehand side of the table. We will go over exactly
how to execute this stroke, where to place the ball and how
aggressively you should play the ball.
8)
Super tricky serve and 3rd ball that your opponents will have no idea
whats going on. I covered this one
in the last clinic and I would like to cover this again I feel like
this is something that people need to know about.
9) The
importance of a good push, how to and why.
10) Playing 5th ball
with backhand, how the 5th ball is properly played.
Recent
changes to my clinics due to players requests from my post clinic
questioner:
1)
Lecture times are going to be a maximum of 7 minutes. This will allow
for maximum play time and for coaches to give personal comments as
much as possible.
2)
Drill time will be 15 minutes.
3)
Two time blocks of ladder style match play.
