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Book Contents
1. Amateur table tennis
2. My story
3. Training
- How long does it take to get “really good” at table tennis?
- How often should you train?
- Training with a purpose
- Three training methods
- Your training plan
4. Technique
- My deficient technique
- What is ‘correct’ technique?
- Copying the professionals
- Unorthodox technique
- Improving your technique
5. Service
- Legal serves vs illegal serves
- Improving your serves
- Solo service practice
- The perfect serve
- Long serves
- Always expect your serve to be returned
- Service tactics to win cheap points
6. Returning serves
- Reading spin
- Shot selection
- Asserting pressure
7. Winning points
- What is the best playing style to win at table tennis?
- Ball placement
- Spin, speed and power
- Disruptive shots
- How do you win points?
8. Tactics
- The pusher
- The chopper
- The blocker
- The lobber
- The topspin attacker
- The mid-distance looper
- The one-wing attacker
- The flat hitter
- The long pimples player
- The short pimples player
- The anti-spin player
- Develop your tactical thinking
9. Playing matches
- Warm-up
- Analysing your opponent
- Game plan
- Coping with pressure
- Staying positive
- The winning secret
- Reflecting
10. Continual improvement
- Problem-solving mindset
- Age is no barrier
- Overcoming adversity
- No matter how good you get, there’s always someone better
11. Follow your own path
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