HUGE IMPROVEMENT! Coach Matt fixes my weak forehand topspin

In this video, Matt Leete from Bribar Table Tennis gives me a simple tip which has transformed my forehand topspin.

During a filming session, back in June 2023, Matt identified a flaw with my forehand topspin technique, which was causing the shot to be slow and lacking spin.

Matt showed me a different way of hitting my forehand topspin, which I was able to pick up quite quickly. Since then my forehand topspin has got stronger and stronger.

Watch the video to find out Matt's simple tip and also see footage of my vastly improved forehand topspin destroying opponents in real matches.

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[cannonskier]

Thanks! So happy to have found this channel. Getting back into TT since covid. Club is finally opened in a new venue. So excited. Thank you so much.🙏

[emiletremblay]

Thank YOU TOM! This is my biggest mistake as well and I'm so grateful that you made a video about fixing it

[joltic]

thanks tom, you released this at the perfect time, ive also been using my arm a lot more and was looking for a fix, will try the elbow snap tomorrow. cheers!

[garylshelton]

Tom, i get a lot out of your videos. THANK YOU for them! They now feed one after the other to my phone. I wanted to tell you that Immediately after this video finished, another excellent video popped up that you did with FERENC HORVATH 4 years ago where he talks about this exact same thing of not using the shoulder and snapping the elbow during the forehand loop. It just goes to show learning is in REPETITION for everybody. 😊

[wesleyl]

thanks for this tip, my weakwpoint is forehand topspin... i will watch this tomorrow again before training. more of this good content please sir!

[shuhdioorajeh]

I love you so much Mr. Tom thanks for everything you do in your channel.

[DoggoZyDingle]

I HAVE COMP TMR, i really needed this thankkk youu so muchh bro

[cannonskier]

Beautiful. Thank you so much.. Subscribed.

[technoxtreme]

Would love to see the technique with short pips on the forehand, please. Can you bring in a short or medium Pips forehand player? So many YouTube videos on long pips backhand but not much on forehand short pips

[janbalompie]

Tom, thanx! like your videos a lot. I have played your video very slow at the end and paused yes! your index finger is quite

[Lightzy]

Actively contracting the muscles to create a snappier elbow "whip" will lead to tennis-elbow quite rapidly, if you practice often (4-5 times a week lets say) and/or overdo the motion.

Your elbow will more naturally "whip" if you actually keep it loose and focus on leg work (left foot forward) and body rotation instead.to tennis-elbow quite rapidly, if you practice often, which is safer long term.

[NoorKhanNY]

omg I started playing when I was about 15 or so, but I never received coaching or instruction, I just played a lot. I never learned how to properly spin the ball. I got pretty good I'd say, winning some small local tournaments, but it was just because I was playing A LOT and I was good at getting the ball on the table, and I had an aggressive flat hit that I had gotten pretty good at executing.

I stopped playing for pretty much my entire 20s, now in my 30s I've returning to the game, trying to learn to play it the right way, and I'm having so much trouble learning to loop, and I think this is the problem I have, I don't whip my arm properly enough. Like the acceleration is what my coach keeps telling me. I don't have conviction behind my shot. I just have this slow stroke or I end up accelerating AFTER I hit the ball. It's hard to internalize the habit and make it muscle memory.

I think so many looping videos don't explain this enough, where the spin off the ball is going to come from the rapid acceleration being made. But perhaps it's possible to create spin without accelerating rapidly... It's all so tricky to me.

[lotusroot]

i am a forehand dominate player, this is the video i need

[mauricetate]

This is a difference from European coaching and Chinese coaching. The Chinese style recommend a very relaxed arm. Use your body and hip rotation to propel the arm and elbow out from the body. The Chinese style lets the arm straighten somewhat too, as it is relaxed. Then the elbow stops moving somewhat and the arm whips through naturally without contracting the arm muscles. Some European coaches recommend contracting the arm muscles as in this video.
If you look at the top men pros, which method do they use?
If you are learning table tennis, I would recommend the Chinese method as it is much more relaxed with less chance of injury.

[nitinagarwal]

How is Andro C53 compared to Joola AGR on FH for topspin. Any recommendation for BH rubber?

[jackforstudent]

if you want fast spin, your leg steps forward and your waist needs to move too. your spin will very fast

[knotwilg]

The elbow "snaps" because the angular momentum of your forearm is greater than that of your upper arm - and your arm is loose. The angular momentum is there because of torso rotation and leg weight transfer."Snapping" it deliberately will lead to injury and it neglects the power coming from legs and torso.

On that topic, you do rotate your torso but you tend to fall back while doing it. Your weight is too often on your heels, your body upright and so even when making the rotating motion it often leads to you falling back or to the side.

Your best technique was against the robot. The regularity of the incoming ball allowed you to keep proper distance and remain oriented forward. I think your natural blocking style is the culprit. You are comfortable close to the table when blocking but with your body type and age it is too close for comfortably spinning randomly incoming balls.

[tayfunkayabasi]

Dear coach Tom, when you hit a forehand topspin your upper body seems to lean back.

[tommonk]

This is my problem. I hit a table tennis ball like it's a tennis ball. I hit from the shoulder and not from the elbow because of all the tennis I have played over the years....

[yamenalsyoufi]

My trainer asked me to close my arm at the 1st class. I used to open it more than you