How to Play Defence
Sometimes the best offence is a good defence. In table tennis, playing defensively can be your entire strategy.Steps:
1 - Play for control. Your main priority is to safely return every hit that comes to you.
2 - Let your opponent make the mistakes. Play it safe.
3 - Play back from the table. Play the ball late and low, to slow down the game.
4 - Use chop shots, lob shots and blocks
5 - Use as much spin as you safely can, but make sure each shot lands on the table.
6 - Take advantage of offensive opportunities.
7 - Stay calm. Let your opponent make mistakes. Long defensive rallies will often open up offensive opportunities. Don't pass these by just because you are playing defensively - score when you can.
Tips:
Playing defensively works better against very aggressive opponents. Two defensive players end up playing very long and frustrating games.
Use this method if your opponent is a very attacking player and you don't wish to play his game, if you see he has difficulties with backspin (underspin) or if he gets annoyed when playing against defensive players. That happened to me once in a tournament. In the 1st round I was playing an attacking player, probably better than me. I played defensively and he got quite annoyed. I won 11-4 and 11-0!
To play with this game style you need to be very patient, you’ll be probably be able to annoy your adversary, resulting in mistakes by his part.
More experienced players should use various backspin shots, with different amounts of spin. Control and Spin rubbers, preferably low thickness, are the most appropriate for this style of game.
posted by Pedro V. @ 2:28 AM
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