Why Do Table Tennis Players Stare At The Ball Before Serving?
The way a player throws the ball has less to do with strategy and more to do with their own playing style as well as the teaching styles of the coaches they have trained with, according to Teodor “Doru” Gheorghe, the coach of the US women’s table tennis team. Gheorghe informed us through email that…
The way a player throws the ball has less to do with strategy and more to do with their own playing style as well as the teaching styles of the coaches they have trained with, according to Teodor “Doru” Gheorghe, the coach of the US women’s table tennis team.
Gheorghe informed us through email that “each player [finds] the right [height] to throw the ball according to his game and talents” when he was in London.
Some folks like to toss the ball higher than others.
By launching the ball higher, a player may enhance the amount of spin she applies to her serve.
According to Gheorghe, a well-thrown ball will gain speed as it falls, which may help a player add more topspin, backspin, or sidespin to the ball.
The amount of spin that the ball receives is also influenced by how you move your paddle.
Why Do Table Tennis Players Stare At The Ball Before Serving?
The participants, he continued, are trying to remain anonymous by obscuring their paddle movements. Professionals pay great attention to both the movement of their opponent’s paddle and the spin of the ball so that they may best position themselves for a return stroke.
Like a baseball player trying to conceal the ball before tossing it to the batter-runner at the plate, the server will put in a lot of effort to trick the client.
