The Forehand Spin Stroke in Ping Pong

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Actually, one more thing about the forehand, as long as I'm thinking about it. The normal stroke pattern that we talked about, with just a basic follow through with the arm. What you can do, which is something that it's probably a little tougher for a beginner to do, but you might want to try it after you've hit a fair amount of shots, is try to come up and actually have your wrist and your arm kind of fall over the top of your paddle after you've made contact with the ball. So that once you're making contact with the ball, the ball is coming off your paddle, it's almost like a follow through, you just kind of let your hand and the paddle flop over and let it release, your wrist will just actually release over the top of the ball. And what that's going to do for you, is that's going to put just a little top spin on the ball, which is going to really because the ping pong ball is so light and you can hit it so hard and put so much spin on it, what that does for the ball, is that pulls the ball down so that if you're hitting the ball, it gives you more distance over the net to be able to clear the net higher and still make contact with the table. Because if you're hitting the ball flat, the ball is going to want to float on you, and if you're hitting it high over the net, chances are, you're going to miss the end of the table. If you just that little bit of a flip on the end of it, it'll actually pull the ball down to make it hit the table quicker.

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