#4 Heavy pushes that the opponent does not let the initiative take (last episode)

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[Special feature] America’s star! Jha’s strengths

#4 Short pushes that do not let the opponent take the initiative (last episode)

Kanak JHA (US) got the quarterfinals of the Herenshonkslagen on the World Table Tennis Championships 2021 in Houston and the quarterfinals of the Herenkonkslagen at the recent Olympic Games in Paris. At first glance, he plays with an orthodox shake hand style of attack, stays in front and not too far from the table, but inside he is full of a variety of intelligent movements needed to win. In this special position we will reveal the strengths of JHA, including comments from him and his coach, Jorg Bitzigeio (Germany).

In the last episode he explains Jha’s hidden weapon, the short push.

*The technical explanation in the main text is based on a right -handed player.

By applying a strong spider on the push, it becomes an more aggressive technique.

Bitzigeio: What JHAs receive, we strengthen his push. Specifically, push an early timing. Moreover, touching the ball as if you were pushing it and a lot of spider (underlined) on it (short push). For this reason we concentrate on the speed of the timing of the voucher and we also follow training to strengthen the wrist. JHA: When making a push it is important to record at the early impact point. To do this, it is important to get close to the ball quickly. This is because closer to the ball makes it easier to operate the racket. And by giving a lot of twist to the push, it becomes a more aggressive reception technique. If you put a lot of turn on the push, it is difficult for your opponent to flick (sweeping) or banana-flick (a backhand-drive technique for the ball on the table), and it is difficult to arrange if you try to do a Push return (Atchnique to return a push with a push with a push).

JHA (right) and his coach, Bitzigeio, say they are working on improving their push skills while receiving.

Cancel the service spider of the opponent with an early starting point

JHA: To give a strong spider on, you must correctly read the rotation of your opponent serve and make the right racket corner according to that rotation. However, if you strive for an early impact and get the ball with the intention of spinning on it, you can deny any light wrong reading of the rotation of your opponent or racket corner in relation to that. So, to repeat, recording an early point of impact is an important point in improving the stability of this technique. When making a short push, I think it is good to hit the ball with the image of holding long. In this way it will be easier to give a strong twist to the ball.Forehand he

Forehand heavy push

Backhand heavy push

At first glance it is difficult to notice when looking at JHA, but his ability to cause mistakes from opponents and to take the initiative with a short push is one of his hidden strengths. It is not easy to keep the ball short and to control while he also puts a strong underlined, but if you

Can control it, it will be a powerful weapon. What is more, if you can make a short push with both Forehand and Backhand such as JHA, it will further expand the variety of your receptions. Players who want to improve their reception must be the comments of JHA and the order of

Photos as a reference and try to master the short push.

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(Interview/Summary = Table Tennis Report)