by Samson Dubina on Fri, 2023-09-15 00:46
Learn to deal with half-long balls...
The score was 9-9 in the final game, your opponent served a half-long serve to your backhand, you thought that the serve was long enough to loop, but it wasn’t. With a full backswing, you looped right into the table! Ouch! As blood began to gush from the back of your hand, you wondered to yourself how this could have been prevented. In this article, I’m going to give you ten tips on how to make peace with the edge of the table.
1. Move both feet properly into position
by Samson Dubina on Mon, 2023-09-11 09:22
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Winning Table Tennis
NEW Coaching Article
By Coach Samson Dubina
A missing key in table tennis is a proper understanding of between-game analysis and between-point analysis. In this article, I’m going to mention the three keys – understanding the problem, finding a solution, and encouraging yourself with the benefit of implementing the solution.
#1 The Problem
by Samson Dubina on Sun, 2023-09-10 01:46
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Root of the Problem
Unless you can find the root of the problem – your problem with persist and you will continue losing. I often ask players why they lost a specific match. They often respond with…
“It was a bad match.”
“I was just off.”
“I didn’t practice enough.”
“My opponent was on fire.”
by Samson Dubina on Thu, 2023-08-31 01:34
Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Level THIS YEAR!
There are some short-cuts that you can do for a quick improvement in your game right now, some elements that you can improve this year, then some aspects that take 5-10 years to fully develop. In this article, I’m going to talk about mid-range improvements that you can make during the next 12 months.
#1 Time-Management
by Samson Dubina on Sat, 2023-08-26 10:23
Learn More About YOUR Game!
by Samson Dubina on Sat, 2023-08-12 19:28
NEW Coaching Article by Samson Dubina
Nervous?
-New Coaching Article by Samson Dubina
The way you manage pressure has a huge impact on your performance. About 90% of coaches don’t rightly understand this important concept. This article isn’t designed to offend average coaches, but rather to educate both coaches and players as to what it means to be mentally strong.
Average Coach
by Samson Dubina on Wed, 2023-07-26 08:15
Fixed Mindset vs Growth Mindset
The Talent Trap
By Jim Thompson
Carol Dweck of Stanford University, Author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, has identified 2 distinctly different mindsets of most coaches – the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.
Fixed
The first is the “Fixed Mindset,” in which an athlete sees ability as set. Either you have talent or you don’t. Either you are smart or you aren’t. This mindset is a dead-end because whether you succeed or not is determined by something totally outside you control
by Samson Dubina on Sun, 2023-07-02 15:38
NEW Article by Samson Dubina and quotes from Lanny Bassham
by Samson Dubina on Sun, 2023-07-02 01:04
Power Pong Robot Training
By Samson Dubina
There are dozens of reasons that I love robot training. Today, I’m going to list 5 of the primary reasons that I feel Power Pong Robot training can help YOU!
Repetition
by Samson Dubina on Sat, 2023-07-01 11:31
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