{"id":218,"date":"2010-12-18T20:16:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T01:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tabletennisdb.com\/blog\/?p=218"},"modified":"2011-05-20T18:15:41","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T23:15:41","slug":"training-with-a-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/training-with-a-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"Training with a Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Samson<\/p>\n

Top players and coaches agree that table tennis requires a variety of training types. Some examples of training include drills, robots<\/a>, multi-ball practice, serving practice, matches, plus a variety of physical training. Within those types of training, a multitude of variations are excellent. To be a complete player, one must be able to win against any playing styles: looper, chopper, pips, lefty, etc…<\/p>\n

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When I don’t have a partner to train with, I use my robot, which provides a lot of variety. Have a look at the drills in my video. I’ve shown the Robo-Pong 2050 pre-programmed drill number so you can do the same drills if you have this particular robot. There are a lot of programmable robots that allow you to customize combinations of balls so you can do specific drills.<\/p>\n

For drills such as #28 and #59, I set the robot for topspin\/sidespin. This is best performed by adjusting the robot head to the left or right 3 clicks. This variation has done 4 things for me:<\/p>\n

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  1. Improved my concentration<\/li>\n
  2. Improved my ability to follow the ball closely with my eyes<\/li>\n
  3. Improved my ability to counterloop<\/a> against lefty and right hook loops<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Improved my ball placement on \u201cweird\u201d balls<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some key advantages of training with a robot are:<\/p>\n