{"id":334,"date":"2011-06-25T22:58:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T03:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tabletennisdb.com\/blog\/?p=334"},"modified":"2011-07-31T23:04:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T04:04:55","slug":"active-blocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/active-blocking\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Blocking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/assets\/blog\/whos-the-coach.jpg\" alt=\"Active Blocking\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Most players label topspin shots into several categories such as: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletennisdb.com\/coachwiki\/1-loop-stroke\">loop<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletennisdb.com\/coachwiki\/2-block\/\">block<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletennisdb.com\/coachwiki\/36-smash\">smash<\/a>.  However, modern attacking players have developed an offensive block called an active block.  Active blocking is a combination of a block, loop, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletennisdb.com\/dictionary\/counter\/\">counterloop<\/a>.  It is best used off-the-bounce against a slow to medium speed loop.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Watch in this video as Kenta effectively uses active blocking to stop his opponents\u2019 attack and take control of the table.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:00, Kenta produces a quick active block of Ma Lin\u2019s loop to the opposite corner, throwing him off.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kwbcgOPxx8w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kenta wants to make the opening attack, but often his opponent attacks first.  By using active blocking, he is able to keep the pressure on.  Once his opponent hits a softer loop, Kenta moves in for his hardest attack.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps to Learning Active Blocking<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Start by first developing a controlled forehand block without any backswing<\/li>\n<li>Slowly add more follow-though crosscourt, still without any backswing<\/li>\n<li>Add some topspin by brushing over the top of the ball while keeping the ball in front of your body<\/li>\n<li>Focus on adding 10% spin and 5% speed to the incoming ball<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Samson Dubina is an accomplished player and coach. He was the US Nationals Men\u2019s Singles Finalist in 2010.\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #0073c6;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletennisdb.com\/blog\/author\/samsondubina\/\">Learn more about Samson<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most players label topspin shots into several categories such as: loop, block, or smash. However, modern attacking players have developed an offensive block called an active block. Active blocking is a combination of a block, loop, and counterloop. It is best used off-the-bounce against a slow to medium speed loop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}