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Basement Ping-Pong Forehand Chop - Side View

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Beginning of Follow Through
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Beginning of Follow Through

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The player is beginning his follow through, and the ball is on its way.

Points to look for:

  • The player has reached the limit of his forward swing, and will now start to move his racket to his left, as his body starts to turn back to his left. In essence, the player has mainly moved his playing forearm up and down (and only a little backwards and forwards), while turning his body to the right, and then back to the left. You can confirm this by checking the position of the racket relative to a line placed perpendicularly to the player's shoulders and coming out from the right shoulder - the bat never moves very much backward or forward from this line.

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