THE DRIVE SHOT
during our training sessions we were faced with challenges to learn how to do certain skills and techniques one of these is the FOREHAND DRIVE (as seen in the attached picture). To learn how to do this move we practiced playing the forehand drive onto green mats over the net.
The forehand drive is the first of the basic strokes. Once mastered, it should become one of your most used table tennis shots. The forehand drive forms the basis for more advanced strokes such as the block, the topspin loop and the counter topspin, so it’s really important to develop a strong and consistent stroke.
The forehand drive is played against long or medium length topspin or float balls. You can’t play a forehand drive off a short ball (that would be a flick) and you can’t play a forehand drive off a backspin ball (that would go into the net).
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