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  • My name is Tahl Leibovitz and I'm here at SPiN, New York. I am a professional table

  • tennis player who has been competing internationally since 1995. I am here today to speak to you

  • about the intermediate and beginner aspects of the Olympic sport of table tennis

  • I'm going to demonstrate the forehand drop shot. The forehand drop shot is normally used

  • against the high ball and chop ball. When we get a high ball what we try to do is to

  • touch the ball very close to the bounce, very close to the table.

  • Thats how we drop shot the lob we just really try to touch it. This happens because you

  • have a lot of players that move back off the table and they put the ball very high and

  • no matter how hard you smash it they keep returning it, so you need to be able to just

  • drop the ball like I just demonstrated. The second is very important, it's drop shot off

  • the under spin. Now my opponent is going to serve an under spin ball and I do the same

  • thing, I just try to keep my hand really low. So thats how we drop shot off an under spin

  • ball. What's happening here is my hand's moving really fast. The only difference between the

  • two shots is that when I have the under spin ball I'm moving underneath the ball and when

  • I have the top spin ball I'm just trying to go right on top of the ball really slow. So

  • those are the drop shots, it's very important that you pass your racket through the ball,

  • its very important that you stay under the ball, and you try to receive it with your

  • racket low to the table.

My name is Tahl Leibovitz and I'm here at SPiN, New York. I am a professional table

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