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  • STEVE FOSTER: Hi, Welcome to AllAboutTableTennis.com

  • I'm just going to explain two Footwork Patterns today.

  • I'm going to explain the basic Side-to-Side Footwork Pattern and

  • also the Footwork Pattern used for balls very wide to the forehand side.

  • So for the Side-to-Side Footwork

  • Start in your Ready Position

  • And what you do is move your outside foot first

  • To move from the backhand to the forehand

  • And the same with moving from the forehand to the backhand

  • Move your outside foot first

  • So, as a right-hander

  • What I would do to get to the forehand ball

  • I move my left foot first - which is the outside foot

  • In halfway, then bring my other foot there

  • My right leg, so that I can play the stroke

  • And coming back, outside foot first to come back

  • So I'll go backhand, forehand, backhand, forehand

  • Always making sure that my weight is on my toes, so my weight's going forward

  • So that I can play good shots.

  • Backhand, forehand, backhand, forehand

  • OK. And for the wide ball

  • What we would use is a Cross-over Footwork

  • So for the Cross-over Footwork, what I would do is bring my left foot across

  • then use that as a pivot, to then play the shot

  • which is nice and wide

  • OK, so starting from here

  • If I get a wide ball, I step across, and then play the shot

  • I'll just show you that again

  • Those are the two basic Footwork Patterns.

  • Side-to-Side Footwork demonstration

  • Cross-over Footwork demonstration

STEVE FOSTER: Hi, Welcome to AllAboutTableTennis.com

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