Grip
Shakehand and penhold grips, a neutral wrist, and how to check the bat actually sits right in your hand.
Game check-up and SWOT read
A short equipment questionnaire and thirty-two statements across eight sides of your game, scored out of ten. Answers are processed in your browser and never sent anywhere.
Answer every statement to get your read.
Result
Scores by side of the game
The average score for each side, from 1 to 10.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Blind spots
Statements you scored 4 or below — start there.
Your profile
What to train
- Technique: long sets on a single stroke until it is automatic, drills with a partner or robot, and video from the side to compare against a model stroke.
- Serve and return: twenty minutes of serving into a box every session — three spins by three lengths; drill the return against each spin separately.
- Tactics: review other people's matches, write a plan for a specific opponent, and play sets with a constraint — two zones only, or third-ball only.
- Equipment: learn what your own rubbers do and get practice against pimples and anti-spin. You cannot learn to play them blind.
- Fitness: footwork at the table (figure of eight, side steps), interval sets, core work and endurance for a long tournament day.
- Mindset: play sets under artificial pressure (start at 7:9), breathe and pause between rallies, and review the match without emotion the next day.
- Training: a month plan with one main goal, multiball on your weakest element, and video and stats instead of gut feeling.
- Common errors: film two games and count where the points go. Usually it is the return of serve, not recovering into the ready position, and playing one zone.
Equipment notes
- Smooth rubber: watch the grip — once the ball stops biting, your topspin loses spin rather than speed. Clean it after every session.
- Short pimples: their strength is pace and a flat hit off the bounce. They kill spin, so play the first ball and never let the rally slow down.
- Medium pimples: the bounce is unstable and dead. Drill an active hit off the bounce and changes of pace rather than long defensive rallies.
- Long pimples: they don't create spin, they return yours. Drill the push and block against topspin, and win points by twiddling and switching sides.
- Anti-spin: it kills almost all spin and works as a trap after a heavy topspin. Drill the sequence anti-spin, twiddle, attack with the smooth side.
Reading for your weak sides
- Grip
- Stance and footwork
- Forehand topspin
- Backhand attack
- Block and counter play
- Serve
- Return of serve
- Spin and how to read it
- The rally and the third ball
- A match plan
- Opponent styles
- Blade and rubbers
- Short and medium pimples
- Long pimples
- Anti-spin
- Looking after your gear
- Footwork and fitness
- Recovery on a tournament day
- Match psychology
- A training session
- Multiball
- Video and stats
- Common amateur errors
Coach's review
If you train with a coach, they fill in the same review from their side, and your account shows both scores side by side, along with the history of earlier tests.
Knowledge base
A library across the eight sides of the game: the theory used in athlete preparation, sorted into the same sections as the check-up.
Your account holds self-study material in a format that is easy to work through.
Stance and footwork
The basic stance at the table, weight transfer, side steps and recovery into the ready position.
Forehand topspin
Legs, body rotation, contact point and forearm acceleration. The usual errors: hitting with the arm alone and taking the ball too late.
Backhand attack
Backhand topspin and flick from a short backswing, the role of the wrist, and how an attack differs from a block.
Block and counter play
Active and passive blocks against topspin, bat angle for the spin, and blocking with a change of direction.
Serve
Three spins by three lengths, contact point, disguise and the serving rules. Why the serve stays the most underrated stroke in amateur play.
Return of serve
Choosing the answer for the spin: flick, short push, long push, topspin against backspin.
Spin and how to read it
Topspin, backspin and sidespin: reading them from the wrist, the flight and the bounce — and what to answer.
The rally and the third ball
The serve to third-ball pattern, the return, moving from defence to attack, and the fight for the first active stroke.
A match plan
Your three winning patterns, reading the opponent before the game, and what to change when the score turns against you.
Opponent styles
Attacker, all-rounder, close-to-table blocker, defender at distance and pimples player — what works against each.
Blade and rubbers
Speed, control and grip, sponge thickness and bat weight: choosing equipment for your style rather than a style for your equipment.
Short and medium pimples
How the bounce differs, why pimples kill spin, and how to build a game on the first ball.
Long pimples
Pimples don't create spin, they return it: the push, the block, twiddling and switching sides as a tactical tool.
Anti-spin
How the rubber kills spin, which side it usually goes on, and the anti-spin, twiddle, smooth-side attack sequence.
Looking after your gear
Cleaning and storing rubbers, the signs of a dead rubber and when to change it, cases and protective film.
Footwork and fitness
Figure of eight, side and cross steps, jump work, core exercises and general endurance.
Recovery on a tournament day
Water and food between matches, warming up before you go on, sleep the night before, and what to do in the gap between rounds.
Match psychology
Handling an error, a routine between rallies, breathing, big points, and reviewing a match without emotion.
A training session
How to build 60–90 minutes: warm-up, one element, a combination, a set for score, and a review.
Multiball
What multiball is for, how to set series on one element, and how to measure progress by hit rate.
Video and stats
Filming from the side, reviewing stroke by stroke, and simple match stats: points on serve, on return and on the third ball.
Common amateur errors
Stepping around the backhand unprepared, pushing backspin too high, playing one zone, and never recovering into the ready position.
The base grows: administrators and coaches add material through the admin panel. Automatic selection of material from accumulated reviews arrives with the server.