Table Tennis Talks: Low Body Position

One very important thing in table tennis is the body position when hitting the ball. There are various aspects you should be paying attention to which may vary if you play forehand or backhand (weight position, bat position, position at the table...) but for both strikes you need to keep your knees bent and low base position with your feet quite wide apart.

This combination will bring you in a low position and you will be ready to move quickly.

Therefore it is important you should keep a low position during the whole play if possible and this is a must when you play the stroke.

The only exception to this is when you play far away from the table, then you can bend your knees a bit less and the feet do not have to be that wide apart.

Let`s look at the position of some of the most famous players in the world when they hit the ball, note how wide apart are the feet: