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Feet at more than shoulder width.
The Technique of Zhang Jike
There was a nice posting recently at mytabletennis.com by "blahness" that linked to numerous videos of World Men's Singles Champion Zhang Jike of China, highlighting his many techniques. Here are those links - to see blahness's own excellent commentary, see the link above.
- Forehands and backhands
- Forehands and backhands from mid-distance
- Backhand and forehand training with Xu Xin
- Warming up with Wang Hao
- Looping against backspin
- Forehand loop against backspin
- Serve and receive practice with Xu Xin
- Third-ball attack practice with Liu Guoliang
- Match with Germany's Bastian Steger
- Warming up with Xu Xin, mostly serve and receive
- Reverse pendulum serve
- Backhand over-the-table loop against a short ball
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