Learn from Chinese Table Tennis! How to Build a Clean Form

[RinRin Table Tennis Clinic Vol. 1]

Chinese players unleash a series of attacks without error from beautifully rational form. Learn the “initial settings” that build the foundation of that form. With Coach Mika Nishizawa and Coach Mei Nishizawa, who were trained in Chinese table tennis and gained coaching experience in the Japanese table tennis world, as your navigators, let’s take another look at the foundations of your table tennis!

Mei Nishizawa

Born December 6, 1982, from Hebei Province, China. Chinese name: Zhai Ming. 2nd place at the 1996 All-China Junior Championships, winner of the 2023 All-Japan Masters Forty. Right-handed shakehand, reverse rubber on both sides, drive-type player, Nittaku contract coach

Mika Nishizawa

Born January 17, 1983, from Liaoning Province, China. Chinese name: Liu Tingting. Went on to Tokyo Fujidai University from Nichinan Gakuen High School, and won the 2003 All-Japan Student Championships (bottom photo). Right-handed shakehand, forehand short pips and backhand reverse rubber, offense/defense type, Nittaku contract coach

Go for a rational form with no mistakes!

Mei and Mika Nishizawa, a married couple, coach at RinRin Table Tennis in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. Mei, who placed 2nd at the All-China Junior Championships, also competed as a Player, winning last year’s All-Japan Masters Forty. Mika, a former All-Japan Student champion, gives lectures and coaching sessions all over Japan with rational lessons that combine the strengths of Chinese table tennis with the best of Japanese table tennis.
With the theme of “building the basics,” let’s hear them talk at length!

Sun Yingsha’s Basic Forehand Stroke

The basics of the Forehand start with “Block”

Does appearance matter in table tennis too? Learn a clean form, and mistakes will disappear, letting you improve smoothly!

Table tennis is not a sport where you score simply because your form is “beautiful,” like figure skating or gymnastics. There are also many Players who are active with quirky forms or distinctive forms that make life difficult for their Opponent.

On the other hand, it is true that forms that look beautiful have rationality and are less likely to produce mistakes. You can practice efficiently, and because there are no difficult techniques to work through, you can improve steadily. As a coach myself, it feels good to watch Players with beautiful form, and when it comes to coaching, I’m committed to developing Players with beautiful form.

In Chinese table tennis, there is a clear “initial setting” for creating a beautiful form with no mistakes. This time, I’ll introduce the initial setting for creating a beautiful Forehand form. (Mika)

Basic Forehand