38 free videos on technique, drills and tips, each tagged by level
Reviewer Excellent, genuinely advanced coaching — the timing framework is worth drilling on its own.
Moderator Deep, focused breakdown of the push against short balls — ready position, footwork against modern sidespin serves, shot selection by timing window, and the root cause of pushing the ball too high. Entirely about this stroke.
Reviewer As complete as it gets — technique, common mistake, and a real practice plan.
Moderator Entirely about the push — stance, stroke path, bat angle and brushing for spin control, contact point to the side of the body, common mistake (playing too close to the body), and multiple drills.
Reviewer Best technical depth in the batch — this is what separates a good push from a great one.
Moderator All forehand push, treated with real depth — wrist position for down-the-line vs cross-court, footwork and partial recovery, reading whether the opponent will go short or long, timing the contact early. Nothing else sharing the runtime.
Reviewer Explains the purpose as well as the technique — exactly what a beginner needs.
Moderator Fully dedicated — why the push exists (return of serve, countering heavy backspin when out of attacking position), leg/start/contact framework, and how bat angle controls spin amount.
Reviewer Clean structure plus a genuinely useful root-cause fix for the grip issue.
Moderator Entirely dedicated to the push: leg position, start position, finish position, and the grip-tension issue that causes the stroke to swing across the body instead of straight.
Moderator A clean, squarely-on-topic three-step breakdown of the basic forehand push - footwork and body position, racket angle, and the push motion itself - explicitly built for beginners.
Reviewer Short, clear, and covers exactly what a beginner needs to get started.
Reviewer Watch a real beginner get fixed in real time — this is how you actually learn a stroke.
Moderator This is a real 1-on-1 lesson correcting a genuine beginner's forehand push, start to finish — as squarely on-topic as this sub-skill gets.
Reviewer Very clear and detailed - some of the best technical coverage of this shot around, aside from the sales pitch at the end.
Moderator Squarely on topic and thorough - shoulder/elbow position, grip pressure at contact, footwork (which foot forward), exact contact point relative to body and eyes, arm extension, contact on the lower half of the ball.
Reviewer The kind of nuanced correction you don't get from a scripted tutorial.
Moderator A real coach live-correcting a real student's forehand push errors. Exactly the skill.
Reviewer Best beginner breakdown in the batch — three steps, clear mistakes to avoid.
Moderator Entirely, explicitly the forehand push, branded as basics, three clean steps plus a mistakes-to-avoid section. As on-topic as this gets.
Reviewer Clear step by step, good for a first attempt.
Moderator Systematic from-scratch breakdown of stance, arm start position, and contact mechanics for forehand push.
Reviewer Tight, credible, no filler.
Moderator A former national team player giving exactly three components of the forehand push. Squarely on topic.
Reviewer Solid fundamentals, well explained.
Moderator Ready position, racket angle, contact timing - a straightforward from-scratch forehand push lesson.
Reviewer Explains the why as well as the how — that's what makes this worth your time.
Moderator Squarely about forehand push sidespin variations, structured as six distinct techniques with the tactical reasoning behind each.
Reviewer Best-structured lesson in the batch -- theory, then real feel-building drills.
Moderator This creator's 'chop' is explicitly defined in the video as a shot 'performed at the table, used to receive backspin serves or return backspin shots' -- that's the push, not the deep defensive chop played away from the table. Title hedges with 'Forehand Push / Chop' which matches.
Reviewer Simple, accurate, easy to apply.
Moderator Explicitly teaches the forehand push - wrist drop, racket face angle, common high-ball mistake. Squarely on topic with real narration to back it up.
Reviewer Spin variation is the real value-add here — worth it once you've got the basic motion down.
Moderator Credentialed pro demonstrating the push and, more usefully, three different spin variations off the same basic motion. All push, all the time.
Reviewer Diagnoses why the ball floats, not just that it does -- good coaching under a rough translation.
Moderator Receiving serves to the forehand with the push, footwork, center of gravity, shoulder/elbow position -- squarely the skill, with a short 'same principle applies to backhand' aside that doesn't distract from the forehand focus.
Moderator Forehand push and nothing else. Three keys: legs square to the table (or facing where you want the ball to go), bat beside you and tilted back to create backspin at the start, and a finish that moves forward towards the net and the table. That is the core of the stroke.
Reviewer Easy three-point formula (stance, start, finish) that sticks. It's a minute long, so no contact point or touch detail yet.
Moderator A hands-on coaching session squarely on the forehand push against backspin, adapted for long pimple rubber - elbow control, wrist stability, footwork timing, and the angle adjustment pimples need.
Reviewer Good specific coaching, especially if you play with long pimples.
Reviewer Excellent detail on why players lose balance moving in and out on the push.
Moderator Genuinely about forehand push, but the lens is entirely footwork and hip use while pushing in and out from the table, not the stroke itself.
Reviewer Right cues for the job, can't verify full video depth.
Moderator Caption specifically covers the short push variant -- stay low, compact motion -- correct technical cues for keeping the ball short.
Reviewer Right fundamental cue, can't confirm full depth.
Moderator Caption is specifically about executing a forehand push, exact skill match.
Reviewer Gives you actual numbers and reasons, not just 'do this' -- good coaching.
Moderator Indonesian coaches often use 'chop' for what English calls the push (short defensive return at the table), and the description confirms that: played close to the body near the table, in direct response to a low/short ball, with a 'short push' variant timed right off the bounce. That's the push, not the mid-rally defensive chop played from distance.
Moderator Genuinely substantial push coverage as the setup half of a push-into-counterspin combo - contact off-center, placement into the opponent's weak pocket, and a three-step footwork sequence, before it moves into the counter-spin half.
Reviewer Good concrete technique and tactics for the push, not just theory.
Reviewer Concrete cues tied to a real match scenario — receiving spin serves.
Moderator Title reads like it's about avoiding the push, but the actual content is a straight lesson on how to execute it as a serve-receive option instead of just poking — elbow in, racket upright, strike behind the ball, stable wrist. Title's likely a bad translation; the transcript is what matters and it's on-topic.
Reviewer Good fundamentals, doesn't go past the basics.
Moderator Start position, finish position, keep it a lower-arm/wrist stroke not a big swing, consistent bat angle, short push vs longer push — all forehand push, nothing else.
Reviewer Real-time fixes on a real student -- this is what actual coaching sounds like.
Moderator This is real 1-on-1 correction of the 'go' (push) technique -- first the backhand version is drilled and corrected, then explicitly 'now try the forehand version similarly.' Genuinely covers forehand push, just sharing the clip with the backhand side.
Reviewer Good on the why and when, lighter on the raw mechanics.
Moderator Explicitly part of a 'basic strokes' series covering the forehand push, and it stays on topic throughout even while ranging into tactics.
Moderator A lesson of about two minutes on the horizontal forehand push in table tennis, set up as an easy three-step guide for newcomers. Squarely about the forehand push.
Reviewer Three simple steps across almost two minutes is the right shape for a newcomer learning the push, and gives it enough time to cover more than a single tip.
Moderator Framed around the flick, but it spends real time contrasting traditional push with push-chop and push-flick variants - contact point, wrist/finger use, spin reading - genuine push content, just folded into a broader modern-technique discussion.
Reviewer Sharp technical detail on short-game contact points, if you can follow the pace.
Reviewer Real correction happening here, just have to work to follow it.
Moderator This is a real coaching session built around sidespin push technique — on topic even though the transcript mixes languages and gets choppy.
Moderator A 7-second right-versus-wrong demo of the table tennis forehand push. The cues: brush under the ball instead of shoving forward, keep the stroke compact and finish low, get the racket ready early, watch the ball. Squarely about the forehand push.
Reviewer Right cues, brush under the ball, short stroke, racket ready early, and the right-versus-wrong format helps. At seven seconds it is a reminder, not a lesson.
Reviewer The push tips near the end are solid, if brief.
Moderator Most of this session is loop correction, but there's a real, specific push segment near the end - backswing timing, absorbing the ball's force with the fingers, flattening the paddle for spin.
Reviewer Real coaching happening, just thin on spoken explanation.
Moderator He opens by calling this 'forehand cut' and says to do it the same as forehand push, which muddies exactly which stroke is drilled - the live correction (top-to-bottom racket path, don't rush) does match push mechanics though.
Reviewer One decent idea, repeated rather than developed.
Moderator On topic - heel-to-forefoot weight transfer for the forehand push specifically - but splits time with backhand push and reads pretty repetitive/thin.
Reviewer Good conceptual point about separating prep from execution, thin on push mechanics specifically.
Moderator Really about the transition/timing between the push and the topspin opening that follows it, using the push as the entry point. There's a genuine push-footwork note (left leg forward, right leg holding balance) but most of the analysis is about the gap between preparation and the follow-up attacking shot, not the push stroke itself.
Reviewer Useful nugget on spin, but thin and choppy.
Moderator Does address the actual push - arm/shoulder mechanics, wrist use for back/sidespin, following the ball. On topic even though the transcript is choppy and partly non-English.