Table tennis doubles is divided into three types: men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. The rules are roughly the same as singles. The difference lies in some special regulations such as the serving area, changing the order of receiving and serving, and the way of hitting the ball. , after understanding these rules, what else do we need to pay attention to during doubles.
1. Pairing method
The general pairing principles in table tennis doubles include left-right pairing, vertical and horizontal pairing, and total attack and total defense pairing. The left-right pairing mainly uses a left-handed player and a right-handed player. This pairing can bring out the power of their forehands. It is said that the world is dominated by those who have the forehand. Using the forehand in a doubles match directly affects one's own initiative. sex. The straight and horizontal pairing mainly takes into account factors on and off the table. The straight pair has inherent advantages in handling the ball on the table and forehand fighting, while the horizontal pairing has the advantage of taking into account both forehand and backhand as well as playing billiard balls. Due to the doubles process, It is an interval shot. The horizontal shot can not only create opportunities for the pen-hand shot but also protect his backhand position. The pen-hand shot can reduce the difficulty of handling the ball in the table for the horizontal shot. A total offense and total defense pairing is usually a pairing of two attacking players or a pairing of two chippers. It's not often that a chipper and an attacker are paired together, but sometimes this pairing may work wonders due to the unfamiliarity of the opponent. Nowadays, men's doubles in China is mostly played in vertical and horizontal or left-right pairs.
2. Footwork essentials
In doubles, the pace requirements are higher than in singles. The reason is that due to the influence of the venue, crashes should be avoided as much as possible during the game. . The footwork of the left-right pairing is relatively simple, generally based on the figure-of-eight footwork, that is, the left-handed player returns to the back of the left half of the table after hitting the ball, and the right-handed player steps forward to hit the ball, and so on. If it is a pairing of two right hands or left hands, the footwork required is higher than that of a left-right pairing. At this time, triangular footwork is generally used. Taking right-hand pairing as an example, when the ball is in the forehand area, try to use the clockwise way of giving way. That is, after A hits the ball, move to the back side of B in a clockwise direction. After B hits the ball, he moves in the same way as A, just like moving clockwise on the same spot. When the incoming ball is in the backhand area, the counterclockwise way is used. However, the actual route of the ball is not fixed, and doubles players need to develop a higher sense of tacit understanding through daily practice.
3. The importance of tactics
In doubles, since each player needs to hit the ball at intervals, but due to the limitations of the field area, it is easy to cause a collision during the batting process, so in The use of tactics is more important in doubles than in singles. A commonly used tactic in doubles is to attack the opponent's weaker point, that is, the hitting point is generally chosen to be the running position of the opponent's weaker side. You can also use the tactic of mainly attacking one corner or attacking two corners crosswise. The main purpose of these tactics is to disrupt the opponent's movement and make the opponent passive. The tactical arrangements vary from person to person. In the game, we often see gestures to the partner who is serving or the server gestures to the partner. These gestures represent the tactical arrangements of the two people. For example, you can set the thumb to point upward. Indicates that I am going to serve a topspin ball and reminds my accomplices to prepare for a counter pull.