India Table Tennis at Olympics: Soumyajit loses

Update:


Soumyajit lost after a decent fight against the much higher ranked opponent 4-1

Soumyajit to play Kim Hyok Bong of PRK in the second round

Photo courtesy: Sportsnewsnow.co.uk

India's only male representative in Table Tennis, Soumyajit Ghosh faces Kim Hyok Bong of PRK in the Men's singles round two in the London Olympics today (3:30 PM Indian Standard Time)

In the first round, Soumyajit beat Brazilian Gustavo Tsuboi 4-2.

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Table Tennis Backhand Stroke

Dmitry Ovtcharov demonstrating the backhand loop stroke

Here are some good resources for developing good basic backhand strokes and also some on advanced Backhand techniques.

The commonly employed strokes on the backhand side are the following:

Backhand Push
Backhand Counter
Backhand Topspin
Backhand Loop
Backhand Chop 

By far the most common among amateur to semi-professional level is the backhand counter hit.

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Not Ping Pong ball

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