It is definitely being able to hit the ball on the table. So in Table Tennis if you can

那當然是能夠在球桌上打到球啊。所以，打桌球時，如果你

start to learn how to control the ball and hit the ball on the table a lot of times then

開始學習如何控球，以及能不斷地將球打到桌上

the rest of the game becomes a lot easier.

剩下的部分就簡單多了。

The thing we need to think about when we are learning to hit the ball on the table is to

當我們在學習將球打到球桌上時，需要知道的事情是，

have your bat flat facing exactly where you want the ball to go.

讓你的球拍保持平直並對準你想要送球的方向。

If you can do that and contact the ball then that is where the ball will go.

如果你能夠做到這個動作並且觸擊到球，那麼球就會依照你的想法移動。

By having your bat facing in the right direction you are going to be hitting the ball straight.

透過將拍面面向正確的位置，你將能夠打出筆直的球路。

The next thing you want to think about is to be able to control the ball well enough

下一個你要知道的事情是，能夠將球控制得很好。

and the main thing is to hit the ball softly enough.

然後，最重要的還有用柔和且適當的力道擊球。

You will find to start with a lot of players will hit the ball too hard and the ball will

你會發現有很多的球員在一開始時擊球過度用力，然後球便會

fly off the end of the table. So the key is just hitting the ball softly and straight.

飛離界外。所以關鍵就在於將球輕輕地、筆直地擊出。

You will notice that the stroke doesn't need to be very big and it is just pushing the

你會注意到擊球的力道並不需要很大，只需要將球拍

bat forward and through the ball so that the ball is going towards where you want it to go.

推向前並跟著球，這樣球就會往你想要的方向飛。

When you are starting to learn how to play it is a great idea to challenge yourself with

當你開始學習如何打桌球後，計算自己能夠連續擊球幾球是一個給自己

how many hits you can do in a row. To start off with if you can do 3 hits in a row that

很好的挑戰。初學者如果能夠一次連續擊到三球那就很厲害了。

is great. So you do 1, 2 and 3 with your partner. Once you can get to 3 you aim for five and

所以你跟你的夥伴一球兩球三球的練習。一旦你達到三球的目標，你可以將目標改成五球，

then you aim for 10 and so on until you are really challenging yourself and you will find

然後你再將目標改成十球這樣一直持續下去，一直不斷的挑戰你自己，然後你會發現

within a very short period of time you will start to be able to hit a lot of shots on the table

在短時間內，你便能夠在球桌上擊出很多球。

It is a great idea when you are challenging yourself to make sure you write down how many

當你挑戰自己時，可以隨時記錄自己的擊球成績，

hits that you achieve, that way you will start to see your progress and see your improvement.

這樣一來你便會看到自己的進度及進步狀況。

On our website there is a free Consistency chart download. Go to our website, download the chart and that will

在我們的網站上有一份免費的連續擊球紀錄表可以下載。到我們的網站上，將表格下載下來，

make it easy for you to record your scores.

你便能輕而易舉地記錄自己的成績。

So the most important skill of Table Tennis is definitely being able to hit the ball on the table a

所以，桌球中最重要的技巧就是能夠在球桌上擊很多球

lot of times. The keys are making sure you are hitting the ball as straight as you can

而其中的關鍵就是你能將球打得筆直

and hitting the ball softly. Anyone can hit the ball too hard. So work really well to

並輕輕地擊球。每個人都可能擊球時過度用力。所以認真練習讓自己能

make a soft controlled hit.

擊出輕柔但控制得宜的一球。