How to get good

[Pod]

Is it just a case of you've got it or you've not?

Keep playing against people who hit the ball so fast I have no time to react, or they keep putting spins on it and I have no idea which way the ball will go once hit.

Any tips appreciated plz! (I own it on Quest 2).

P.s any news of an update? Last twitter post was October last year...

[Jeo Nugu]

There was an update on January 19th, and they may not be using Twitter anymore, so check their Discord channel. (Top post in this forum.)

As for whether you've "got it" or not, I certainly feel like I do not. I only play offline against the AI, and tonight I put in 100 games with the medium difficulty AI and I only won 4 of those games. Most of the time I score 0 points in any given round, so I found it rather miraculous that I won the 4 that I did. So, if you're having a lot of trouble against human players, I can already tell I won't ever play online. Looks like it's just the AI for me, and I might have to back off to the easy one just to feel like I'm not wasting my time.

Sorry I don't have some sage advice for you, but I hope you find a way to improve your game. Good luck!

[carrotstien]

hi Pod. What you are seeing is called a pinned post on twitter. We are actively on twitter with tweets and retweets.

As far as how to get better - when your skill level is plateauing, that means you need to change how you are practicing/learning. The best thing you can do is take a lesson. There are coaches listed on the discord and there are coaches in real life. Both will give you so many tools and so much information on how to improve.

There isn't really a 'you've got it or not' unless you compare the top 10 in the world, and then the differences become very intangible.

[Sensitive_Onion]

I have had an interesting progression with my skills. When I first bought the game, I had to drop it down to Easy to have a chance at winning. I have no idea how the above poster managed to get through 100 games if he's scoring 0 most of the rounds. I slowly got better through months, and eventually I was comfortably beating the AI on Hard consistently and winning about 30% of the time against World Class. Then all of a sudden I started getting worse, and the more I played the worse I got. I went back to being about even with the Normal AI, and now I'm about even with the Hard AI again. Still never played anyone online.

I think some of the mini games like the ball machine or quadrants have helped.

[C-Bass]

I think playing against the AI is a good idea. But challenge yourself. If you can beat the medium AI 1 out of 10.. immediately graduate to the hard AI.. keep challenging yourself even if it's very hard.. that's how you learn.

I play TT regularly and within ~2 hours of getting the game I was able to beat the AI on high-hard (61). The first 10-15 games against hard (50) I got my butt kicked but then I adjusted. Here's some takeaways that allowed me to beat the Hard AI:

Track the ball with your eyes "think eyes on the ball". It's very important in this game, and in TT in general, to track the ball and move your head and track it until the point of contact with your bat. Never try to just "feel it out" and hit the ball without having eyes on it. This makes a massive difference.

Then I'd say.. slow it down.. as in don't rush your moves.. track it and wait for the ball to be in the prime position before swinging at it.

I also noted that once you hit the level 60 AI.. it starts to be a bit predictable in its patterns.. it will often insist on one side by sending 3-4 shots to the same side.. anticipate that and make sure you get back to your neutral middle position quickly after hitting so you're ready for either side but anticipating the side it just went to.

As for swings.. definitely a hard top spin hit from both forehand and backhand.. I understand backhand is much harder. If you don't have a paddle adapter.. well consider getting one.. but otherwise.. change the grip on your VR controller, grip the handle tightly and don't worry about pressing down the trigger buttons. I also found that closing my fist around the handle, rather then holding the trigger with a finger like you normally do.. helped a lot. It feels more like you're holding a paddle then.

Lastly.. you can win a lot of points on your serve. I found that the most consistent serve that you can hit pretty hard and consistently not go out of bounds and get free points here and there even against the 61 level hard AI.. is a strong top spin serve.

[em_t_hed]

getting good at a sport like this is a very very very long drawn out process and takes intense amount of effort on the players part.

Mostly, if you're not willing to put out the effort, then 'getting good' will only go as far as you take it.

So the above post mentions 'eyes on the ball'. It's the single most important thing in this sport and for any 'stick and ball' sport for that matter. It's the 'fundamental' if you will. So fundamental it can be transferred between 'stick and ball' sports to a certain degree. Golf, baseball, tennis, table tennis, cricket, etc.

I have a background in Tennis myself. My father played it and so I picked it up from a very young age. Played it competitively at a High school level, (not the best in the world/nor state mind you) BUT I went to several rigorous training Tennis camps over several summers learning from the 5th ranked university in the nation in tennis during the time of my attendance at those camps. Players from across the nation as coaches during camp.

Getting good mostly stems from repetition, BUT not just any kind of repetition. Highly instructed and specified repetition of very specific motions, thoughts, and strategies.

Drills of very specific natures. To accomplish very specific outcomes.

Once all of that is said and done, it's still on you as the player to piece it all together during matches. Time training to time in real matches.

in short the only word is Effort.

[em_t_hed]

Now... since i mentioned 'drills'

Realize the game offers you a ball machine to work with which you can customize to your preferences for 'drills' ...

It's part of the 'minigame' section.

it works. i tried it for a short time.