Table Tennis - Training with Feedback

July 2010


Hello Sir,

Good day.
 
My name is R. B., 32 yrs of age, presently working here in Saudi Arabia.

I am an avid fan of table tennis, and was a varsity player before during college days.
however,  I stopped playing here because of the time conflict with my job
and hardly find a player same with my time schedule.

 
Since I had viewed your returnboard thru youtube,
and I find it helpful to my desire to continue playing table tennis
without disturbing players here.
 
May I know how much it cost? and please include the shipping fee?
 
Looking forward to your quick response.

 
More power to you and your company.
 
Best regards, R.B.




July 2009


Dear Mr Pollak

I have just received the returnboard and I have to say

that is awesome to practice alone, I have been playing like 1 hour

and has been really really fun... I have been waiting for somethig like that for years...

Thanks a lot.

Best regards Jesus Viosca


Dear Mr Pollak,
Returnboad is awesome!!! I can not stop playing...
I will send you a video of my training as soon as possible.
Best regards.
Jesus viosca



June 2009


Good evening, Mr.Pollak

Your parcel has just arrived and Im after first training
with your speed returnboard and I have to say  that it is fantastic!

I have been waiting for such device over 30 years.

        Thank you!




May 2009

Dear Michael Pollak,

I would like to purchase a standard double returnboard,
and I would like to have it delivered via air mail.
I will transfer the payment through PAYPAL using the email address mail@returnboard.com.
The transfer will be made tomorrow.

Thank you,
 Rich M.

My Address:  6.................
                      LAS VEGAS, NV 89148

Dear Mr. Rich M., I thank you for your order. It's all correct!

I think it's a good thing when in Las Vegas not only to "Happiness Machines,"

but also played "happy one man table tennis."

Regards Michael Pollak

April 2009

Hi Michael,

I was browsing online and came across this fantastic board that I had no idea even existed.

Lucky enough it had your videos and email address.

I am interested in this product but i need to find out about the costs.
 
I live in the United Kingdom and would like to know how much it would cost me .

 

Your assistance will highly be appreciated.

 

Thank you. 

Ernie.

January 2009

Hello Return Board,

I am an avid table tennis player and interested individual in your wonderful product.

I am interested specifically in your Topspin "Speed" Double ReturnBoard with Topspin frame model.

I would appreciate an offer for this model shipped to my residence at:

Maricopa, Arizona 85238


Within the offer could you please send me an estimate with and without express shipping.

I am very eager to receive your product so I can start training to play competitively

at a local table tennis club and later at USATT and ITTF sanctioned tournaments.

Thank you so much for your time! I look forward to your response.

Kind Regards,

Aaron G.


December 2008
  

                                              

At 1:12pm on December 25, 2008, antonio said…

this is really great, you can always play ping pong with this returnboard,
             even if you're alone

November 2008

Hello Mr. Pollak,

After seeing the demonstrations of your videos on Youtube,
I think that this is a great product.

Please let me know how to proceed
in ordering a Topspin "Speed" Double Returnboard.

I live in California, so the shipping will be International.

Thank you!

Derrick Malilay




June 2008

Hello Michael,

Thank you for the tracking number; it will be very helpful.

I will be using the RETURNBOARD at home to practice the weekly training .

I am receiving at a local table tennis clinic. 
The clinic is run by a USATT Certified Nation Coach. 


The clinic is very good, but after seeing your video
 
it seems that the RETURNBOARD will be a good tool for me 

to use in order to practice the weekly skills that are taught at the clinic.


 Thanks again,

 Russ



October 2008


 Hi Peter

First of all: congratulation for this self-construction.
I’m owner of the ”official” – returnboard
and I’ve already been using it.

Even if Returnboard will never be able to replace
a training mate, I see it’s main advantage
in showing you how much rotation a hit can give to a ball.

This board is a kind of neutral partner
that always blocks topspins the same way (who in your club is able to do so?).

Too much undercut will make the returned ball touch the net while,
if you’ve put too much spin into, the returned ball will not touch the table.
Than it’s time to fix the board at a smaller angle.

From my point of view the main benefit of Returnboard
is its clear feed-back to the ball’s rotation.
 
I’ve been training my backhand topspin by using the board
and I finally managed to increase the rotation.

What a great feeling of success once you adopt the angle of the board.

I’m not aware of any comparable possibility to give a visible impression
of this strong rotation (despite the possibility to show it against a good block).

It is precisely this effect which shows any youngster
that they are not playing a topspin with enough undercut yet.

Returnboard also provides you with an perfect opportunity
of getting your side-cut services trained.

All in all:

Returnboard represents a great benefit to your training course
by providing flexible training options.

regards
Martin

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January 2007

Hi,

I am very interested in the returnboard and want to buy one.

However, as a medium to advanced level player, I am not sure that if I loop the ball hard,

would the ball just bounces out off the table or the ball can still be in ?

Does your returnboards perform as good as the following description
which I copied from one table tennis discussion forum:

have been using the returnboard for last 3 months and will share some experience with you.

Purpose : To practice when you have no partners or when your partner are no good /
have no patience for playing with your high topspins errors .

Returnboard is very good tool when you want to practice topsin .


It will increase your level up for sure and is very evident after 5-6 weeks of use .

For a intermediate level it is a good to have tool .

Following are the salient features :

1. Have 1-21 levels and from level 13-18 is a very good level

for intermediate to advanced level players .

2. I recommend to start with 13-14 for fh and 12-13 level for bh topspin.

3. For a level , important thing is that ball is always come back to you
If your spin & speed are more or less consistent .

Intially it will take some time to adjust as normally people
playe with random spin & speed controls .

4. With a level 13 or 14 fh , I could manage around 75 returns

(max till date) with a relatively good speed & spin .

At an average it is around 12-15 per fh rally which is good when compared

to my normal club play with different partners .

5. At higher levels the spin + speed increases and even kills are returned back .

Loop Kills mostly come back . The speed +spin needs to consistent

at this level, and this is a big task.

6. You can combine Heavy Spin Slow Loop with Faster flater loop alternatively .

7. Also combination of fh + bh loops are good.

8. Side spin can be imparted with changing the direction & angle of the board .

9. You can also perform corner side play both side

by tilting the board diagonally at the corner of the board .

Combining it at both side will give you extreme movement on table .

10 . Good for 3 ball attacks by performing a top spin serve (both side)
with low level at the serve side .

11. You can also try flip & drive with the point 10 .

12. By using one board as a push board you can practice
push + chops and combine this with top spin by keeping

the second board at diagonal position .

This will allow you to practice top spin against back spin .

13. If you can change the rubber of one board to Long Pips or short pips

then you can play against your own generated back spin

(via topspin) but this is in theory & I have never tried it.

Summary :

Pros :

Very good for practicing topspin against dead or slight top spin balls .


Good for improving back hand and making you consistent .

Also improves your patience & makes you device a strategy .

As even kills are returned , you will also have to be ready for next ball &


this makes you mentally ready for a return after even your best shots .


If you have a powerfull topspin serve then

you can really like to play the 3rd ball sequence at higher level of board .


Will certainly increase your level & consistency .

Drawbacks :

Its dumb like a wall & will return whatever you send .

If you shot is bad then you will get anything .

If your shot is good , you get a difficult one back.

Difficult to get used to intially .

No human thinking & rubber effects .

TopSpin agains Backspin is the worst thing about this.

It can be done , but is inconvenient .

Backspin on this board is the drawback .


Also balls coming back to you have little spin as they are basically a block .

So from here I moved & bought a newgy 2040 to remove the gap of topspin agains back spin problem .

My game has improved a lot (and faster) and has made my game more safer .

I can beat those people , whom I used to worry beating before .

Hopefully I can combine robot+returnboard for improving further .

Please let me know.

Regards, Paul