In Table Tennis strokes are generally divided into two parts i.e. Offensive Strokes and Defensive Strokes
Offensive Strokes
Offensive Stroke is divided into various parts like Speed Drive (A direct hit to the ball as it forward back to the opponent because racket is perpendicular to the direction of stroke and most of the energy is applied to ball that create a speed shot rather than arc but it is fast enough), Loop (it is completely opposite of Speed Drive, in this the racket is in parallel direction of stroke and racket grazes the ball that results in creating a topspin and this loop creates arc), Counter Drive (it is normally high loop drives in this the racket is help closed and near to the ball as that manner it hit the ball with a short movement so that the ball travels faster to the other side), Flick (it is a shot when a player tries to hit the ball when it has not bounced beyond the edges of tables, the player does not have option to wind it up in a back-swing and the ball still may be attacked) and Smash (it is that when a player will typically execute a smash when his opponent returned a ball too high and too close to the net).
Defensive Strokes Defensive Stroke is generally considered as Push (it is used to keep the point alive and create offensive opportunity, resembles a tennis slice, the racket cuts underneath the ball imparting backspin and causing the ball to float slowly to the other side of table), Chop (it is the defensive, backspin counterpart to the offensive loop drive, essentially a bigger, heavier push, taken well back from the table, in this the racket face points primarily horizontally, perhaps a little bit upward, and the direction of the stroke is straight down), Block (it is a simple shot, but nonetheless can be devastating against an attacking opponent, it is executed by simply placing the racket in front of the ball right after the ball bounces thus, the ball rebounds back toward the opponent with nearly as much energy as it came in with) and Lob (it is possibly the most impressive shot in the sport of table tennis, since it propels the ball about fifteen feet in the air only to land on the opponent's side of the table with great amounts of spin).
Defensive Strokes Defensive Stroke is generally considered as Push (it is used to keep the point alive and create offensive opportunity, resembles a tennis slice, the racket cuts underneath the ball imparting backspin and causing the ball to float slowly to the other side of table), Chop (it is the defensive, backspin counterpart to the offensive loop drive, essentially a bigger, heavier push, taken well back from the table, in this the racket face points primarily horizontally, perhaps a little bit upward, and the direction of the stroke is straight down), Block (it is a simple shot, but nonetheless can be devastating against an attacking opponent, it is executed by simply placing the racket in front of the ball right after the ball bounces thus, the ball rebounds back toward the opponent with nearly as much energy as it came in with) and Lob (it is possibly the most impressive shot in the sport of table tennis, since it propels the ball about fifteen feet in the air only to land on the opponent's side of the table with great amounts of spin).
