Reddit mentions: The best racket sports books

> if you have any good books or online video series that would
> help me I'd appreciate any thoughts!

All of the various pros that have put out training content on YouTube have had them organized fairly well by the PencilTree team, here:

https://www.penciltree.com/racquetball

If you are looking for videos from one group that covers everything, then The Pro Racquetball Academy in Stockton, California is the group I'd recommend. They are known as 'The 209', and 4 of their players are in the top 20 on the pro tour. Each episode is 20-30 minutes long. They will talk about Ektelon products that you probably won't be able to find anymore, but they are a good group.

https://youtu.be/uLdsrrKagQw?list=PLXfUMm_ZwIxUQ1JjW0-FO0JuPWR-cnm2s

I personally recommend the Gearbox GB250 if you are in that price range. Cliff Swain has a good video on what to think about when buying a racquet, and I'd recommend that you do the demo program from RBW and think on his points when you hit with each one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkQSIrKLMJA

As far as books go, I'd recommend Advanced Racquetball by Steve Keeley and Championship Racquetball by Fran Davis.

https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Racquetball-Steve-Bo-Keeley/dp/1501072234/
https://www.amazon.com/Championship-Racquetball-Fran-Davis/dp/0736089799/

Table tennis is more than just technique. It's a game of chess, and there are many ways to beating your opponent.

Just because you're "dinking" the ball over the table for a win doesn't mean you're a beginner.

Just because you can loop and drive well doesn't make you a better player either...

You need to know how to put away your opponent; so get those preconceived judgement thoughts out of your head. Thoughts like that will indeed ruin your mental game in a heart beat..

Some advice I can shed on your serving; practice getting yourself into the ready position after you serve the ball; get to the point that it's muscle memory and you don't even think about it.

You seem like you have quite a few serves, so with each serve you have, you must know every possible return that could happen on each of your serves and how to capitalize on the return ball. So think about every possible return and find a training partner and just practice service with them. Do it over and over until it's second nature.

Also for now; limit yourself to 2-4 serves max. Learn them inside and out, learn how to change the amount of spin you put on the ball. Learn to disguise the serve to look like the same serve but produces a different spin/amount of spin. Then branch off from there.

I advise you to check out this book ,"Table Tennis Tactics for Thinkers" by Larry Hodges it helped me out a great deal!

Best of luck.

Awesome! By honing your game and playing matches, you will build up your "tournament toughness" and be less nervous during critical points. Highly recommend this quick read: Tournament Tough! A Guide To Playing Championship Tennis https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CCSKTQ8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_m13PybD2PFP52

It's a bit dated, but I feel the content is still relevant and will help you most when your strokes are reliable. Good luck and kick some butt!

From Ian McKenzie's book The Squash Workshop. The book was written in the 90s, but I enjoyed reading it (I am only a beginner). Also, it has lots of pictures of the big squash stars of that era. I did mention it in your other thread asking for book recommendations.

Get the book "Technical Tennis" by Cross and Lindsey. Chapter 4: Spin and Trajectory.

Also, as some one said, Magnus effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect

When thinking of spin I think it helps to breakdown spin into rotations around 3 fundamental axes: X, Y, and Z axis of the ball, with rotation around X axis for topspin (and backspin), Y axis for sidespin, and the Z axis. Any spin can therefore be thought of as the combination of spins around these three axes. For example, a ball with some topspin and some side spin can thought to be spinning around both the X and Y axes, which can then tell us how the ball with behave when traveling through the air, in this case, arcing downward and to the side.

It might be worth pointing out that Z axis spin (also called spiral spin) has no effect on the flight of the ball but can have a huge effect in the reaction of the ball off the court.

"Tennis ProGuide: A Tennis Guidebook - For those who want to become professional step by step"

http://www.amazon.com/Tennis-ProGuide-Guidebook-become-professional/dp/1494279584/

Someone said this is a good book: http://www.amazon.com/Vic-Bradens-Mental-Tennis-Yourself/dp/B0046LUHXO

We can discuss it here, but you really need to get this book if you want to think more deeply about serves, return of serve, and everything else table tennis. The book is dense and no frills, but jam packed with solid information.

https://www.amazon.com/Table-Tennis-Tactics-Thinkers-Hodges/dp/1477643788/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519704068&sr=8-1&keywords=table+tennis+for+thinkers

Hey now! We had a black tennis pro at our club once.

And he wrote a book about it https://www.amazon.com/Didnt-Know-Was-Black-Growing/dp/145632215X

which was a very disappointing read.