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How to Play Table Tennis: The Forehand

In this video, 11 times Welsh Champion and Commonwealth Gold Medal winner Ryan Jenkins, shows us how to play the forehand shot. He takes us through how to play the stroke and how you should maintain your balance using your free arm.

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