I suck at blocking. What can I do?

Hey everyone 👋

I'm kinda new to club table tennis and I just started last year in June. (I trained for half an year in 2019/2020 but then COVID happend so I don't count that anymore) My current setup is (have it now for a month) Racket: Donic Applegren Allplay Forehand: Donic Baracuda Big Slam 2.0mm Backhand: Donic Baracuda Big Slam 1.8mm

I really start feeling improvements lately and feel way better now even for like 2 months ago but I'm like super bad at blocking. This is really frustrating for me because first Im super bad at at returning attacks when my opponent attacks and second when we do an exercise in training with my partner it's so often that I'm not able to bring the ball where it needs to be if we play an attacking exercise. I feel super bad for my partner, especially when he is already better that he can't really do the exercise well when playing with me.

So are there any tips how I get better at blocking? I think I should get the ball close to the table but sometimes I'm also not quick enough to react where exactly the ball will get to get it early. Is there also anything specific to help. Also if I get the ball it also happens often that the ball get too high, it will go to the net when I hold the racket too closed. Also for some reason also a lot of the time I also get the ball hit to my finger for some reason (I'm using shakehand). Additional to that my blocks are even way worse if I do it with my forehand because it has to be next to my body and not Infront of it like when you do it with the backhand. Any help is more than appreciated. Regardless of this I definitely want to practice this more in the following weeks in training so I still get a better feeling for the blocks.

Thank you in advance.