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JIANG JAI LIANG would be an interesting challenger to the likes of Waldner for "greatest" as he beat him an awful lot. He was a one sided sp penholder who seemed to have only 3 shots - a block, a push and a flat kill. He had tremendous fighting spirit and unmatched fast reactions. Any way as an...

Hi staysmart. There is some good advice here but You say you don't have patience for long rallies. They on the other hand are capable of long rallies. Stronger players in general are better at keeping the ball on the table than weaker players and in this situation it will be a huge hurdle for...

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maybe that's because the correct reply is to drive it off the bounce. When opponent plays a shot that is giving you time, it seems a mistake to give the time back just for the sake of playing a countertop

"Murder in the Squash Court" by seven time world champ Jonah Barrington. what it takes to be a champ. "OGI" the life of Ichiro Ogimura multiple team and world champion my tt hero who made TT into a truly athletic sport. Whose example inspired the developing China and coached Hans Alser European...

When you contact the backspin ball has it fallen to table height? If so I can understand your need to use a more vertical stroke. However if you contact the ball at peak bounce that is 6 to 8 inches of lift that is not required. Obviously you need to program yourself to take the ball at peak

With service return it is all about decisions. To simplify just try to decide if a serve has backspin or not. If it has backspin push or loop if it has topspin, soft flip or drive backspin with side =treat as backspin topspin with side =treat as topspin. when returning short serves over the...

Never mind the graphic quality. Yes I thought you might be bad at it. practicing at what we are bad at the way we can improve. The way it is set up you you get to practice they moment of impact over and over

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the rest of the world is closer to China no doubt about it. And because of media like Youtube there are no longer any secrets about tt technique. Japanese women have even briefly led in technical innovation, forcing china to adapt and raise their standards again. This was possible because most...

Hi Tensor, there is a phone app called "Table Tennis Edge" which allows you to practice reading the moment of contact with different serve motions. Basically its about deciding in a split second whether the serve is backspin or topspin., Concentrate on The Serve section and go through all the...

LONDON players will know of Trevor Campbell who, back in the day, used to play with two bats in the same rally in a tournament match! ! bat was a normal racket with probably mark v or sriver using great serves and a massive 3rd ball. His 2nd racket was his "shovel" which was a homemade piece of...

I think backswing should be related to maintaining the pace of the rally. I try to focus on swinging faster not bigger and always relaxed

good question. maybe move into expresses better than step. I think it should reflect what's necessary for a real shot. Maybe you could do a vid to show what works and what doesn't. On body rotation it helps to rotate (twist) on backswing but throw body forward on line of shot on execution...