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Hey Michael 👋, against Kanak Jha is not a Big Gap, maybe a Huge Gap 😄🏓 I started training from the age of 10, and then stopped after college for...

In China “cutting the ball” means something like a chop block🤣🤣🤣I can see why Chinese coaches are constantly angry with foreigners.

I can see that the school is great. But “北京乒乓球队” is team Beijing. Anyway, I get the point. The friends I know aren’t exactly the very best of their...

Hey Michael, we all understand the frustration playing against someone with better skills. I say "Better Skills" because "Rating" is just a...

Victor, You're serve looks really intimidating to receive. Can you give some advice on how to return a serve like that? (the speed, the spin, the...

I made the switch to Stiga Cybershape "Penhold" 6 months ago. I used Stiga Dynasty and Dynasty XuXin before. I really like using this blade, and the...

Hi Sergio, I thought about a somewhat similar blade to try at some time (nothing like this actually, but with the base idea of harder wood plies...

Help me understand how is the mood over there during the lockdown. Like how many people feel so and so. And also, if you dare, how it develops over...

And you can also add some difficulty in the 2nd part/phase: successfull smack 2pts, unsuccessfull... 2 pts for the opponent ! successfull slow...

Indeed but not only, it's only the 2nd phase of the training: BOTH opponents have to play the same strategy first, then the game after, one of the...

If you just want to change the blade and stick to G1s I would second stiga infinity: these rubbers feel fantastic on it. On the other hand I didn't...

One of the guys I play with is. He is using an old Stiga Hans Alser allround with 1,0mm MarkV. Cheers L-zr

I would focus on getting the ball where you want exactly on the table and not allowing opponent to smack it.

Yes, I had this exact same idea. I was thinking to do this today. What are the strategies to try in this type of game?

Sometimes I do it... wrong-foot ;) : short push on the FH side, the opponent pushes mid table on my BH because he's a FH attack pivot guy who needs...

Because you never took the time to REALLY work on the short game/pushes tactics, you play safe... and then experienced players will think you're too...

If somebody pushes underspin long to you, how can you drop shot it? That seems like a very low-percentage and risky shot. I would normally think to...

And for your information RC 2000 is actually a high level for most of us Carl... if it's FFTT 1500 (RC 2000 then), there are actually 200 000 club...

oh my goodness. I recall some people do call it cutting the ball. I haven't heard that for 20+ years haha

You can always master pushing on the bounce (very early). You can also master the above by pushing or, or dropping short. early = less time for...

I found that recently I made the most points by ensuring I never pushed twice in the same place or length and also by focusing on deeper pushes to...

I guess I never gave too much thought to push quality and push placement. Obviously lower and spinnier is better, but I didn't feel like there's a...

For your information some of the ETTU federations uses the RC system, for example the DTTB (german one), but some does not like the FFTT (french...

What part of my questions shows distrust? Ding Ning, Ma Long went to that school. It is one of official elite table tennis sport schools in China...

I say if you are skilled enough, you win, if you’re not, don’t cry about it, get as many points as you can!

Just info that may be worthwhile: 1600 rated player in European rating systems is probably a higher level than a USATT 2000 level player's level. ...

But if you would like to see some footage of them playing, I could ask them for you.

That Chinese is a sports school, not the official Beijing team. I DONT KNOW WHY! Their life choices and personal details are unknown to me, and...