recently I've listened to a very interesting podcast about how pro athletes where there is a need for a really quick reaction play. It was about major league baseball players. So basically the ball travels way too fast for the hitter to react to it and to hit it. Also, it turns out that baseball hitters have the same reaction times as other regular people. Not a faster one. Simply put it's in human physiology, that it takes X amount of time to process data and the ball flies in X/2 time. So, because of a lot of practice, they learn how to get the info needed to hit the ball from the pitcher's movements before he lets the ball go. And that's the only way. And then hitters start to hit the ball before the ball has left the pitchers hand. And that's the only way. And pro players struggle with unorthodox players also.
The same rationale should be valid for TT too. And in this particular case why you struggle with players who can't play that very well.
I have this problem too. From time to time I play with players who don't have good fundamentals and aren't playing technically correctly. It feels as if it takes more effort to win against them then against a much much much better players. These players don't have a correct stance, they don't "get into ready for a shot position" and they don't do correct hand movements so it's much harder to know for what you should be getting ready. (And then they make some crazy shot from their ass
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So in short if you want to win against such players effortlessly, you should practice against them to know them, but is there a point for that? You won't become a better player for doing that for sure.
So I really recommend to listen to this podcast. It's very interesting:
https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/132-practice-rebroadcast The podcast is on the shorter side, but the author explains the principle really nice.
For those who will listen, let me know your thoughts and impressions