Will try to catch up on vids later during lunch.
Fast report on last night:
i didn't have my glasses on, played on a table close to the entrance with white walls. When I play, i don't wear glasses. Really hard to pick up the ball sometimes off of the white walls coming at me. (begin ttmonster voice: wear glasses when you play!) PingPongHolic showed up and i didn't see him come in lol he still got it ... smoked some FH loops pass his partner!
Got to club 5:15 and left 8:30 ... about a 30 mins break in the middle ... walked home in single digit temperature, not factoring in wind chill BRRRRR lol
Hit with an older gentleman, hit with him once before, about 1 or 2 levels above me... steady SH ... he doesn't loop per se, about a step away from table, adds a little sidetop to his FH stroke - nice, smooth and relaxed ... i start off flathitting my returns ... then i started short stroke add a little topspin to my FH ... I asked if he can hit his FH to my BH side ... i practiced my RPB block/punch and SH BH ... making progress on this front. Hit for 1 hour straight.
K. showed up and older gentleman took a break. Have not hit with him in sometime, outside of 1x last week. He's improved a lot, i jokingly refer to him as my arch nemesis. Hit with K. I FH blocked his FH loops. He really let loose. Challenging. I then TPB block/punch his FH loops... as he let it rip, at times, i didn't compensate on timing/angle and let the tensor rubber do the work ... other times, i got it... starting to feel a little comfortable with tensor vs hard/fast shots ... on slower/easy shots, i am getting the hang of it.
i mixed in RPB block on his fast FH loops and made a few returns, but missed more often than not. need lots of work. didn't want to waste K's time, so i TPB blocked. Later we hit BH to BH ... getting a little steadier on RPB as well as SH BH. my friend M2 saw me hit and reiterated that i am a SH player and not a PH... in his opinion, i picked SH BH faster than other PH who converted. (begin ttmonster voice: convert to SH!)
Hit with P next, one of my regular partners. He had trouble with the table ... it is a german table, has a weird bounce sometimes, has its own net. don't remember the name.
Felt I had some consistency overall. left and wished everyone a HNY. We will see if i can keep this up. Returning Thurs night.
As always, may all the net and edge balls go your way TTD CCers!
