Recent content by delerious

I agree that I probably have bad form in terms of not rotating my hips and transferring weight enough. I haven't worked with a coach in the past 7 months, but I'll definitely set up some sessions and get advice on what I can do better. I'll also see if I can focus less on the rating and try to...

At my last office tournament several months ago, I had a very poor result despite having spent months doing drills with coaches. I realized that I needed to focus more on gaining match experience. So for the past 7 months, I've been going to the club every week and playing people around my skill...

Is looping something that will aggravate the injury? After getting the injection a month ago and taking a prescription NSAID for 2 weeks, my shoulder felt better, and I went back to the club the last 2 weeks. Both times I played several matches, doing a lot of pushing and hitting some drives...

Thanks for the recommendations. I was more looking for general advice in terms of thick/thin and hard/soft, but I looked at the recommended blades and rubbers. The Tibhar Stratus Power Wood, C-1, and Razka 7 would cost about $140, and I definitely wasn't planning on spending that much. The...

But your finger would heal.

Less than a year ago, I had bought a paddle with 2.1 rubber (43 hardness) on the forehand and 1.9 rubber (43 hardness) on the backhand. (These are cheap Air Tiger rubbers from colestt.com - I'm guessing most people here have never heard of that rubber.) After playing with it for a while, I felt...

beginner (rating 700)

A couple years ago I was having shoulder pain (and not playing any table tennis at all) and was diagnosed with calcific tendonitis. I got a cortisone injection and did a couple months of physical therapy. I think the injection helped, and don't think the physical therapy helped at all. Then...

Thanks for the replies. I thought that since I'm playing against beginners (600-800 level), if I can master the backhand flick then I should be able to win most points with it. But maybe it's too hard to master right now. I can go back to pushing. I used to push almost 100% of the time before I...

The majority of serves that I receive are backspin serves to my backhand side. I've been trying to do the backhand flick almost all the time with those serves. Only if the serve is really short or low, or if it's to my forehand, will I do something else. I just don't feel like getting into an...

struggling beginner

Thanks guys. It is a fairly cheap Air Touch01 blade from colestt.com, so I will just get a new one.

I was going to change the rubber on this, but the wood in that area has come apart and is stuck to the rubber. Should I try peeling the wood off the rubber and glue it back to the blade, or just forget about that wood and live with the blade being thinner in that area, or just get a new blade?

There were definitely some opportunities to attack, especially late in the match, when both me and my opponent seemed to be scared of making a mistake, so we kept hitting pop-up pushes at each other and didn't attack. A lot of the players did bring their own paddle, and there is some backspin to...

Thanks for that, it makes sense. I also looked at a couple of his other videos and he has some good material. Next time I get coaching, I'll ask for random ball drills or just play a game with the coach. There was a little bit of that before, but it was mostly block practice. But I'll definitely...