Recent content by Dominikk85

You could also use anti like winter. Or a short or medium pip

Why is lefty an advantage for pips penholder?

What about he zhi wen and nicht xia liang? They were not winning medals anymore but still played at a top50 level a couple years ago at a very high age. I'm not saying this style is not limiting but it seems that smart one sided pips penholders can get to a pretty good level (i still of course...

Yeah I was more talking about when it on average becomes an issue that can slow you down and makes improvement harder to achieve not what an outlier can achieve at maximum. Of course he zhi wen can still beat most two winged SH loopers at over 60 but that doesn't mean everyone can reach that...

I was wondering about this? At the pro level a lot of styles have gone exctinct like Jpen, one sided penholder, defense only with no real counter attack. And even among two winged shake hand loopers certain styles are getting rarer for example kreanga style far away from table loopers who take...

Yeah i would assume a short pips smasher like an old school penholder could really dominate that tournament. Maybe you had to make it just anti or long pips

This sounds like a fun project. Btw what happens when two antis Meet? Does the world implode?:) Serously, doesn't Anti work by using spin against the opponent. What does when he gets no spin balls by another anti player

I think ZJK declined rapidly because he had an irreparable hip condition. This could of course be related to technique but it could also be related to having trained at a high level for 2 decades, not every body can withstand that. He didn't really have a decline phase, he was still really good...

I think you just need to be a complete player these days. You can't really cover weaknesses anymore with the plastic ball. Rallies are long and there is plenty of time to test both wings. Some players are more BH dominant but you still need to be very good on both wings or you will get exposed...

It seems most of the more modern Chinese rubbers are more like semi tacky and not like 10-15 years ago when some where like so tacky that it could glue a ball to it really long. Not sure why that is but I read hurricane is also less tacky than 10-15 years ago. Kinda interesting that Chinese...

The current one will be his last Bundesliga season. 18 of 22 playing weeks are already done so if you want to see him one more time you have to go to one of the final 4 days one of 2 playoff weeks or champions league, in a couple weeks he will be retired completely.

I agree. Short push is risky because if it is either too long or short enough but too high it is easy prey for the opponent. Against lower level opponents who either can't serve short consistently or who are not able to consistently loop long pushes a long push into the weaker wing is probably...

That happens unfortunately in many entry level coaching positions, pay is very low because they are selling the "dream" and climbing the ladder. This is even more extreme in more popular sports like soccer and baseball. Often the deal is "get paid part time but work full or overtime". 2 or 3...

I would think a 3 time olympian is not really the average for a coach. If you take baseball batting lessons from a former MLB player it also will be more expensive than lessons by a former D2 college player.

A lot of players enjoyed watching defensive players like joo se hyuk. I wouldn't want to see too many of them but occasionally such a match can be really great especially if the defender also is able to attack. Watch that match and say it isn't great Anti and close table pips blocking on the...