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lightspin reacted to zeio's post in the thread United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5 with
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lightspin replied to the thread Teaching an absolute beginner how to play.For sure you want to use many balls when coaching an absolute beginner. However you want yourself to rally with them for the 1st lesson...
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lightspin reacted to dprsspins's post in the thread Teaching an absolute beginner how to play with Like.
I see, so a live assessment at the start with an ongoing trial and error on their form as they try to hit the ball. Interesting. So the...
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lightspin replied to the thread Teaching an absolute beginner how to play.Teaching shadow strokes is 100% pointless in my opinion. It is also a good way to make a student think "why am I here? This isn't fun!"...
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lightspin reacted to Archosaurus's post in the thread How table tennis rubbers actually work? with Like.
I can give an engineering based perspective from someone who has dealt a lot with elastomer and rubber simulation and validation. It's a...
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lightspin reacted to Singshasha's post in the thread Is table tennis THE hardest sport to go professional in? with Like.
He did say make a career out of table tennis Without: - a side job - coaching - video creator - etc Many people suggested it is...
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lightspin reacted to barusu's post in the thread How to know if I prefer a short or long dwell time? with Like.
Which one brings more fun to you? Which one makes you put the ball on the table most often? If you have a coach, with which blade can...
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lightspin reacted to Jslick89's post in the thread How to know if I prefer a short or long dwell time? with Like.
how do you know if you like a new kind of food? you have to try it.
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lightspin reacted to Singshasha's post in the thread Is table tennis THE hardest sport to go professional in? with Like.
Is OP asking about table tennis as a player? Or coaching, administration, social media/you tuber, employee of tt federation/company...
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lightspin reacted to mightymouse's post in the thread Is table tennis THE hardest sport to go professional in? with Like.
I am not sure about TT, but I read mixed double badminton players from England, who were once in the top 15 (or top 20?), and they quit...
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lightspin reacted to Gozo Zyreruna's post in the thread Is table tennis THE hardest sport to go professional in? with Like.
best career advise for any budding TT pro wannabe from Gionis Pianagottis: Be a dentist first.
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lightspin replied to the thread Is table tennis THE hardest sport to go professional in?.Also I would bet a rather large sum of money you can start kayaking late in life and still have a chance to go pro. In table tennis if...
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lightspin reacted to Zezima's post in the thread Is table tennis THE hardest sport to go professional in? with Like.
There are no coaches within 2h and for every club anything above 15€ is not even affordable to pay for 1h of coaching. Like there is no...
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lightspin replied to the thread Is table tennis THE hardest sport to go professional in?.In America how many truly professional players do we have in the USA? Kanak? Maybe Lily. The others have to spend their time coaching...
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lightspin reacted to NextLevel's post in the thread Rate me in USATT/Chinese rating. I want to know the numbers :) with Like.
It is an idea that has grown wings despite all the data that exists to show that it was at best an artifact of underrated players...
