Recent content by lightspin

Yes. You gave it a shot and it didn't work the way you wanted. Just stick with your MLC or try something else.

One thing to be very mindful of is when playing after taking a few years off is to come back slowly so that you don't destroy or tear your muscles. Your nervous system will say "swing fast" when your muscles aren't ready for it. So just do simple drills for a few weeks or months until your...

It is really hard to just "show up" to a club and hope you find someone there to play with that is around your level or will be fun for you to play. You might not even be able to play when the club has open hours. What I advise people to do is to network as much as possible and take people's...

There were a ton of large cracks in the sponge when I took it off. It looked like someone took a knife to the sponge and made long cuts in it without cutting the topsheet. I have no idea what else it could have been. Now I just glue on the rubber and play. If boosting made a dramatic...

I used h3n on the forehand and h8 on the backhand. These were brand new sheets. I applied 1 layer of of haifu seamoon booster. I let it dry for 12 hours. Applied another layer of booster, let it dry for another 12 hours. Then I applied 2 layers of DHS water based glue, letting the first...

I used to play during the speed glue days and boosting the rubber doesn't seem to make that much of a difference to me. It also seems hit or miss how you do it. If you do it wrong, as I learned first hand, you can also destroy your sponge and cause it to fall apart. I just glue the rubber...

Congrats! You did a great job!

Yes unfortunately this sport is that hard. I forget if it was Dima or Timo but they were talking about how their dad would serve short to them nonstop as kids and practice the backhand banana flip. A German national coach told them they are wasting their time practicing that move. The dad...

I have learned on the TTD forums, even if you have advice directly from players who have won gold medals at the World Championships, members will disagree or find said advice harmful LOL.

Well after the video he did say this: "I could achieve the same quality with a more open racket instead of closed like in this video. Which one should I stick with? My subconscious has the more closed racket programmed currently." So I decided to chime in. In any case, he is wise to just...

Good luck on your exam! I would just repeat whatever the teacher says on the exam so that you can pass it. Also I wouldn't even bother asking question to that teacher. It will just annoy him and you might as well just answer the questions the way he wants answered. Maybe amongst your friends...

1) Do not drop your shoulder against underspin? WHAT?!?!? This is insane advice. If you have great touch and plan on hitting the ball so hard it approaches the speed of light, then fine don't drop the shoulder. Good luck following this bad advice if you play someone who is a chopper or knows...

I know some of the taller women on the CNT have to diet to try to maintain a certain weight. This isn't forced, they just move faster at a lower weight so they choose to do so. I have heard 2nd hand that Eugene tried to slim down but didn't play as well and felt like crap, so he just went...

In the USA, you can make way, way more money coaching than playing. The only people playing tournaments, outside of maybe Kanak, are doing so because they enjoy competition. The cost of plane flights, hotels and missed coaching opportunities rarely are covered by prize money. I have heard 3rd...

Can't the IGNORE function be added to be a simple process rather than cutting and pasting a link? Like a button on the users profile? Is anyone working on this?