Recent content by SofaChamp

I will add to this (and again, need to stress that I genuinely think Zeio's efforts in his posts is amazing and appreciate all his contributions) that there was a time when Zeio quoted from the main German TT forum, using Google translate. Here the poster that he quoted was someone who was...

Zeio, whilst I greatly appreciate how much effort you put into your posts, everything all referenced and content sourced from various non-English message boards, but... Why is it that you always seem to be involved in about four heated arguments that have crossed the line of friendly debate?

Yeah, whilst reading the description my general thought was 'CNT, A,B and probably also C but I don't know any of them'. And then supposedly it's Anton Kallberg and Omar Assar that make up this list of boring players.

Kallberg is an incredibly skillful player, not one dimensional at all. Also, he just beat LJK at the almost highest stage and he's inside the top 15 at the moment. Have you ever seen his fake pendulum serve where he actually hits the ball with his BH rubber? As for Omar Assar, sorry but if...

If we can rephrase this as 'which player has something related to table tennis you wish they hadn't' I'm going to say every player that's retired too early. Xu Xin, looking at you big guy. How's about two seasons playing in the Bundesliga? Wang Hao, oi! How's about getting back into shape...

Stick with what you have now, sounds like the perfect setup! Just getting the same rubber again will give you more pop without you having to learn what a completely different rubber feels like.

This is an interesting one but I would be very surprised if the Chair was close Vs Emil.

No idea 😋

Alc: we copied Butterfly's composition description KLC: we didn't copy Butterfly's composition description Aromatic: we messed up on Google translate

Actually yes, I didn't quite read your post properly. You agree with me that Boll is an OK choice for the team event and add that Franz should be playing team and singles. A part of me thinks that the DTTB gave Boll the nomination BUT have also already spoken to him and said that he will have...

Mr Zeio, Boll is only playing in the team event this time. Essentially, he's been 'dropped' from a chance at getting that elusive singles medal at an Olympic Games. In the team even, he has often done very well, helping Germany to medals over the years. As someone who himself has retired...

Shouldn't the proper advice here be: If you're a beginner, play with normal rubbers first, for at least a couple of years? The chopping style only makes sense once you've reached a fairly high level because even at the intermediate level (meaning a level where you can consistently loop about...

This ignores the fact that players also need to play for their clubs since that's where they actually earn their money. Having this many events, often not coordinated with national associations, puts players in the tricky situation of having to pick either honouring their clubs agreements or...

His Gewo blade wasn't launched too long ago it seems and I remember reading that he used it for one or two matches and then went back to a TB ALC.

This is a very common issue and there most probably isn't a simple a solution. You'll just need to work harder on your backhand, change your mindset and believe that it can improve. Redefine winning to being that which happens when you used to your backhand at the right times with confidence.