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Gozo, do not feel bad. Everyone is slow at learning to receive. It is the hardest skill to learn and hardest to practice.

I get what your coach is saying about sidespin. You can't return it...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xoy4nzDSAVU?autohide=1&controls=1&showinfo=0Watching a very nice U15 GS SF from Berlin (match starts about an hour in), and noticing that Yoo Ye-rin (in blue) stays...

To me it really doesn't look that bad. Random is so much harder than a known drill like 2 bh - 2 fh or whatever. It's not twice as hard, it's 10x harder.

One simple thing I think could help is...

Yes it is actually necessary.

Buy more blades.

When your brain instructs your body to touch the ball with the bat, your body does that by any means necessary.

Your brain may also say "Body! And with a straight arm too! Touch the ball with...

The only lesson from this match is he's a lot better than you.

When you play with too big of a level gap you shouldn't really take away anything to work on. It's interesting just to see how...

Wait another six weeks and update the post. If your rubber is not dead by then we will all be on aliexpress searching for Taiji booster.

Or if you don't want to deal with a foam roller, buy yourself a massage gun. They are lovely.

NextLevel said it best: "Ratings don't play matches."

You are making a mental category error here. In any match you are either playing to win, or playing for practice. Always know which one it is going into the match.

If you are playing to win,...

My vote for one change you could easily make is Watch the ball. Like really look at the ball during the point. Don't just see it in the context of the whole table and court, your opponent, your...

So you keep all your old blades? How many have you got?

I think it's homemade out of resistance bands. I have looked on TT webstores and never found one. I would buy one for myself if there is a commercial version. I tend to let my upper arm drift too...

This is a very nice project.

You could say a bit more about spin. The way sidespin operates in particular is not intuitive at all to most new players. No spin might be worth a mention too, in...

Nice to see you and your coach looking happy in training! Having fun in training contributes a lot to success. Related to that, your reactions when you miss are not helping you. Even after twenty...

Hi loerting,

Your forehand was pretty effective in this match and you hit some nice ones. The one at 4:05 when you swung more forward was particularly good. To my mind the swing isn't too long....

Because my shots spring off the end of the table fast. And my serves and pushes spring over the endline and get looped.

These are the things I don't like about ZLC.

They last until you get stuck playing at the same level for longer than you think is fair.

Another guy who takes lessons from my coach has DHS Goldarc 8 fh. I hit with his setup for a few minutes and the G8 felt really nice, easy and consistent. It's an ESN tensor, not tacky at all, so...

Not at all, possibly you are absolutely right. Bear with me, here is some logic for why I think all-wood could be equally bad for an un-coached beginner.

A player will want to hit about as fast...

If you are being taught to play with proper technique there is no issue. It won't matter if you start with carbon or wood. You are being taught proper technique! Play with whatever you and your...

16 euro this week on sale
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or if you want to spend more they also have for 21 euro...

There is a lot of overlap between wood and carbon blades, so it's a little weird to talk about them like there are only two clearly separate options.

Sure we can say with some confidence it's...