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The Ranking system is slightly unfair, especially against chinese guys but I like that it forces chinese guys to play more tournaments in europe.

With the old system many chinese guys could just...

Are there 5 spots at team worlds and euros? Do all 5 actively play or are they alternates in case of injury?

Thanks those are good videos but I was looking more about regular underspin push like in short return of serve.

This one here is pretty good but I wonder if there are more videos like that.
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the ti long channel called short returb short touch, not sure if that is the right English term

Are there any good videos about penhold push and "short touch"?

Getting a spot on team germany is still not easy for him because Franziska is at a similar level. It depends on how long Timos body holds up, he recently had a lot of injuries.

Franziska and dang...

Yeah, definitely need to use more legs.

Are you sure about the level shoulders though?

If you watch ma long he bends his legs but also slightly bends towards his right waist and before contact...

Thanks guys. I know i should not swing just the arm but i never quite understood the plane of the arm and always tried some kind of abduction (think jumping jack) or horizontal adduction (butterfly...

I found something out for my forehand loop so it works much better now so I thought I would like to share with you.

As I'm neither a coach nor a really good player I could be totally wrong though...

Dang had a really good season in the bundesliga only having like two or three losses or so all year.

He also just beat dima in the final of the lima contender tournament after being down 0 2 in...

Short serve into forehand. Forehand flick of shakehand players is usually a lot less dangerous unless you leave the ball too high

You are a great player and the videos are great too. I'm also a lefty who switched to penhold albeit I'm pretty, bad:).Maybe you could make some longer instructional videos with commentary or...

If you want to be a high level player you need to find a style that fits your athletic talent and also personality.

I think the latter is really underrated, if you want to be a very offensive...

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You can always use short pips and slap the ball instead of looping it:)

I do think forehand and backhand need more practice because they are more complex and "unnatural" motions using multiple joints and those movements need to be engrained into the body.

Also many...

I think in theory keeping arm slightly bent and then extend it as the upper arm accelerates could give your biceps a bit more stretch so the arm flexion (forearm whip) is slightly more dynamic.
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I think some rubbers come with a premade glue layer on it though. I would probably still put on another glue layer

I'm talking about sidespin serve with "inside spin"

See this video at about 2:50
https://youtu.be/zcgj22cKGzw



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He demonstrates with elbow down.
https://ibb.co/9G65rRr

Another question regarding serves:

It seems many penholders seem to do a lot of hook style serves and keep the elbow in.

Can you also do "normal" pendulum serves with the elbow up like...

If he hits a lot of long fast serves maybe stand a bit farther away from the table so you have more time and when he serves short you step forward. Stepping forward is easier than stepping back.
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I agree. For some time long pushes were a no no in high level table tennis and it was about always attacking first but with the 40 mm ball players got so good at counter looping that they are daring...

I read with modern rubbers usually the sponge dies before the rubber because the tension or factory turning goes away.

Great video. So thumb roughly parallel to the handle is probably better but a bit across is ok?

My backside fingers are slightly curled but all 3 tips of the fingers on the blade.

Works good...

Thanks, so it is mostly a personal preference thing whether I want more Stability, backhand or forehand ability and also based on my hand/finger flexibility and size and shape? ?

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