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I have returned. Maybe? How long has it been, 3 years? I'm in Adelaide right now and I think I'm going to get back into table tennis. Weren't many clubs in Finland, after all, so now is my chance. Due to reasons, online ordering of equipment is not very convenient, but I could hop to a local...

Hey, I'm back for my obligatory annual update. :rolleyes: Hit up the usual joint probably one last more time with my usual partner. Wasn't expecting anything, so didn't set up to film. It's been a year since we last hit. Was something like physical warmup then drives and serves for an hour or...

You could argue that in practice, how the blade's been used and how it has lived will matter a lot as well. Humidity soaking water into the blade over a long time, different sweat from different individuals, heating and cooling cycles, how long it has been subjected to such things etc. Maybe an...

Go in that stance with your hand forward and feel your lower back. Now put your hand on your leg and support yourself. It's actually an ancient form, passed down from generation to generation, with it's origins in Chinese martial arts. The stance not only helps your endurance, but it also...

Had a big revelation when doing shadow footwork a few days ago. Now when I think about it, it's obvious. I have a bad habit of straightening out my legs and pushing up after a stroke. So even if I'm in good position before, or I move well to the first shot of the rally, I'll straighten myself...

Pretty sure you're gonna gain more speed and spin from the mechanics of the wrist and forearm than what you'd supposedly lose kinematically from being loose. Except if you mean momentarily tensing up at impact, then loosening again.

Yeah, the depth aspect is the hardest. I think I can do a pretty decent side-to-side drill, or get the occasional easy ball in random play. Any forward or backward, especially if it's subtle, and it falls apart. We did some drills for that, and I focused mainly on that during the games. I...

It's been a while, but I got the chance to hit again. Because I haven't posted in a hundred years or so, I'm in black. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmiJc0YQxog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25q0O8z36ek Playing some """games""" with my usual partner. Not really trying to win, just trying...

Hit a bit today. It's been some time. Fortunately, whatever habits and techniques I had before my hiatus, good or bad, are still there. Just had to take it easy so as to not injure myself immediately, with the body not being used to it and all. @NextLevel Unsurprisingly, nearly everything one...

Nice stroke economy. Did you do pencils first for the last ones or just directly?

Gonna go play a bit, maybe get some video too. I bought some Stiga Cup 40+ balls: time to see what big-brand plastic balls are like nowadays...

Trained today. Took a lot of footage. 99% of the time it's picking up the ball, and nothing very remarkable happened so I'm not gonna weed through all the crap to edit it. However the advice I got earlier helped me figure out some things. My form is now actually kinda consistent with what I...

Aerodynamics of the swing? I don't think we're moving our bodies enough for aerodynamics to realistically come into play with anything but the ball. If you're only talking about the blade's attack angle relative to it's path, then I guess.

This is about what I do, except more water and less rubbing. Can attest to it working.

The only thing I'm sure it is is spin avoidance. At least it really does feel so. Without it I don't have any time to do anything to the ball, it just flings off. I'm still not understanding what "covering the ball" is. You've described it many times and better players probably get it, but I...

@NextLevel Today I was looping topspin to topspin with my partner, I gave him my spinnier setup and took the worse setup. He can spin pretty well in fact, he is just not consistent against difficult balls. He was generating enough spin that I couldn't loop his loop with my normal swing against...

Why do you need to do more drives, blocks and topspins? Do you lose in the pushing game and don't even get to play your game?

Alright. I'll try to get my serve tighter, and tell my partner to push randomly next time. I posted some other videos as well from today, much of the same stuff. Serve's still not anywhere near where I want it. Need to get used to serving heavy and short, even if my partner will hit the first 20...

@NextLevel here are the videos I promised. Like the titles say. No magic happened obviously but I'm onto something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceBwxOcMjGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dDfTXexxcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZivTgFx9tEc EDIT: @Der_Echte @OldschoolPenholder In...

@NextLevel Nice timing! I just got home. Yeah, that's about it. The drill worked enough to feel that I got something out of it. It could just be placebo but I feel that today was slightly better. Now to review the footage. I played some games with some kids, asked them if it's okay to video...