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  1. How can I copy Ma Long's playing style?

    Take my advice with a grain of salt: Develop your own technique, find what's right for you, and don't base your technique off of professionals. It's not going to work out. Unless you have the time, money, and dedication to go to China and train there or hire a really good coach, there's nothing...
  2. Wanting to try an arylate setup (EJ)

    Its considerably lighter in my case, and plays fast, if not faster, than my SZLC but has many gears. I can easily control the speed of the ball, which was something I couldnt do very effectively with SZLC. Easier placement, nice vibration feedback, and the transition was fairly easy for me...
  3. How to make handle smoother?

    So, I just received an H301 I’ve been waiting for some time, and it plays very well. I won’t go too in detail on that, since this isn’t about the blade’s performance. I was slightly disappointed that the handle felt a bit rough, though, particularly that line in the middle-it has this “bump” on...
  4. Help Against Offensive Long Pips!

    I Was waiting for today to upload a video, sorry for the delay! I havent had time this week to go practice so...
  5. Help Against Offensive Long Pips!

    Oops, I was looking at his peak rating. Aside from that, theres a lot of information that will help me. I’m pretty sure hes using long pip but I’ll ask him either way. Thanks so far!
  6. Help Against Offensive Long Pips!

    Currently, my rating is 1537, and several people, including him, have made reference to my rating as something to not correlate with my technique. However, I do agree that I lack certain concepts that I should have a solid foundation in if I wanted to win people of this category. I do feel proud...
  7. Help Against Offensive Long Pips!

    I dont know what exactly is his setup, only that he uses long pip and inverted...
  8. Help Against Offensive Long Pips!

    He’s Bin Hai Chu; I guess you can say he’s somewhat “recognzied” among the States. There are quite a few matches of him online, I just preferred not to say who he was because I wanted to generalize the topic and not just have tactics when facing that person in particular, but others that have a...
  9. Help Against Offensive Long Pips!

    There are two players I’ve encountered, both at this rating or higher, that the main reasons for my loss was due to no good strategies/tactics and poor footwork. At this level, I have to move so much! So many balls are approaching me at uncomfortable positions, I just cant move to approach these...
  10. Help Against Offensive Long Pips!

    Perhaps this is an issue a lot of players will have at some point, and I cannot stop thinking about why I lost so easily against this long pip player in particular. To begin with, I guess one can say I'm fairly experienced and has had enough exposure playing against long pip players to...
  11. Would switching to a 5 ply wood blade help at this point?

    When I meant unofficially rated, I meant it as an estimate people gave me. I have a rating of 974, particularly because I did pretty bad in the few tournaments I've been to (Got very nervous, but handicap tournaments has helped me a lot recently, I have my next tournament in a week and I feel...
  12. Would switching to a 5 ply wood blade help at this point?

    Hello, everyone, For quite some time now I've felt that my stokes are lacking control and consistency regarding positioning of the ball on the table. While my shots are powerful and quite spinny, it doesn't have that positioning of the ball I wished it had. For example, I recently played with a...
  13. All things service

    People stomp their foot to hide the noise of the contact made on the ball. If you can hear the serve, you can be able to tell whether or not it has a lot of spin or no spin/weak spin. Servers stomp their foot to muzzle that noise, making it more difficult for the receiver to tell if it has spin...
  14. Restoring Tackiness

    I've been using my TG3 Skyline Neo for almost a year. Basically, make sure you clean it with water and a cloth only, let it dry, then rub it against your arm until it feels tacky and store it in your bat case. During practice/gameplay, occasionally rub it onto your arm or breathe on it and rub...
  15. Help me Improve?

    Thanks! Actually, I was working on backhand topspin this entire week, so I’m glad you picked up on that too. It feels weird to me to receive sidespin/back spin serves to my backhand for some reason, so throughout the match I pushed those balls as they came down, which resulted in a weak and...
  16. Help me Improve?

    Hello! So, I went to a tournament around a week ago, and the club was recording the semi-finals and recorded the match I was playing. Might as well take advantage and ask for any recommendations or any advice you can give me. It's the first match and I'm the one with the blue shirt The thing...
  17. Butterfly Tiago Apolonia ZLC or Butterfly Viscaria (Normal and Fish Scale Surface)

    Yeah, I guess you can say I was comparing my SZLC with the ALC blade of the same series, as I’m looking forward to buying that blade. Hopefully someone has information about the Zhang Jike ALC and how it plays compared to SZLC; I’ve been looking for resources regarding how the alc blade plays...
  18. Butterfly Tiago Apolonia ZLC or Butterfly Viscaria (Normal and Fish Scale Surface)

    As far as close to table and spin oriented play is involved, I think ALC blades are better suited than zlc blades. I’m using szlc and I’m considering in buying the Zhang Jike alc. I’ve been reading that it’s basically a Timo Boll alc/viscaria with more speed and spin, but then again I can’t...
  19. How do you deal with nerves in matches?

    I discussed this with someone in my local club one day, he told me when you notice that you're getting nervous, hum your favorite song or think about the lyrics of a song. I think this helps keep your brain in control of your body and to not overreact or to tense up that much. I don't know if...
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