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hina hayata won bronze, so it was an all china+japan in the podium for women's singles. shin yubin did not win a medal.

Agree to play matches but the rules are 1. you always serve 2. your partner will try to place the ball at awkward placements for you, just like in a real match Play 5 sets like above for example Serve receive is always unpredictable, so why train only specific aspects ?? Off course you can...

what a pitty! it would be nice to at least achieve one win against ma long even at a friendly tournament

Probably you are, but what the hell. Whatever makes you happy ! you took my post completely out of context :)

lol just look at this reply from a chinese. Really funny :D I think you know deep down what scandal I am talking about. although I dont agree with the titles, the videos are very informative

great to see chen meng and ma long after a long period of hiatus. It is a sign that ma long is most likely going to stop his international career, and it will be interesting to see what will happen to chen meng after the olympics scandal

You have a point, I tried to answer strictly from a "mathematical elo" point of view In chess tournaments some players have exquisite performances here and there, for example a player who is normaly rated 2100 can have a performance of 2500-2600. It seems abnormal but it isnt. Same thing...

serve and receice plus tons of footwork exercises. The training in those aspects of the game is never enough

greek federation also does that. They present 7th and 12th place in small tournaments as a success. Im all in for positive marketing but this is plain ridiculous :D

If we are talking about PEAK ELO performance on a single tournament based a player's opponents like chess then 1997 wttc waldner 2011 wttc zhang jike and 2017 wttc ma long are probably equal in my eyes. If we are talking about retaining high ELO points throughout a period then ma long is...

both of them are good, its one has its own purpose. Slow spinny loop is good for surprising an opponent who falls back, and you get even more points when u can also change the placement along with the tempo. Fast loop is also good cause it puts pressure immediately

Seems like the chinese are the new americans, or maybe the americans of asia. Always entitled and always bossing around other countries, like they are the "greatest country in the world" P.S. The fellow americans in this forum who are thinkers and have traveled, please dont start, its not a...

1. winning is not about delivering a fancy topspin rally, who ever gets to 11 points first, wins. simple as that 2. if you want to beat a topspin player who is better than you in topspins then be prepared to get your ego crushed. And after that you need to have the patience to do a zillion...

It depends on the player's level and your goal. There is no standard training really, a general rule of thumb for beginners multiball is the feeder should let the ball drop on his side of the table once his previous ball landed on the trainee's side. This is a basic rhythm for children

You totally misunderstood my post. Nobody said buy a lot of stuff. you can always test paddles from other players. Knowing the frequency of a blade though, yes it is useless, especially for an amateur player. If you play with viscaria and it has a frequency of 1000 and u want something...

The frequency and every other metric is useful (at least in my eyes) only to table tennis companies that produce rubbers and blades and make thousands of tests before releasing a product. The best way to learn if a blade+rubber combo suits you is to play it and test it yourself, and since you...

Every player whatever his or her level is should understand that faster/spinnier equipment just magnifies your skills/characteristics Give a mediocre paddle to a solid A player and the best paddle to a skilled but less consistent B player...player A will still win 10/10 games

What is the point of this? Even if u know the frequency of your blade, is that so important? I mean what do you actually gain by knowing this information?

You need to change your contact angle and timing or even your position "against" the incoming ball so that you dont hit too much with the outter side of your paddle

all you have to do is contact the ball at the same point it contact was made from your opponent. You neutralize sidespin this way. the other way is to contact the ball either at the top or bottom point where the spin is zero or minimal, cause you cant have perfect contact to the top/bottom...