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I think it would be pretty difficult to switch to a different set-up at that level. He may be thinking that by using what the Chinese use, his FH will have an advantage. His expectations would be high perhaps. Miss a few FH's and the equipment change would start to creep in mentally. I give him...

ITTF video people: "Hey, how can we make the viewing experience even worse than before? How about we take the brightness down a few stops, decrease the contrast and frame them further away...and push them to the top of the screen.". "How about a subtle blur filter too?" - "Yeaaaah go for it".

It's too difficult to talk ideal shots for incoming balls because there's too many subjective opinions. I've been told to always put spin on no spin balls by a coach. You've got articles online saying that it's best to flick no spin...

I think that's the holy grail of a FH loop. If the planets align, you are well in position to do your loop and your goal is to put the ball back with the most quality you can (max spin, max speed, low to the net) getting that correct percentage of brush and forward motion is essential. I've seen...

In terms of the amount of forward motion and forward hit the stroke seemed to me to be far more aggressive than a spinny lift. Almost as if he is hitting through the spin. Obviously it is coming from low to high but the bat speed allows him to be very aggressive and attack, rather than start up...

There are a lot of examples her of heavy backspin from choppers. FH strokes against these will be quite vertical. When talking about backspin pushes and starting up the loop against them, this video really opened up my eyes... I was amazed at how ML treated this almost like a topspin ball...

I have to say - playing with an injury (table tennis), even if it's 90% healed or with a brace is very difficult. It's on your mind. You start losing a few points and you blame it on the brace. Or you avoid certain shots because you don't want to re-injure. It's very tough psychologically. If...

Can TTD get a Q&A podcast with him?

As with any recovery, diet is also important. Since the injury is tendon related, a quick search for tendon repairing foods suggests vitamin C. I've been downing the chewables and drinking heaps of orange juice. Also there are a lot of natural anti-inflammatory foods. Tumeric is a powerful...

Just went through this myself. It stems from over use of the wrist, pulling on the forearm muscles which then pull on the tendons attached to the elbow. Braces didn't help, the pain was too much. I found icing the elbow helped. You can take anti inflammatories but some say they impede healing...

ML face and body language = I'm tired. I'm going to try out a few creative shots and serves and go home for a long nap.

Looks pretty good there. You are completing the stroke from ready postion through to follow through quite well. Can you keep that form & consistency when you add movement to the drill? If you are wanting to add more spin all you need to do is brush the ball lighter and go through it a bit...

Bizarre that they push so hard for a rule like this. The ITTF must have a huge load of ITTF approved coaches for hire... $$ Anyway, I see it like driverless cars. You're removing the thought process from the driver. 10 years from now - no one knows how to manually drive a car.

Cynical photoshop filter :p

Anyone know what type of oil ML adds?

5 out of 5 rating for Premium 3 star 40+ This ball plays the closest to the 40mm celluloid ball which is what we thought would be the logical goal when then balls changed. Sadly, every other ball takes adaptation to play as the characteristics are so different. The NP40+ however feels just like...

After watching Xu Xin beat ML in the Korean open, I think that Xu would have a serious chance at giving ML a nasty game if it came to it. Xu is in great shape. Much better than ZJK in my opinion. What I wonder is at the Olympics, is this a time to try new things to put your opponents off or...

I know what you mean. I used to use very light blades around 73g maximum and light rubber. I really didn't like that head heavy feeling. I didn't think that you could find heavier blades with the same balance. I did exactly what you did and got a Timo ALC with T05 and t80fx on the BH and it...

True. I find that there isn't much difference switching to Bluefire M1 or MX-P from Tenergy. I did have to train myself to brush more not to put the ball off the table with these rubbers but once you get that feel, they are interchangeable. The only time I seriously saw a benefit to switching...