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That is true, but it also means that he will stay a rather 1 dimensional player where players like WCQ will always be exploiting him unless he has a very good day.

Yep Harimoto definitely has a few bad habits for eg only doing slow spinny BH opening loops which opponents aim to counterloop hard, lack of variation in receive, no reverse pendulum/hook serve variation, weaker FH defence (which is basically his kryptonite at the moment). However, Harimoto is...

Imo the true liability in OP's game is the BH, not so much the FH. Not sure how changing FH rubber will do much.

I watched the match - Tomo played well but his structural issue is that he has way too little variation on receive which really makes WCQ's life a bit too easy on the 3rd ball and he is just under too much pressure. So basically Tomo has 1) short push, 2) long push and 3) chiquita (with various...

Still wins the 1st set tho lol....despite struggling af on the receive

I'm not a chopper, but my experience with upgrading my push is that the wrist and fingers are super important. For shakehand BH push, pressing on the index fingertip was crucial in my journey of upgrading the spin.

The answer could be straightforward. The Magnus effect (ie downwards force on the ball from the ball spin) is proportional to the square of the velocity. So an extra 10% in spin is an extra 21% in the Magnus effect which makes the incoming trajectory deviate further from the "normal" trajectory...

One of my fav combinations - FH sidespin long fast push on the right side of the ball, and i place it on the opponents wide FH such that it exits the side of the table. Opponents without good footwork this already is a winner. Opponents with better footwork, they will be forced to loop at a...

I got a better option, use the FH sideswipe or 撇. It converts the ball into a ugly sidespin ball which is hard to repush and also is not easy to attack. I dont recommend the flick against med-heavy underspin, too much risk for little reward. Usually it is just done as a surprise. Fast long...

All the examples where it worked was because he served too slow and not so spinny. If he really served fast long you would still have no chance with that BH backswing.

Imo it is not just the max spin to speed. Imo H3 and Dignics 09c can have similar max spin to speed ratio, but sometimes H3 spin is wildly unpredictable with a similar stroke. For eg depending on the solidness of the contact, a very similar looking brush loop with H3 can end up with either very...

With BH, placement is much more important. Usually the killer is the down the line BH switch so if you can master that (esp if you learn the non telegraphed fade version with the "opposite" sidespin), you pretty much will gain a decisive advantage which then you can use your FH and dominate them.

Yep, it is better to be conservative and spin the ball up with a short stroke against fast long serves. Even in pro matches, you seldom see them ever attempting BH powerloops on quality fast long serves because it is just way too risky and the error rates are too high. Unless the server gives...

+1 31:37 is for sure fast long sidebackspin. You dont need huge amounts of sidebackspin for fast long, just sufficient to be significantly different from the fast long sidetopspin variant. Tbh I also use this serve very often (fast long sidebackspin to deep BH), es this is a serve that will...

Even when i was literally a 'pushblocker' back in those days playing 2x H3N and literally just having a basic FH slow loop and BH block, i managed to win many times against 'pro looking' people who can do beautiful powerful topspin against block both FH and BH. Because they never trained to...

This is what everyone has been talking about in your thread. Improving FH topspin is not the lowest hanging fruit for improvement. The lowest hanging fruit is serve/receive. And these are actually the easiest to get good at by deliberate practice. For eg long serve receive training by looping...

Timing as in not how early or late you contacted the ball, but when your lower body activates vs the upper body and then the arm. The correct activation sequence/timing is lower body first, then shortly after the upper body activates, then the arm, then the wrist+fingers. Not together or...

It seems you're outputting a lot of energy from the body (which is correct) but something got lost in the transmission. I think it looks like your grip is way too tight during the backswing... it should be a lot looser, and figure out how to activate the wrist and fingers at the point of...

Great serves and FH loop, but the BH is a liability and will place a serious hard ceiling on progress later on. There are too many ways to punish bad BHs these days. Major areas on BH that require fixing: use of fingers to generate huge topspin - understanding of hip+body usage in BH, BH...

You have to use your hips to initiate all the time, even against block or in bad positions. Even if it is a super small movement it is required - and yes it should even be used in countering or blocking. Those fast FZD counters all use his hips to initiate the movement. I can see you use your...