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you completely missed his point. he stated that when a lefty plays a righty, there are more passive service returns. Xu Xin is a lefty, so it is not as great for him to try to backhand flip righty serves, whereas Wang Hao is a righty who will have an easier time to use his backhand flip on...

You should have seen him when he was on our table tennis discord server; he only lasted a little over 12 hours before he got banned. He kept ending his messages with: a A. O hmm all in a row, for the sake of "getting our attention"

As for forehand flipping, I had no issue today. I followed the advice of a older penholder named Santos, and it pretty much worked. Although there's no way I'd dare to flip like this in a real game, which may be a problem. I guess I'll have to start doing it in practice matches to gain the...

I guess the my thread has two goals: 1. I honestly want to hear what other people think. Everybody has their own viewpoints that I am interested in. I don't want to think that my thinking is infallible just because I am more skilled, so I want to hear out everybody's thoughts in case there is...

1) I was talking about short serves, but I guess your logic still holds true. It is much easier to start lower. I think I'll stick to this, thanks!

Another question: is there a trick to getting used to swinging earlier? I guess my question stems from the ball hitting the edge of my racket a lot. With slower balls, I don't have a problem. But if the ball has more topspin than I thought, or if it's higher than I thought, it hits the edge of...

As some of you know, I qualified for NCTTA nationals a month ago, and the NCTTA National Championships start on Friday. Since there isn't much time left, I don't think I can make drastic changes and improvements, but I hope that the community here can give me some advice that can tweak and...

It shouldn't feel or look unnatural. Your hip shouldn't be going downwards. Your first three smaller swings looked better than the more powerful swings that you tried. Try taking a video of hitting the ball when you get to a club

Do it with a ball in front of a table. What do you mean by position for the shift? You already know that your right leg doesn't have to be so far back

Try playing a game with that kind of hip rotation. You will soon find that it is not useful. You are overemphasizing this; the hip rotation is not as big as you think. You just need to make sure that the rotation exists. That is all. You can try looking at other videos...

Most experienced players already do the things I mentioned without thinking about it. Since I spend a lot of time serving and experimenting with my serves, I've become aware of it. Of course, you can do it with just your wrist. Isolating parts of the serve is great for analysis and testing; I...

Behave yourself You know you got yourself banned from the discord because of spamming. Do you think that spamming is a good thing? It takes up space that could be meant for other threads on other topics. It's a basic courtesy and sometimes, it's a rule on the internet. Many people are...

Is the pain in your fingers, your palm, or your wrist? I used to feel burning in my palm when I used to do multiball; maybe it's because my hands are weak. I do let go of my racket a lot to relieve my hand. And I do stretch my hand against the table after I've been playing for a few hours...

Just play to improve, since there's almost nothing that you can do to win at the moment.

You have to hit the ball downward on to the table consistently first. The goal is the aim your the bounce on your side of the table into the same spot consistently. If you can do that, it should go over the net with no problem. Carry the ball down with your racket. Your racket is supposed to go...

raise your backswing, so that you end up going forward, and less upward. A video of yourself would help though

For those who are not tech savvy, a discord server is like a Skype community, where everyone can chat through voice or text. I am on this discord server, and it’s basically similar to the daily table tennis chit chat thread here, except we have it separated by category (general, video...

You say you look underspin perfectly fine, but you say you can't do a topspin. That's contradictory. You should post a video of yourself, so that we can give more accurate and specific advice. What do you mean by, "it doesn't seem like a topspin"? Do you find yourself not spinning the ball? Are...

Where are you not improving? Or do you just not know? You seem to be a new player, so you probably don't understand what you need to do. You should ask yourself some questions if you want to improve: 1. Are you learning any new techniques? If so, keep practicing it until you feel confident in...

You should never be standing too far away from the forehand corner. Make sure you are able to cover your forehand corner in 1 step (when close to the table) or with a cross-over step. Also, don't let your opponent get the opportunity to give such a wide angle. You can try to make your forehand...