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One more extremely important thing: if you play someone who usually beats you, then try your best to keep the score close. If they get a lead they will relax and you are probably doomed. If you can keep things close, unless they are professional, their nerves will kick in and then you have a...

1) try to win 2) if you cannot win, try different things and see what works best. Probe for weak areas. 3) use the data you learn from #2, the next time you play them again

There is absolutely no way a 2200 player has a 20% chance of winning against a 2400 player. According to the USATT's own website, if the 2200 player wins, he gets 40 points. If the 2400 player wins he gets precisely 1 point. If both players level's stay static, one would expect that the 2400...

Cmon no way? WAY BRO! If you upset someone around 250 points higher than you, you get 50 points. If they beat you they get 1 point. They have to beat you 50 times in a row to get back those 50 points. So if everyone's level stays stable that means they can lose once for every 50 times they...

In the USATT system, a 250 points advantage means you should at least beat the other player 50 times in a row before they win once. Upsets are far less common the higher the rating as the playing is more stable. Would Ma Long or FZD beat the 2800 rated players 50 times in a row if they were...

You can watch the matches on the MaLong Fanmade channel. You can see the results here: https://tabletennis.media/tournaments/2025-chinese-super-league/

I think in their primes I would rank them: ML, ZJK, FZD and finally WCQ. WCQ is still young though and could keep improving and getting more steady.

When the ball was placed to your forehand with underspin you pushed down the line once and you looped down the line once and you won both of those points. Unfortunately when the ball came to your backhand, you hit the ball cross court where he was waiting for you. Go down the line more...

She can. She plays really well.

Fairies Wear Boots is a great Black Sabbath tune. Table tennis players do not wear boots when playing. You also look like you are wearing knee braces, so wearing boots while playing is doing even more damage to your knees as well. He served wide to your forehand and fast to your backhand...

One thing to take into consideration is that LGY had to play WCQ if he won. WCQ puts fans in the seats and I would not be surprised if LGY would be ordered to lose the match if they played. WCQ certainly is capable of beating LGY if they play for real and I am certainly capable of being wrong...

While I agree you should encourage all students to loop long serves, or even loop kill them, telling a 1900ish student to loop hard against half long serves is a horrifically bad idea. They probably cannot tell if the ball is half long or going to bounce a second time on the table. If you want...

WCQ's racket looks horrible. I would be screaming left and right if that happened to me. That is completely unacceptable.

Kenji missed a lot of serves. It makes me wonder if his racked was "inspected" by the referees taking the rubber off.

I have no idea but I am currently watching a match and things don't seem right with another player's racket as well. Very weird,

Part of it is a natural ability to see the ball early and track what is going on. More of it is from playing hours and hours. The sad reality of the situation is that the younger you start playing, the more massive advantage you will have in tracking the ball and figuring out quickly what is...

If you loop from both sides, then definitely being fit will help your game. I would say however in the vast majority of cases, the thing that is holding someone back the most is issues with their serve/serve return as well as their ability to instantly discern what is going on and formulating...

I am laughing at all the people posting that fitness has anything to do with getting to 2100. Being fit has absolutely nothing to do with the game until you are over 2450 or maybe higher. NOTHING. You need to read the ball and react quickly and correctly. I personally know several people who...

I used to train with someone who could not run a 15 minute mile but ended up breaking 2450. Fitness has nothing to do with getting to 2100. I would say the #1 and #2 skill is serve and serve return. It is debatable which is more important. I know quite a few 2100+ players with horrid...

In ancient times with the 38mm ball, all 3 star balls played similarly. In modern times, every 40+ ball plays so differently that I would only practice with the brand of ball used at a particular tournament I was preparing for. This also goes for the pros I know personally. Nittaku, Gewo...