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Seriously follow one coach. You are lucky you don't have a traditional Chinese coach. A player who was around 50-75th in the world at the time saw me play and suggested I make a change in my game. I asked my current coach what they thought about what the player suggested and I was...

Without outing anyone, it is possible lol. I asked one former province level player what would happen if someone on their province team acted like that and they said the coach would just kick them off the team. I think my advice is just geared towards a worse player trying to find a way to...

Here in America, there are some very decent players who absolutely cannot feed multiball. They have no clue what they are doing and it is almost an absolute waste of time doing multiball with them. I also disagree with blasting the ball past a pro to impress them. Do the drill. Do what...

Two things you can do to greatly increase your odds: 1) Learn to feed multiball 2) Learn not to be a moron during practice. If your partner wants to do a drill, do it to whatever specifications they want and try not to upstage them or make it unnecessarily more difficult than what they want...

A lot of clubs in my city charge by the hour to play. You are essentially renting the table for the hour. So if that happened to me I would say "My friend and I arranged beforehand to practice. Maybe when we are done I will hit with you." If they became rude, I would say "Look, I paid for...

In general everything looks good. I think two small changes could help: 1) You are 1-2 steps too close to the table. 2) Sometimes your left hand is too far to the right and interferes with the smoothness of the stroke, Watch a video of a pro and their left hand won't be near their belly...

The videos of Zhang Jike, Fan Yinchi, Fang Bo and Wang Kai are excellent. However pick one thing at a time to work on. You can try various things they say but if something works for you and makes sense to you then focus on that. Since you started playing at 10, you can reach a very advanced...

Drop out of school. Start practicing 8 hours a day. Unless you are already good, starting at age 13 is considered late and breaking the top 50 in the world will be extremely difficult. You will also need to find excellent practice partners and a world class coach to guide you. This will cost a...

There are a few reasons why not. 1) Many mid-level players in China can make $150,000 a year playing local tournaments. Even if you aren't great by Chinese standards, you can get paid to just show up to tournaments. You get an appearance fee, you get paid travel money, you get free housing...

Do you know how the world ranking system works at all? Is English your native language? If you are regional champion you get a ton of points. If you are top dog in your area, you get to go to the world cup, you get points from just losing in the 1st round. If you qualify for the world...

Remember what I said: "How many players in China could crack the top 100? With the way the weird ranking system works, for women at least 10,000. For men at least 1000 but probably way more. With local champion points bonuses, if they went to a weaker area of the world and did well in that...

I would define pro as someone whose income is derived from playing table tennis. This could be prize money, salary from a club or government, or sponsorships. You could talk about what is a "pro level" but that is subjective and difficult to define. How many players in China could crack...

This has happened before in some pretty prominent leagues. With respect to some of the smaller games where people can bet on-line, my advice is don't. A lot of these matches are fixed with the participants told beforehand who is allowed to win and lose.

Practice as much as humanly possible. Pros spend 1 hour a day serving. 1 hour a day on physical training. Then they usually have 2 separate 3 hour practice sessions. Practice. Practice. Practice. Also use your head. If you keep missing certain shots, figure out why and practice those...

If you start playing late there is zero chance of becoming a professional. I know of precisely one person who started playing full time at age 13 who became top 50 in the world. One. Most players start extremely young. One of my friends has wins over some of the top players in China but was...

What if while dismantling the racket, the ittf ruins it? This new procedure is insane. But its the ittf so it is par for the course.

I think better players should get tables with more room because they tend to move a lot more than beginners. At my club, I would politely ask the beginners to move to a different table and explain the reason why. Most of the time they comply but if they don't, I am not going to force them to...

I play both and there are lots of examples of famous guitar players who started playing later in life. I know of precisely one person who first started playing at 13 (ie he was 13 the first time he picked up a racket) and achieved a world class level. ONE. Everytime I hear a story "well so and...

Once you are done with the EJ phase, you can move on to the GJ or TJ phase. GJ's change their grip nonstop. They worry if they should keep the same grip for FH and BH or switch grips and which grips to use in different situations. This can be a nightmare to go through. Then you can also go...

You need to learn both and use both in matches. Even Aruna who can loop faster than 99% of the pros will slow loop from time to time to throw off his opponent. I know some professional players who vary the spin of their loops while the motion of the stroke and speed of the ball look similar...