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Not surprised. To be a chopper killer, you have to have a powerful and consistent forehand loop. Jia's forehand is consistent but not powerful enough to penetrate a good chopper like Wang. Actually, in this match, Jia had problems reading Wang's spin. He looped with some hesitation and often...

Ha ha, my bad. I thought you were one of those former Chinese pros. I bet you can also speak fluent Chinese.

Both ladies are tough for Kihara to beat. Miwa vs He Zhuojia, interesting match up I'd like to watch. If Miwa can pass He who is tough for young players, she is a mature player even still quite young.

Good sharing. Man, you looked so young in the video. Time is hash on most of us, especially maybe for some pros who have been constantly under stress to perform. Many former Chinese pros who migrated to other countries had a second career or opportunities in table tennis that they won't have...

Nice and funny post. Like it.

Playing sandpaper is 100% pure anti-EJ. E is not important for beginnings or low level players as they lack necessary techniques to appreciate importance of equipment. E is very important to many mid-level players who sort of running into some technical bottleneck, exploring equipment is like...

In general, there are lot more clumsy tall people than clumsy short people. Even in NBA, guards are overwhelmingly more speedy, agile and athletic than centers. Do you know why? Check their average height. Agility in table tennis is quite more demanding than basketball because the much shorter...

I would say the grandpa who was running like crazy trying to retrieve the ball in the video is pretty fit. How many hobby players can move like him? Not many.

Of course, physical fitness is very important at pro level, more at national level. Chinese teams all have fitness programs and hire fitness trainers some of them from western countries and US. With that said, Liu Guoliand retired at very young age of 24 not because of physical fitness, rather...

Chooing is not meant to pass some message in words. It's just some sound, tone, serving as a self calming and encouraging verbal action.

After winning all three events in WTT Almate, China's young star Lin ShiDong continued unstoppable journey in WTT Macao capturing a much heavier crown on the way beating several very impressive players. He is hot, no doubt about. However, even for such a bright star, there are still some TT...

Table tennis is a very complicated sport. There are so many parameters that affect the performance of a serious table tennis player. With that said, I am only discussing size(height). Is height important? Not so much for most of the table tennis history until recently when ball size increased...

It's obvious which sibling Butterfly is betting on: Super ALC vs just ALC. :)

Feel sorry for audience on the camera blocking sections. They should demand a refund. Unless you have a close to the table seat, I always feel TV viewing is way better if the camera angle is set right.

I am not ready to say Miwa has a better forehand than Sun. Niwa needs to crack one of 3 top tier Chinese top women(SYS, WMY and CM) first.

Without Chen Meng and a healthy Wang Manyu. However, one can always say a win is a win.

Good review from Harimoto with good observation on LSD's game and changes. I quite agree with him. Most change or improvement from LSD is he seemed has stroked a balance on his backhand between aggressiveness and unforced errors. Also comparing when he first appeared on the world stage, his...

LSD and Miwa are two of the brightest stars in Macao tournament. One is already out after an impressive battle with the number one player in the world. The other is moving on to the final after a convincing victory also against the number one player on man's side. If LSD can beat Qiu, which I...

Yes, away from the table, LSD is far better than WCQ. Far away from the table play, a very rare feat for young players, but LSD has already shown he has the craft to do that. His long range backhand loop is fascinating to see and can rival anyone in the game.

I play both penhold and shakehand. Playing penhold with a shakehand racket is not much an issue. Playing shakehand with penhold racket felt a little uncomfortable due to the short handle.