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  1. Does anybody else mentally fall apart against pure pushers or weird styles?

    Sounds like poor shot selection by you. I coach a lot of these players who get into push battles and it consistently amazes me how they will pass up two or three easy balls only to attack a much more difficult one. Ideally you could evaluate in real time and open as soon as you get a weak...
  2. Yao Jinxiang: Invader? More Japanese youths think Japan is a "victim"

    Wow, I was very bored with this line of discussion until TTT raised the Winnie the Pooh thing. What is the basis for the meme, is it a supposed physical resemblance? Does Xi have a terrific fondness for honey?
  3. Clean ball opponent vs Junky opponent

    The friends in OP have problems with shot selection and decision making. The junky players do not, they simply put weird balls on the table. Their different levels in this mental skill is the equalizer.
  4. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    Annett Kaufmann is the player of the games. 18 years old, WR 100, 5-0 in WT. She dropped two games in beating WRs 247, 27, 25, 22, and 8. Excited to see if she can stay undefeated against Korea tmrw.
  5. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    Would like to see Diaz vs the PRK player. They only come out once in four years, will be first and last chance to see.
  6. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    I'm sure this was posted in he first 36 pages, but where is best to stream using VPN? NHK, or french tv? Canada?
  7. WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024 06/11-16

    I think CM will successfully defend her Olympic gold vs SYS for this reason.
  8. recommendation blade + rubber

    Your idea seems like a fine choice. If you go with Butterfly you have to use an authorized distributor for Brazil.
  9. New racket after a break - T05 or Dignics?

    I'd say dignics 05 on forehand, and maybe a T19 for bh. Or t05fx bh. The tenergy series is still completely usable for club players.
  10. a

    It means on the internet people say a lot of dumb stuff with extreme confidence. Consider the possibility that most posters on here have crap technique, and we need $300 of equipment to compensate for that. For example I couldn't play with H9 on my BH, because I have no feeling on BH. That...
  11. WTT 2024 feeder events

    that’s the idea when you start doping, come back stronger
  12. Downgrade blade back to all-wood?

    NL are you using unboosted provincial H3 bc that blade is crazy fast? A week ago I changed to a 5-wood for NL's reason #1. I have medium pips bh, and with acoustic carbon my blocks were not effective. It was a great setup for short pips to smack the ball, but not made for defense. I...
  13. fixing the bad habit of straightening the upper body during looping

    Telling yourself to not do something while you play seldom works. So forget about not straightening up. You have to find a positive statement of what you can do that fixes the problem.
  14. WTT 2024 feeder events

    The next two feeders have Saki Shibata in the qualis. Pity the fool who draws her first round of qualifying.
  15. Why do people say LP's should be banned?

    You answered your own question in the OP.
  16. Post your latest EJ purchase

    waiting for Korbel / D05 / Flashback
  17. For those who think pips have a ceiling

    Almost none, to answer your question. This post makes sense. If you substitute 'Pips are a constraint on your playing distance.' that's indisputable. If you play SP or LP blocking you must be close, and if you chop you generally have to be far. Double inverted doesn't have this limitation...
  18. For those who think pips have a ceiling

    Pips have a ceiling is a funny way to put it, and not super accurate imo. Kinda dumb to get angry about it tho. There was a time when you could fairly have said double-backside rubbers have a ceiling, when pips-out penhold ruled the earth. Then ITTF changed a bunch of rules. If you look at...
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