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So I've been practicing the things I learned at the 1-on-1 coaching session over the past week. I learned FH loop vs. topspin, BH counters, BH loop vs. topspin, and FH loop vs. backspin in order, so I've been trying to practice them in order. FH loop vs. topspin was the easiest. I just needed...

You can absolutely stitch them together. It takes practice, of course, but if it can't then why do coaches, even ones who don't like shadow practice like @Tony's Table Tennis have their students practice footwork by itself? If you just want cardio and lateral agility there are specific...

He's got a LOT work to do right now, service receives aren't great either. IDK why the CNT keeps trotting him out. Where's HYZ? He's been doing really well in China and internationally, I'd like to see him get some more experience.

I disagree. Shadow practice is extremely helpful and is the first step in learning new techniques. You get the feel of the technique with shadow practice first, then with a consistent ball, then you try to add things like moving, leaning, etc. and so on and so forth. With every addition you're...

Well, she just came back from an injury. At her age it'll take some time for her to fully recover.

Man, that finishing shot by XP for the last point was pretty insane! Looks like he's switched to the W968, so fully embracing his pivot FH style of play now.

Sounds like D09c FH and D05 BH would work?

I think you should move up. You're making steady progress, so I think you need to play against people who can force you to continue to improve and train with people who are more motivated to improve. I can believe that girl has been improving fast. She has good footwork, body usage, and...

A bit easier with Viscaria or ZJK ALC, which felt pretty much like the same blade to me in terms of ball quality. At least the ones I own (all 88-90 grams) are both stiffer and faster to me. My FZD ALC feels a lot flexier, but consequently loses a bit of crispness on the BH side. The...

You're continuing to improve! Look at how flustered Wolfgang gets. He has zero ability to continuously attack on the BH side, yet he continues to force it because he knows if he just blocks your block back then you'll seize on the opportunity and counter attack. He tries to pivot but he's not...

Had a practice session today, worked on my new FH and BH motions. The FH motion was really easy to implement, it's really all just arm/wrist adjustments since I've been doing pretty well in terms of footwork, body usage, and activation sequence. Sometimes I do tighten up a bit as I focus too...

The one you're most used to.

I think DHS has really improved its QC recently. I have a W968 and some HL5s from a few years ago and the quality was pretty meh, but the recent Q968 I got was top notch. Everything was very smooth, all the edges, the blade face, all look like they are much better sanded than their previous...

Not in a long time, but I'll try to record some soon!

Dude I totally know what you mean! That's basically what the coach wanted me to do. I realized that what happens is that as we swing from left/down to right/up, the entire arm is being swung to the right/up. However, if right before impact we use our lats to pull the elbow back left/down so that...

Absolutely, but when service receive games are reasonably close then rally is gonna really make the difference. My rally game is starting to reach a stage where I just need to return half long, long toward the body, or short but not too tight and can win the rally afterwards against most people...

Yes, some of the things are pretty irrelevant now, but there are some parts that I've never been able to completely fix, like the backswing to behind my back, for example. The issue is that I tried to be completely relaxed, but what I actually needed to do was to hold my forearm (but not so much...

Same FH rubber, but D09c instead of H3 on the backhand side. I got it used so a bit cheaper, I think $100, the Q was $400 so a lot cheaper! I can hit through thr blade in practice just fine, but in matches I have a lot of trouble on most shots, particularly on the BH side. In matches I can only...

The coach said the elbow should be about 1-2 fists away from the body. Of course, this is during practice, during actual matches you'll have to do whatever to get the ball on the table. For the "overcompensation" training, basically what he meant was that usually you want your elbow to be...