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  1. Does racket angle matter based on whether you face underspin or topspin?

    This has been my general intuition as well; keeping the racket relatively open vs varying degrees of backspin + relatively closed racket vs varying degrees of topspin. Can you explain clock analogy on contact? Is the 2 o'clock for example, in the upper right quadrant of the ball if we are...
  2. Does racket angle matter based on whether you face underspin or topspin?

    I was playing TT recently and the match, a higher level player told me that I switch racket angles for underspin and topspin when FH looping. He explained that was an older way of playing (when the ball was smaller) and that more recently, its important to keep my racket angle constant...
  3. LF: Hurricane Long 5 Commercial

    Hello, I am looking to buy a hurricane long 5 with a weight of 88 grams or less. Would prefer seller to be based in US and using Paypal. Would also consider a HL5 light as well.
  4. Looping Long Serves

    I was watching this rather fantastic video on serve receive which gives some fantastic theory on returning serves. This is how I understood it 1. you want to hit the same side of the ball as the opponent does when they serve. I like to simplify this for myself and think if the ball is spinning...
  5. DHS Hurricane King acB Review

    How would you compare the HK AcB vs Long 5? It sounds like AcB is more balanced and is better on the BH though HL5 might slightly edge it on the FH.
  6. Fantastic match! US Open

    This makes a lot of sense to me and I agree with a 100% with you; on an individual basis, age does not gate performance. There are plenty of examples of this across multiple team and solo sports. Using age of an high level individual to gauge the quality of the league is without nuance, is what...
  7. Fantastic match! US Open

    As someone who would like to see the sport grow in popularity, I like your idea of having table tennis (a) gain a foothold in the college/school system and (b) multi-pronged PR drive, e.g. long-term spin-off arrangements with sports franchises. I am interested in hearing more about your hope...
  8. Your favorite shadow footwork drills?

    Haha, if I could pull those moves, I promise I would move like that everywhere: Grocery story? We movin'. Train? We movin' on the train. Doctor's? We dancin into the office.
  9. The "Quiet Eye" in Table Tennis?

    Haha, I know the feeling! I have often said the same thing "bottling the feeling up" for use on demand. For me, I it is a muscle-memory issue and I am trying to do it so often that it just becomes automatic. The video was very coincidental as this week, I was focusing on watching the ball onto...
  10. The "Quiet Eye" in Table Tennis?

    Saw this video the other day about the "quiet eye", ; about how elite athletes have a superior ability to focus on specifically important contexts in their sport. Watching this made me wonder what the "quiet eye" of table tennis would be. If I had to guess, it would be the focused ability to...
  11. LF: Hurricane 5 Light

    Unfortunately, the lowest weight they have is 91 g
  12. Yinhe Jupiter 3 Amazing Rubber

    This is almost the same setup I have; J3 asia on FH on Yinhe Pro 01 with Palio AK47 Blue on the BH. I have been playing with it for a month and a half now and it has overtaken my inner F3 Pro with BD FH + Moon 12 Medium BH; so I have a very similar experience to you. Very controllable , and...
  13. PONGBOT OMNI S PRO Robot Review

    @Jslick89 Love the drills! Thanks so much! Going in a couple of days so excited to try these out!
  14. best video's to improve serves?

    Can personally vouch, these really help me as an advanced beginner/intermediate player. I keep coming back every few months and go ahh, now I understand! :D
  15. PONGBOT OMNI S PRO Robot Review

    @Jslick89 I am going to get to use the Omni at a friend's place soon. Pretty sure they don't have any custom drills programmed. Is there any way to program drills on the app before I go to my friend's? Do you know of any videos or tips to program (in like 15-30 minutes) a few basic drills...
  16. Pongbot Nova S Pro owners' review and discussion thread

    Appreciate the hard work on writing up your findings, very very useful. Since I am unfamiliar with the interface of the app, all the serves configuration looks really intimidating. But I can just tell that the Tomahawk serve settings is one of the most useful pieces of information for any Nova...
  17. Let's talk forehand topspin of these two pros

    This is an excellent video to watch for the FH. In part II of Muscle Pong training with Richard, I especially liked Richard's demonstration of stopping the shoulder so the arm folds and the hand holding the racket accelerates into the shot. I had not been able to pick up that nuance of the...
  18. Pongbot Nova S Pro owners' review and discussion thread

    Looking forward to the reviews! I like what I see from Nova S Pro generally and it feels like a good price-to-function ratio for me. However, I have been hesitating for two reasons which are interrelated (i) newness of the robot in the market so we don't have a full picture regarding the...
  19. Country specific style.

    I would think, your kinda thing would be the unique Gozo style! :D
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