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Points 1 - 3 suggest this opponent is simply a lot better than you at your current level. 1) by forcing myself to change direction, i introduce higher risk of errors. Okay, this is a basic thing you can practice. Everyone practices playing 1 BH - 1 FH themselves, but you also should be...

What happens if you redirect the ball to his forehand? Like, how do you get forced into bh-bh rallies all the time when they work to his advantage?

So I play a guy like this, see if he sounds like your opponent. Steve is a shakehand long pips backhand player. He backs off the table but doesn't do full chops, more like pushblocks from far, if you can picture that. On forehand he either plays the ball back deep and flat, or if you give him a...

idk, is clinical another word for 'clean'? Jha's game may not have changed since 2017, but his results and ranking have changed quite a bit. Do you think some different style, or appearance, would get him above his current WR of 35, and career high WR of 22?

brokenball;380692 ** MODS ** This guy is such a tool. Seriously "Ban me" is the most useful thing he has ever contributed to a TTD thread. Please ban him.

I would actually vary it first. Like I typically serve a no spin first, before using heavy backspin. If they pop up the no spin and you kill it, then you serve backspin and they net it, their minds will be disturbed for the rest of the game. You have to vary the spin, no more than two serves...

There is a conflict here between what are your best serve patterns and what your opponent receives best. So No, there isn't a single best serve strategy even for any one of us as individuals, much less for everybody. Here are some examples from me, in case they are relevant. My "best,"...

It is definitely the height of FZD that is best. Or of ML. Perhaps that of WLQ. Or even RSM. Possibly LGL. So definitely between 168cm and 185cm is the best height for men.

https://www.megaspin.net/store/default.asp?pid=yas-antipwr sounds like what the OP wants.

1) Never prioritize theoretically optimal technique over what actually works in points. 2) The best return is dependent on both your skills and your opponent's. In general vs no spin it's hard to push heavy so a flick would be preferred. But same as question 1, what really happens in the...

He just means turning around after you serve, into a posture that prepares you for the possible returns. And you need to be ready at least by the time your serve bounces on the other side of the net, if not sooner. Or else you will be very late reacting to the receive. The same thing...

Adjacent to Carl's point - does the OP's training incorporate serve and receive? If it does not that is 120% of the reason his match play is so much worse. Serve and receive is basically the only thing that matters in a match. Only if the players are nearly equal in these skills does...

Maybe more specificity would help? Here is a men's match between a Chinese and a Eurmerican. Jha came back from 0 - 2, including a real beatdown game one. https://youtu.be/aigErWXg6ZY Why was Jha losing at first? What did Jha change to come back? Did Liu try anything different to react to...

What would a conversation about strategies and tactics even look like? Don't see too many of those online.

The sad thing about this with the coaching is that if you start with a coach from day one you don't really need to spend that many lessons before you develop good basic technique. Then you can decide to continue with a coach or just play and have fun. But you won't lose those fundamentals...

What is the larger point of doing this? Like, do you believe using a rubber with three degrees harder sponge will make any measurable difference to the quality of your backhand? Or maybe you have a bunch of sheets of mxp-50 lying around and you want to use them up? Or it's on a really good sale?

I thought Dynamix 17 was something like 11 wood and 6 composite. I played a guy who uses that blade several times at the Gunston club in Arlington VA. He made tons of spin with it, mostly on backhand iirc, but it seemed very fast too.

Thank you for the kind comment Gozo. Yes, all around control is the style of TT I enjoy playing, and the one that yields best results for me. I don't really have any natural power. That's why I'm very focused on women's TT both as a fan and a model for my own game. In matches I often get...

May have been this one. Hard to remember after several years...

Thanks Der, NL, Lula, for the good feedback Der/NL - yes, I hate to be pushed away from the table. I got very angry with myself vs Bernardo for jumping back. He wasn't really pushing me back, it's more that I rock back on my heels and have to jump back for balance. But there will always be...