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My take on this is very close to NL's only shorter. You think the old man is causing you to suffer by serving illegally. Really you are causing your own suffering by getting upset about it, trying to change it, and feeling mistreated by everyone. This is not a nice feeling. If you could...

99 was Barbara Feldon's number in Get Smart.

This sounds so much easier than it is.It's 100% true, no argument. Just if you play a few years with your hand going first it takes so much work to start from the feet.But there is no choice really, just have to try.Tony, do you have any exercises for people who learned table tennis badly to...

Sell it and get something else? Or put a seriously dead rubber on it, like cheap commercial hurricane 3. That will slow it right down.

Leo, if there is an award for best new poster on TTD you should totally win it in a landslide.

Another exercise you could do with a partner is to both play softly with early timing and no spin, all over the table. The idea is to learn how to win by placement and timing alone. And of course to defend yourself from that by moving well. It's the simplest exercise in the world. Just feed...

I think players underestimate the value of those long push rallies as beginners. If I had it to do over again I would play those out until I could dominate anyone at my level with only quality long pushes. Instead I learned to topspin like everyone does, and balls started getting blocked out...

Cut out this stupid angry at myself shit right now. It is not helpful, it is really super destructive. So you met someone with serves you have not practiced against and you didn't know what to do. Of course not. All you can take away from this is that it will be good at some point to gain...

Don't buy a robot.

Another vote for the combo paddle from AliExpress. The value is great and more expensive equipment will not make you improve faster. For shoes you could look for volleyball or badminton shoes on a clearance offer. They are not exactly the same as table tennis shoes, but they are really...

The video sounds promising but left me with zero idea of what to actually try to do any differently than before. So from that perspective is it useless to me.

Just to close out this thread -- I had a really good time at vvk1's club St Michaels TTC in St Alban's. While there I learned of some cool touristy stuff in St Alban's as well. An Abbey and Cathedral, roman ruins, and the oldest pub in Britain (1230 years !?!?!). I had no idea and will not...

I got to hit with my club ej's H9. It was 37 degree purple with the 80 sponge. It's fast for me, coming from boosted regular H8 or unboosted H8-80. Of course he has it on an HL5 and I use NAC outer, so his blade is like twice as fast. But still, I felt the absence of tack. Bottom line H9...

It's not useful to adjust your technique when you loop off the table vs chop. You read more backspin than there was. If you were always playing into the net then you have a technique problem. But to think "I will get the technique right and then never miss." is only a fantasy. The whole...

On a really simple level, try to remember what point patterns you won on and which you lost. If there were serves you couldn't receive at all or where you gave up an easy third ball kill, those are usually seared painfully into memory. Same with the ones you won, except without the pain. It's...

Personally I didn't love the Tibhar samsonov blades, tried both. Other people do rate them, but don't seem to stay with them long, always moving on to carbon. Perhaps Petr korbel is one to add to your list, on sale. And for sure a blade you could still play as your level rises...

That's interesting. I mostly order from playa. They have good prices on H8 and the shipping is very good considering it's free delivery from China. What Aliexpress stores do Chinese players order from?

I don't necessarily agree with the IMMEDIATE part of this statement from Der. I always get people I help to understand the purpose of a serve... which is for the server to gain an IMMEDIATE OFFENSIVE ADVANTAGE. It's nice if you can dominate off easy third balls. But that doesn't happen so...

The best substitute for Tenergy 05 is Dignics 05. Show me the money!!!