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To me, footwork is actually somewhat of a misnomer. It's really about so much than just the feet, it's preparing your whole body for the next shot. You see it the most with the feet as it contrasts with the stationary ground, but returning your hips, elbow, center of gravity, etc. to the ready...

She just couldn't BH loop down the line against HZJ's LP BH shots. Lost so much confidence she started losing FH battles as well.

Well, some of them he's turning the bat over like a BH counter, so you can read those for sure. For the other ones the key is to focus on the acceleration. In order to create good spin the bat needs to be accelerating through the contact. Is he accelerating when it's coming down or going up? His...

His is pretty easy to read, just pay attention to what the racket is doing when he contacts the ball. He starts off with 3 straight backspins, then mostly did topspins and no spins afterwards. As for tactics against him, his service/receive game is far superior so if the OP can get comfortable...

He's referring to the comments underneath, with his fans and detractors fighting. Idk why that's a controversy though, many athletes have a lot of fans and haters. Some are more universally loved like Ma Long or Jordan, but many have a lot of haters like Lebron James or Cristiano Ronaldo.

You've been improving so hard to say what would be effective now. I felt that your issue before was footwork. In these videos, unless you're forced off the table you move your feet precisely 1 time per shot. If you just look at the feet in those videos, you can see how even the much older...

Could be different Vis playing differently too. I've heard quite a few different people complaining about the Vis dropping balls into the net randomly, I think it's because the timing of the brush is slightly off and it can be unforgiving like that. Maybe a flexier Vis more akin to a Golden...

My experience with the Vis is quite similar to when I played with the TB ALC many years ago. I basically had to change my technique to play with it effectively, with a lot of brushing over the ball, closing the angle when looping to maximize brushing. The issue is that that's not a very stable...

BTW, here's a good review on the commercial vs. official (numbers/national) vs. player version S968 on Bilibili. A provincial female player did a blind test against a high level male player. For those who don't understand Chinese basically the official version has the thickest handle while the...

So I've been waffling between the Viscaria and the W968. The FH feels so amazing on the W968, but even with the FH it can be difficult to access at times during real matches. The BH can be an issue especially at lower level against slower incoming balls or in trying to kill opportunity balls...

That's a problem with sports in general, and a reason why the "chase your dreams"-averse Asian parents don't typically want their kids to pursue sports. Very few people who pursue sports as a career actually get positive return on their investment. For TT it's just the top few pros. Something...

I have a similar dilemma. For me it's between the balance of the Viscaria and the FH dominance of the W968. I can generate more quality much easier on the BH side with the Viscaria, but whenever I FH loop with the W968 it puts a smile on my face. I want to be winning with both sides, but it's...

That definitely looks like an used blade. If you don't seal the 968 blades that's how it looks like after some rubber changes.

Just had a practice today, reboosted all my H3s on both my Viscaria and my W968 and played with both for comparison. I've reworked my FH technique over the past couple of months, improved my footwork, and vastly improved my BH, so I wanted to see if my understanding of equipment has changed...

The D05 is just bouncier and harder to control than D09c in general. I really loved the feel of boosted D09c, it was like a combining the best of T05 and D09c. It was still fairly easy to use for the short game, but the sponge was much easier to activate. Since you're getting bubbles on them...

Try playing some matches with their setup. That's the true litmus test.

That's at least partly because it's only produced in 1 color though. It's a great FH rubber, so if you're gonna use H3 #22 then you're gonna use it on your FH and because it's only made in 1 color you can't also use it on your BH. When I turn my racket around I find that it works pretty well...

I feel like the more often scenario I see is the uncles use spin and placement to win rather than speed. They'd outlast you with those things rather than hitting winners past you, or use those things to create a smashable ball that any equipment can be used to blast past you.

Then the trick is finding out what's special. Most likely the case isn't that there isn't anything, just that you haven't noticed anything. If you can't figure it out yourself, and it might be difficult to do so as an observer can usually see things much clearer, then you should ask others who...

I'm back from vacation, it was a very relaxing few days in Maui, felt quite recharged. Played TT for the first time in over a week on Fri and boy did I feel out of shape. Adding 5 lbs of weight in Maui didn't help either lol. I've been focusing on different timings and more recently footwork...