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What a compliment lol. Yes later on in the video when I was feeling more tired I just tried putting it on the table with spin, which I guess is what I am trying to do more these days. But I hardly practice opening with FH anymore because of the injury. But right now the hip is not too bad so I...

I see what you mean, so also on some pushes you mean I could go for a kill. I am struggling a bit with an injury in my right hip and also now knee and when I especially loop harder against backspin it feels worse after training. Like in the video below. So I've tried to avoid that movement...

Thanks Gozo! Yes I'm the leftie in black. Well spotted! I have always had some issues with high balls and it's true that I sometimes loop these when I should be doing something different.. but I'm not actually sure how to execute that technique. I have some idea but I struggle to do it, From...

Again, too many ;). Showing the highlights is a bit deceptive of me.. 😁. Glad you enjoyed!!

Some highlights from yesterdays training match. I tend to have some pretty epic matches against my teammate/friend here. We practice a lot together and I don't kill the ball that well which makes for some long rallies sometimes 😄.

It's possible you're on to something, at the end the arm structure looks decent. Even though I've focused a lot on the body stuff, I've also from my experience learnt that it's possible to have misunderstandings about the arm structure. But too much of a focus on that can also create that...

Are they designing super-grippy/tacky/sticky rubbers because they wear down faster though or is it because the demands/needs of the players with the new ball is different? A side-effect of that may be that they also wear down faster, which of course is good for the manufacturers but I wouldn't...

I used dhs 15 for a while when I was using chinese rubbers, worked pretty well with those.. especially if you boost. Now with T05 hard I prefer free chack 2 which isn't as thick. My feeling was that when I used the thicker glue I had less "feeling", my shots felt less crisp and I had to swing...

I don't personally believe that having great serves would slow progress. I just understood NDH point (if I understood correctly) that if you rely too much on one strength it can distort your game kind of. I think it's really important to get a good serve asap and then you're forced to deal and...

Good post. There is often some kind of compensation going on. If you start to develop some strength, it's possible that you'll rely on it so much that you don't develop other things. And these weaknesses might not become apparent until you play certain players. I played local league in the UK...

Fully agree. I think the fundamentals of sandpaper and regular table tennis is very similar. In both you use your body in different ways to propel the arm. But the contact is different. I saw the ping-pong (sandpaper) world champs in 2017. One TT pro (Filip Szymanski) was there and did a good...

Yeah spin is important, it gives you safety in your shots and it gives you time to set up your next shot. And at lower levels where players have a tough time countering, even a high spinny loop can be very effective. Then you can build on your speed from there. Thin contacts to get high levels...

One of my training partners recorded a few points from a training match I had with a 2300+ rated Swedish player who plays in the second highest swedish league. I guess it's a response to the troll comment (that was deleted) in the thread, sorry I couldn't resist. 😂 Seriously though: Of course...

I wonder if anyone has actually claimed that they "need a carbon blade".. It has been said on this forum time and time again and is painfully obvious that equipment plays a small part in performance (assuming the equipment is of the relative standard). I'd think it plays a very little part in...

Yeah the difference between the top amateur players and actual pros is absolutely massive. I played against Xu Hui a few years ago (he used to play on the chinese national B team and has beaten Ovtcharov and other top players). I lost 7, 4, 4. But the score makes almost no difference against...

When Timo talked about tensing the core in his video I while back I experimented with that, but I haven't been able to get it to work. What's funny about that is that my physiotherapist is helping me with an injury atm and while she was testing for muscular imbalances she said my core was strong...

So much this. I've had a few coaches say to tense this and that, to "use" the forearm etc. Maybe I misunderstood what they meant but I could never get it to work when thinking about my strokes like this. It'd just cause this conscious tension that doesn't work well. I've improved so much since...

I'll copy and paste a comment I made in the video feedback thread where I referenced Pitchford's backhand: "You can see he has his arm quite well out in front and just does a short whip motion with his wrist, since you're hitting backhands close to the table I think this is what you should...

What a dream to visit NYC and hang with the goon squad 😍

I would guess it's because there's quite a big difference in the way it feels to loop with a carbon blade compared to your allwood blade. That difference may have made you unconsciously change something with your technique. Maybe you're compensating in some way because of this difference. I...