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Thank you! Maybe you can let me know your opinion 😀 and I'll let you know what my thoughts have been. Here's a movement drill, it's possible I regress a bit here but I still think I'm mostly doing what I'm aiming to do. I've also recently been working on my BH vs backspin, Brett Clarke is...

I've recently, after some feedback, changed the focus of my FH slightly. Here's before the change (about a month ago): Here's after (about a week ago):And for another interesting comparison from 2 years ago when I, for the most part, wasn't sure what I was doing.I really hope I won't have to...

No problem! I just wanted to clarify. I wouldn't have brought it up if it weren't the case that a very high rated Swedish player told and showed me what I was doing. Then I thought to myself, actually he's right, before this interaction, my mental model of the stroke was that the racket should...

I'm unsure if it was the discussion that I brought up or if there's been some other one about that. In either case I don't think it should be a major focus. In my case my mental model of the stroke before wasn't ideal and I was restricting the follow-through and therefore slowing down my...

Even though Dima did an incredible job winning against Anton, it felt like Anton was the better player.

Curious to know what that something is 😀.

I think the twist/hip rotation is more the older style backhand, which of course can still be used and effective, especially when there is time. The bottom-up/bowing motion seems to be the new technique most players these days go for. The player who told me about the forward swing pretty much...

Wow, thanks so much all of you. I know all of you really know your stuff, I very much appreciate your comments. And thanks NL for your kind words, I'm glad you're keeping well and congrats on becoming a father!! I hope I didn't give the impression that I'm complaining about my backhand. Just...

Yes Carl you're spot on! In an older bh vid I posted here NL and Echte told me it looked like I was hitting the ball too far in front, I was scratching my head over this and wondering why and how I could fix it. I now wonder if the reason for that was because I wasn't following through properly...

Recent training with Nicky. Trying to retrain my backhand for the 1283465th time. Originally I had problems overusing the wrist. Much later a coach told me to use more forearm, then I tried to use more forearm, but my body movement was all wrong and I stopped involving the wrist at all, or when...

Fully agree Baal. and I feel because of how messy this all is, it makes table tennis more unfriendly for newcomers. It's very hard to find good info and if you're new it's even harder to discern what's good or bad. Even with coaches, they don't seem to agree on many things. I've had all kinds of...

Thanks everyone for your input, I decided to go with the TB ALC and I'm very happy so far, though it's only been one training session, I tried viscaria for 3-4 weeks. The thin grip of TB fits my small hands perfectly and it's slightly more headheavy than the viscaria, but not as headheavy as my...

Too many ;) He uses a clipper, I tried it the other week and it did indeed vibrate a hell of a lot! I think you're right about the gluing, from what I remember his rubbers usually come off easily :D. That's some ear you have there, amazing observation haha. Indeed, Nicky has great control...

About 3 and a half years ago I came back to Sweden after having lived in England for 6 years. I got to meet Nicky (the one with the dark hair) who's been a damn good training partner since then, always having a fun practice and great games. We have probably played a million sets against each...

Wow, really good info. Thanks a lot!

I'll likely go with the Boll ALC. I checked with the retailer here about the weight, he didn't have any over 90g. He then checked with Butterfly who said that they did not have any Boll ALC blades over 90 grams either and that they're usually 85-87g. Isn't this a bit strange? Surely there must...

Really? According to the butterfly website Kenta ALC listed in the same category as viscaria, tb ALC, spirit etc. If this isn't the case then I'll definitely rule that one out. I know someone that could get hold of the kenta blade from asia, though he couldn't find out the weight. Regardless of...

Perfect :D. Is Timo Boll ALC also more headheavy than viscaria? That is what I prefer and been used to from acoustic. Is it the FL version that's thinner than the straight grip?

I haven't caught corona yet, instead I caught something even worse - the EJ bug. After trying a viscaria I got curious. I'm looking for a grip that is as thin (or close to it) as nittaku acoustic FL(the small version), so which of the viscaria clones has the grip that resembles or is about as...

Completely agree Carl, I'm trying to make a similar point, but you put it more eloquently. Your writing technique is better than mine ;) @Lula, yes I think players playing closer to the table would use less of everything, as there's less time.