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To be fair we don't know if he is technically detailed in his teaching. He might be a more superficial coach who isn't willing to dive in deep but it could also be that he wasn't interested in making those videos more detailed and it was just intended as generic instruction for beginner level...

But gambling was what was causing that. Gambling addiction is one of the worst addictions out there, it leads to stealing, losing jobs and families and often prison or even suicide. I would of course wish that he can overcome that, if he can control his personal trouble he certainly has a lot...

Does he have his gambling addiction under control?

I read somewhere that some Chinese players twiddle to their BH rubber (usually butterfly) to smash high balls. Is that true?

I think Chinese rubbers aren't very great for passive blocking and flat hitting. It is great for short game and Looping but if you aren't a guy who likes to hit several loops in a row and instead mix in a lot of blocking or flat hitting than an ESN or butterfly rubber might be better. I'm a...

Not really, defenders did not win any major tournaments decades before the ban, it was a non issue for ittf. The reason the 38mm ball was banned was that ittf wanted to reduce the dominance of serve and reduce third ball kills and thus create longer rallies. That is why they created a bigger...

I think spaghetti strings are like microwaved or other illegally treated pips. Legal long pips aren't unpredictable, you only need to understand the spin reversal and adjust to it.

I'm definitely not an expert but wouldn't the replies to the push jump high if there are a topspin component? Definitely a good push but the opponent misses low into the net. Isn't that an indication that it was under or side underspin? Does he maybe mean the serve has side/top spin? BTW...

I think at the very highest level there is a ceiling, the absolute top players are able to handle pips. Timo boll, ma long, fan zhendong or in the past players like Waldner did rarely if ever lose against pips players. However at the lower ranked pro range (like 50-150 in the world) there are...

I think the issue is that there are so few talents in europe that they can get away with anything. In China some young players are brats too but they get straightened pretty quickly when they go over board. Wang chuqin was a bratty guy when he was young but they banned him for a couple months...

Good adjustment by Federer. First he used the large backswing that tennis players use and got blown up a little but when the coach told him to shorten up and keep the racket there and just use the body and legs to take the racket back he learned that pretty quickly and got pretty good at...

WCQ is extremely dominant right now. It is impressive how much he destroys some of his opponents with his power and speed from both wings. He also seems to totally have felix lebruns number, some of the other CNT players tend to struggle much more against him but WCQ absolutely destroys him...

Why not get another ML carbon (it's only like 50 bucks or so) if you liked the blade and get a slightly faster rubber?

Having a wide arsenal of technique probably is best but using a tactics that covers your weaknesses and forces the opponent to play to your strengths can make you better and maybe make you beat opponents who are more well rounded but can't quite match your biggest strength. But of course a good...

Don't do that. When you play for half a year play with an all wood blade. You can really good like that. Timo boll would still be like a 2400 level player with a 5 ply all wood bat. Maybe he would lack a bit of pop to beat world class players but below the pro level you can reach about every...

I would say chiu might be able to beat ni but of course ni is also 60. At her peak or even just 3-4 years ago ni had a much higher level (like top30 in the world and many wins against top20 opponents). Like 2 years ago or so she even won a set and had some more close ones against one of the...

Isn't technically ni Xia lian the best ox pip player? Not a traditional pip style player of course.

BTW is it smart by Japan to announce it that early? Of course the Chinese kinda knew what was coming but why allow them to focus all their training and studying effort one those 2 that early? Basically the Chinese now can focus all their training effort to beating the styles of hirano and...

When your aspirations are not to become a pro I would chose the style you enjoy most. I think until at least a 2000 rating (probably really more than like 2200) every style can work when you master it. You have to be prepared to take a step temporarily though. Also if you playing in a team...

I think Itos career seems to turn out a bit like a disappointment. From beating top Chinese players at age 15 she did regress some.I think the very top players have figured her out as her style is kinda one dimensional. Against opponents outside the top10 her fast paced closed to the table...