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Last night - played PH (sorry ttmonster!) and no video It was pretty warm yesterday in NYC (today even more so ~90F/~30C) I ate a little less for lunch yesterday and our water machine was busted. I didn't hydrate throughout as much as i usually do. Didn't think anything of it. Hit with "K"...

*BLUS...* er, ah, um, ... OH MY GUOYUEHUA!! You are wrong on everything above!! Back in 1980's it was "USTTA" lol And not modesty, but truth: my actual level is nowhere near your generous assessment of 1850! I am so inconsistent sadly, on a good day, i play like a 1400! OK, in all...

*BLUSHING* (oh wait, i think i promised Carl i won't *BLUSH* anymore) Glad to be able to help out! My game/skill level is beginner to mediocre at best, so I am glad I am able to help out in other ways! WIN-WIN! People are hungry/raped/kidnapped/mugged/dying/etc all over the world ... we...

Although not specifically table tennis, it's related ... one of my martial arts instructors teaches for self-defense: "What you think of me or my mother is none of my business." Also, there's an American phrase that I'm not sure if it's used in other countries ... "Sticks and stones may break...

10:10 means left foot on the 10 and right foot on the 2 10:15 means left foot on the 10 and right foot on the 3 As you know, NL has a form of arthritis presenting him challenges in his TT play, hence his positioning/stance.

Sir, Imagine a circular clock laid on the floor surrounding you. Directly in front of you with you facing your partner/table/net would be 12:00 (or like a compass pointing north, 12:00 would be north), to your left is 9:00 (West), to your right is 3:00 (East) 10:10 or 10:15 would be left foot...

LOLOLOLOLOL ttmonster in 3,2,1 to quarantine me yet again! and DRATS! Foiled again! *uses the JeffM tactic* OK Suga D, i'll give you 9 points and you give me 9 points :) Seriously, thank you for your kind words Suga D, I'm still working on looping properly ... still loads to work on.

Beautiful craftsmaship on the handle!

Thank you Michal_Z ... I've been trying to work on that. It's ironic, my old stroke is usually forward, but also have a lot of wrist causing sidespin ... i was focusing on going up to emphasize topspin over sidespin looping and working on a controlled topspin ... with that said, however, on...

Watched these 2 videos a few months ago, rewatched it again today I recalled the mop/broom in arms and that has helped me keep to try to keep a shorter serve motion -------------------- Beautfully executed! 2:26-2:30 2:37-2:41 2:44-2:48 3:01-3:06 ---------------------- never saw this...

suds79 posted this awesome video of the great Ma Lin practicing serves in the Daily Chit Chat thread: LOOK AT THAT BACKSPIN!

*Cross-posted with Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat Thread* 13 May/Saturday, fellow TTD member and CCer '42andbackpains' feeding me multiball. Edited fluff out, although the fluff contained some early missed shots or misfeed, it also contain 42&bp constantly reminding me of the looping stroke ...

Totally agree on lack of deception due to serve not out of pendulum motion. "All warfare is based on deception." ~Sun Tzu But I figured I should at least work on having a decent pure backspin serve first ... as I had none to begin with. Ah, thank you suds! Much to mull over and work on...

13 May/Saturday, fellow TTD member and CCer '42andbackpains' feeding me multiball. Edited fluff out, although the fluff contained some early missed shots or misfeed, it also contain 42&bp constantly reminding me of the looping stroke ... my 'muscle memory' (such a misnomer, muscles have no...

You all guffaw me when I request 9 points, however ... it is not without precedent ... from A TTD Meeting 2.5 Years in the Making from Nov 27, 2013 (coincidentally Nov 27th was Bruce Lee's birthdate), one of TTD's beloved moderators, Carl, talking about playing Matt Hetherington: p.s. I was...

NL posted that vid a few pages back ... for others who didn't see it before: I did an hour of serve practice last Saturday, didn't think of using a towel or other target ... however, i was working to try to get a pure downspin serve which was totally foreign to me, that is out of the pendulum...

His partner probably told him all he had to do was mentally reverse your headband right side up and it must've worked :(

About 2 years ago, I started playing TT again after a 30+ yrs absence. I used to play with the 1980's Chinese rubbers like Friendship. In my 'unretirement' i tried a tensor rubber, a German Adidas sheet. Ball jumped off like crazy. I couldn't get used to it. As I played a bit more, I changed...

DRAT! FOILED AGAIN! I would've gotten away with it if not for those pesky kids!! [Begin ttmonster voice]Quick! The virus is spreading and claimed yet another victim! 3rd victim in a week! STAT! Quarantine OSPH before the virus spreads even more!!

Great idea! ------ Cantonese TT terms (from 1980's, not sure if terms are still in use, although speaking to some of the members of my club, they understand me) Please keep in mind that some of the Jyutping/Cantonese transliteration into English doesn't include tones ... some people say...