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I understood it that harder rubbers are faster if you can swing fast but actually slower if you can't swing fast and also hard rubbers can generate a lot of spin if you brush it very hard and precise but a softer rubber it is easier to generate spin if you can't swing very fast. Not sure if...

the ti long channel called short returb short touch, not sure if that is the right English term

Are there any good videos about penhold push and "short touch"?

Getting a spot on team germany is still not easy for him because Franziska is at a similar level. It depends on how long Timos body holds up, he recently had a lot of injuries. Franziska and dang could be a tough battle for a spot in the team at world and european championships, currently dang...

Yeah, definitely need to use more legs. Are you sure about the level shoulders though? If you watch ma long he bends his legs but also slightly bends towards his right waist and before contact his right shoulder is lower and then comes back to level just around contact https://ibb.co/rkMZPNJ

Thanks guys. I know i should not swing just the arm but i never quite understood the plane of the arm and always tried some kind of abduction (think jumping jack) or horizontal adduction (butterfly machine) and it didn't quite work but when I skipped that side to side motion and just did simple...

I found something out for my forehand loop so it works much better now so I thought I would like to share with you. As I'm neither a coach nor a really good player I could be totally wrong though so I'm asking for your opinion. What I did was having the motion totally in the so called...

Dang had a really good season in the bundesliga only having like two or three losses or so all year. He also just beat dima in the final of the lima contender tournament after being down 0 2 in sets. https://youtu.be/XnHqOdOxinw Not sure if dima is at 100% again after his severe ankle injury...

Short serve into forehand. Forehand flick of shakehand players is usually a lot less dangerous unless you leave the ball too high

You are a great player and the videos are great too. I'm also a lefty who switched to penhold albeit I'm pretty, bad:).Maybe you could make some longer instructional videos with commentary or subtitles too.​​

If you want to be a high level player you need to find a style that fits your athletic talent and also personality. I think the latter is really underrated, if you want to be a very offensive player you need to be a risk taker who can deal with missing several shots in a row and still...

I'm not quite qualified to help you here but may I ask you what trait of your old rubber you would like to be improved? More power? More spin? More control? All 3 is usually not possible and there is some give and take. There is also the option that the Grass is not greener on the other...

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You can always use short pips and slap the ball instead of looping it:)

I do think forehand and backhand need more practice because they are more complex and "unnatural" motions using multiple joints and those movements need to be engrained into the body. Also many serve returns are actually based on the "ground strokes" (there are not just push returns but also...

I think in theory keeping arm slightly bent and then extend it as the upper arm accelerates could give your biceps a bit more stretch so the arm flexion (forearm whip) is slightly more dynamic. However in practice usually most rec players have a lot of stuff they need to worry about more than...

I don't think it is top100, there are very good players playing in the 3rd or 4th highest league in germany who can easily handle carbon very well. Maybe you don't need carbon to play at that level but many at that sub pro high performance level do play carbon with good success. I would guess...

I think some rubbers come with a premade glue layer on it though. I would probably still put on another glue layer

I'm talking about sidespin serve with "inside spin" See this video at about 2:50 https://youtu.be/zcgj22cKGzw ​​​ He demonstrates with elbow down. https://ibb.co/9G65rRr On the other hand normal shakehand inside spin serve is usually hit with elbow out like that...

Another question regarding serves: It seems many penholders seem to do a lot of hook style serves and keep the elbow in. Can you also do "normal" pendulum serves with the elbow up like shakehand players do? Or does the penhold grip make that unnecessary because you can get the blade vertical...