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If he hits a lot of long fast serves maybe stand a bit farther away from the table so you have more time and when he serves short you step forward. Stepping forward is easier than stepping back. Also learn to read the serve earlier, ideally just after the first bounce

I agree. For some time long pushes were a no no in high level table tennis and it was about always attacking first but with the 40 mm ball players got so good at counter looping that they are daring again to long push and let the opponent open up and go for a strong counter attack. But at...

I read with modern rubbers usually the sponge dies before the rubber because the tension or factory turning goes away.

Great video. So thumb roughly parallel to the handle is probably better but a bit across is ok? My backside fingers are slightly curled but all 3 tips of the fingers on the blade. Works good for rpb but maybe limits wrist flexibility some

Thanks, so it is mostly a personal preference thing whether I want more Stability, backhand or forehand ability and also based on my hand/finger flexibility and size and shape? ? One more question: it is sometimes more comfortable for me to grip the bat at a slight angle so my thumb goes...

Here is timo on rubber hardness. It is german but you can make English subtitle. He is not a physicist so it probably isn't 100% correct but still interesting what he thinks. He says as a kid he started with soft rubber and as he got bigger and stronger he went to harder rubbers ​​​​...

What is the advantage of straight vs curled fingers on the back side?

Ah ok, I thought maybe the bat was made from chipboard wood or so because it was only like 20 bucks:)

How is that pattern created? To me it looks a little strange.

Went back to a slower setup trying to relearn technique correctly.Yinhe earth 1 and friendship 729 ritc on both sideshttps://i.postimg.cc/gjG8Vqgj/IMG-20220509-191454.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/8cwWtJYH/IMG-20220509-191505.jpg

Wouldn't it depend on your level and your playstyle? Most pros seem to prefer the most powerful BH rubber they can get since BH is a more compact and shorter swing and thus harder to generate power there. But if you are a guy who mostly blocks and straight counter drives with only an...

Here is my grip playing penhold, using mostly RPB on the backhand side. What do you think about the finger placement? Could it be optimized? Forehand https://ibb.co/k11bhgZ Backhand https://ibb.co/VBFnJKd

Watch a 3 wheel baseball pitching machine. https://youtu.be/dbZPC7goOpo The wheels always spin the same direction but if you want varying spin you need to spin the wheels at different speeds. For backspin the bottom wheel spins faster, for top the top wheels and side spin one of the side wheels

Does quadri play the R45?

I think the guys picking up RPB quickly might be former SH players. RPB is much closer to SH backhand than TPB. I'm pretty bad but I picked up a basic RPB pretty quickly after switching from SH to PH.My RPB is by no means great but not really worse than my SH BH topspin was. I think the people...

What I find interesting is that the young french penhold player lebrun uses the red side for his BH push while most PH players tend to do a TBP push with the black side (of course only if they use forehand black and backhand red, otherwise it is vice versa)

What grip are you using for push and receive game with penhold? Especially to the BH side are you staying in the RPB grip (if you play RPB) or do you turn to the traditional backhand grip with the thumb turned on the side of the handle? I sometimes have trouble finding the right blade angle.

I think physics and intent aren't the same. In all hitting sports batspeed will peak at contact and drop off there steeply like that simply due to newtons laws...

Getting off the swing I meant not being able to take a full swing at the ball and instead having to block or counter because there isn't enough time for a full topspin. But if the opponent is at a higher level that explains it of course. Are you good at pivoting to the forehand in your...

I'm not qualified to comment on your technique in this thread so I won't do that but are you generally getting off your swings are are you often forced to block or counter hit because you lack time for a full topspin? If you are getting off your swings everything should be fine but your...