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First game - some nice loops! Uncharacteristically your RPB failed :( Not sure when you middle finger got hurt, didn't see you reacting to pain/discomfort or which point it could've occurred. Speedy and healthy recovery! 2nd game - some nice attacks!! Early on the return of your RPB...

Si-hing, I am of 3 minds ... but in full disclosure, i don't play rated tournaments so take this FWIW ... 1) I play my best to force them to improve their game. With that said though, sometimes during practice/warmup, they are not steady leading one to believe they are not skilled, but...

Last night's AAR Concerned with my nagging discomfort/ache in my right deltoid/shoulder - I didn't stay that long at the club Hit 15 mins with a new member and was a little erratic in my FH... he just slow FH loop, lots of break, after a while i switched to BH blocking and was ok, went back to...

To tack onto Carl's excellent tip, if they are old and slow (like me), make them move, mix it up, go to their FH, go to their BH, but make them move... if your partner shows you he will rambo loop anything to his FH, then depending on his success rate, it may be better off going to his BH, but...

Neglected to post last week... Skipped Weds. Wife had to go out and I had to go to home to cook dinner. Thurs, she had to go out again. Got to club early and played 30 mins or so. Went home to cook dinner for our kids afterwards. The weightlifting area is under renovation, and i was at the...

You all are a chatty bunch on the weekends!! LOL Playing catchup. Agreed on the PH's wrist mobility. One of my shadow drills is to block to my right and then immediately block to my left and vice versa. Wrist is very mobile. Hardcore Carl! Whips out blade and snaps pix in the subway! And WTF...

I cannot make a blanket statement. I will tell you about me though. There are times my partners try a reverse pendulum serve but they don't have the stroke/mechanics down smoothly yet ... and when my mind is fresh earlier in the evening, I return them decently enough. Then there are times when...

As always Sir, thank you! I have a lot to work on. ---------------------------------------------------- That is awesome Boogar! CONGRATULATIONS!!

May I ask how she fared? Great pic! I've found sometimes I don't play as well in an environment like that ... i don't know what it is, but if there are no barriers and it's just one open space with many tables, i seem to lose my sense of spatial relations. I don't know how to describe it...

Thank you JeffM, By modern PH grip, i mean the fingers straighten out or mostly straight. By traditional PH grip,i mean the fingers are curled and generally only the middle finger touches the blade. If i change grip, my serves as well as traditional ph punch/block will suffer tremendously...

Good luck Si-hing and have fun! This is interesting for me... a technical question, not sure if you know now but can find out sooner or later. Does your friend use the modern PH grip, the traditional grip of curled fingers or mixes the 2 as needed? I tried to use the modern PH grip while...

I hear ya Der, thank you!

Oh Boogar, nice and smooth reverse pendulum serves! Love them!

OUCH! I know it was not high percentage, but then again, I think many of your loops were the fast low sidespin kind. I have to rewatch our match - i really don't recall any slow topspin loops from you. LOL - i have to rewatch the match. I do recall i had 1 or 2 good punches down the line i...

Excellent! Congratulations Sir! --------------------------------------------------------------- Last night, put on a long pips ox to my backside ... didn't intend to use it. Just wanted to get used to the feel of the blade with it on and looking to just hit and not play matches. 1) I hit with...

Last night's AAR Last night was Halloween, my kids are 13 and 15, my 18 yr old went away for college. The 2 youngest went Trick or Treating after school. Even if i didn't go to TT, by the time i got off work and got home, it would've been dark. Plus they are older and the Halloween experience...

Off to the club in 5 minutes... past few weeks, I have strayed from the Path ... depending on partner, I'm going to only serve backspin and/or sidedown with short pendulum motion and 3rd ball slow topspin loop... the kind of loops that I love to smash but it's encouraging for players like...

Weekends for me are family days, usually busy, i don't have time to check here and stay a long time to post long replies. Congratulations to you and your temp student! Thank you for posting! Said it once, will say it again, "Iron sharpens iron." You keep "Teaching" his Weakness and eventually...

Wicked! wow at ~11:25 - he's fast!

Some players may also need the coach or a friend there as their confidence may not be 100%. Their morale picks up with more friendly faces. Of course, the extra eyes on the games will help with strategy too. We all are not perfect, however, you had displeasure because you probably felt she...