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This could mean that they aren't actually lower level. Unless you were playing with a different grip, a different hand, or giving them a handicap of a 5 point lead, the winner is the better player. If their level is less than Class A, and less than Class B, then they are in fact in the right...

Arch, I think a problem is that you're smart, and manipulative. The kind of chit chat you were fishing for was more of a "how do I get out of a funk" chit chat. You didn't want to ask this though. The biggest problem is that over the internet, you can't really see/judge how smart the people...

@the backhand punch video I like to step forward with my right foot to do this shot (like in the opening point of the video), it's actually one of my better ones. I find women usually have this stroke down pretty solid. @ arch playing poorly When your chitchat is asking a question without us...

I love playing on a table that's a bit higher. The worst is when you find a table that's lower.

I want the mala.

Do you know how heavy your IF ALC is? I have 4 of them, one is 85grams while the other three are over 90grams. The 85 gram one has terrible feeling. I was wondering if weight and quality of wood are correlated

How many of you that don't like long pips have actually tried them? If you tried them are you saying you're just too good with them that it's boring?

You're right, that's why I was speaking from MY perspective. And giving MY ideas as to what could happen. I also said everything was speculation since we haven't actually seen the change take effect. You compared the 40+ ball change being huge to a 1cm net change. I don't see the similarity...

True, but I see the reverse to be true as well. I've seen players who could deal with short pips at higher levels but couldn't deal with the spin of an inverted player. Here's a real example. My training partner, now he's better but a while back he couldn't deal with heavy spin. Here's a video...

Suga, I think this is going to be a situation where we're just going to disagree. Nothing you've said has edged me even a little toward the changes being a bad thing. And nothing I've said has done so for you. We both see reasons that make the other wrong, and we see those reasons as outweighing...

Yes, the sports really do go through changes. A quick google search of any sport's changes gives you a bit of insight, table tennis has had less than any that I've found. I don't want to say "go use google!" and not provide any evidence at all so here's one of the links I found. This one is...

No it really doesn't. The pro's adapted to the ball change and getting the ball low on their serves with the change to plastic didn't they? saying a change of 1cm will be too much for the pro's to adjust to make table tennis pro's look pathetic. They can adjust just as the members at my club...

Yes. 1cm isn't as much as you think. at our level it doesn't do much to our games. Maybe at the professional level that's different. But they'll adjust. If they can't adjust to a net height change, then they wouldn't be able to adjust to more difficult changes, like a new opponent.

I've got no problem with any of the changes. Sports will change, what rules would you have liked to have changed? There's always a backlash in all sports about rule changes. I believe the change to the plastic ball was a mistake and they realized this. Service became easier to read and would...

I came to the realization that arch isn't placing his camera at bad angles to prevent us from seeing certain things. He's doing it because he's bad at placing the camera. ^.^ The more recent videos have shown a lot of progress all around for you compared to your older ones. Looks like you're...

My coach describes teaching as this: You're drawing a player on a piece of paper, you don't draw it all at once. Now players that don't get coaching aren't drawn right. so you have to keep erasing and trying to make the drawing the way it's supposed to look. would you rather draw a table...

Good players won't misjudge you severely. the ones that say you're something way off from what the good players say don't have the eyes to judge level as well.

I think he's mixing me up with Carl. Carl posted quite a few videos explaining things to him. But yea you're 100% right, i don't know what level it is that players can see skill level better, or if it's a gradual change. But I noticed in recent thread "weird playing style", a LOT of people on...

Tareq, I also want to apologize. If you feel I've been making fun of you that's completely my fault and I should have been more conscious as to how what I said would make you feel. In my head it was playful teasing, but a bully never considers themselves a bully.

video is nice no matter how you play, it allows others to see how seriously they should take advice from you. Imagine someone who's never played before claiming they have played all their life and giving advice to people on this forum. People would listen to that advice because they think that...