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Gold: Ma Long Silver: Zhang Jike Bronze: Dimitij Ovtcharov

Ahh thanks for the clarification! I had tunnel vision on just trying to improve playing the lower level players, not that he was teaching them! Maybe when he has a tournament coming up though, he shouldn't be spending his practice session training new players. It's awesome teaching newbies and...

You're saying you have to give them balls that will come back. Work on the winning shots that would very likely not come back from higher level players as well as lower level. The training doesn't HAVE to be good for them. Hell if they aren't enjoying the training they probably won't want to hit...

I completely agree that if you have an upcoming tournament you should be trying to get tournament ready and playing with beginners probably wont be too good for you. But why can't your practice flicks down the line against a beginner? If you go to the same spot enough, they'll eventually adjust...

I don't know about practice sessions with lower level players being an issue once you get to a certain skill level. There's always something you can work on against any skill level. If you're perfect against a bad player able to hit 20/20 of a specific shot, then why aren't you doing a shot that...

It's thicker. Still has good feeling, but not quite is good in my opinion.

ive had a violin, acoustic, tenor, virtuoso off- in the past. Tried a kjh for about an hour. Nothing had as great feeling as my Ross blades. Even though they were just violins. its alright, I suppose I was just ranting. I do have a backup of the blade after all. The weight is the exact same and...

That's funny, I actually have an innerforce Zlc. (Not layer) upon looking at it, it has no dings that are big enough for my camera to catch them. Looks like I just scratched it with my fingernail more than an actual ding. Wasn't a fan of Zlc though. If I went to trying carbon out again I'd...

@baumschule about a month old tenergy sheets but those are replaceable :) @carl It's over a year now I'm pretty sure, I was 9 months in and still around 40 people down the list last time. He has an option to spend double to be moved toward the front of the waiting list. Ends up being over...

Last night I put my paddle down next to my bag and started picking up the tables. When I got back to my bag I noticed my paddle was gone. Hopefully someone just grabbed it by accident as they were packing up their own stuff, since they'd never be able to use the paddle themselves (everyone would...

I was in a bit of a rut for a week or so. Thinking about form and fixing issues, but it seemed like the more I tried to fix, the more problems I had. Coach told me I was thinking too much but I didn't know how to stop doing that. Then I was watching a video of a professional video game player...

Do you ever look at the forum's yourself and see the complaints of the average players? Do you think the change in ball size and material was a successful change? If you could go back would you have made sure more testing was done before changing the rules for the new ball? There are still no...

I don't understand. What about the serve is so insane? Also why is the girl not playing or attempting to return it or anything?

Spin and speed with rakza are comparable to other great rubbers. If looking for a faster and spinnier setup in rubber, mx-p el-p or a tenergy may be the only way to go. Remember if you get a faster blade, you'll likely have less spin. A faster blade is generally more stiff and hard. The ball...

Saturday's tournament went well. 4th in the open, 4th in the U2000, 4th in my age group. My training partner got 3rd in my age group :(. But he didn't get out of his RR for 2000 or open. I came to a realization. I had begun to think that I play better when I toy with my opponents, just playing...

@ NL great post all together, but this part is something that opened my eyes a bit. When coaching someone, I think all coaches have a vision of what they want a player to do, and when the player doesn't get that down the coach will just keep advising them more and more about how their stroke is...

sunflower state games, a small tournament. 0 star. There were camera's around, for news b-roll I'm assuming. But with an audience that's easily accessable to get in contact with I think it was hit. It was the semi's of the open. I got lucky to get that far, even if it was a 0 star tournament.

Short term- Enjoy the game and help others find the passion I have for it. Long term- Same as short but also get to 2000 USATT, very well rounded, and do free coaching for beginners once I get there.

I hit the roller today in tournament, everyone saw, crowd applauded. Felt great, in semi finals too. Just had the opportunity and thought "**** it" and went for the roll.

It's not that they're unimpressive, but fan zhendong's was in the moment of a match, not something he purposely set up.