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so i should have started with the u1100 and u1300? since thats what I qualified for? Even though higher rated games felt easy

but according to how the rating system works and my two losses compared to wins I won't be able to enter the U1700 again. surely this isn't "my" event if I won't be allowed in it again.

Had a blast today, not really any difficult matches but I did lose in the semi's to my main training partner, and another loss was to a girl that I was helping out to develop her game better. Probably shouldn't have been helping her out in a sanctioned tournament but I was enjoying seeing...

I was excited because I got to play new players. This is what I love most about table tennis, is playing a player I've never played before, I just like to have fun. I enjoy the feeling of diagnosing my opponents game and just hitting the ball too much. I was like a kid on christmas filled with...

I surrender, sleep isn't happening tonight, I'd only get like 2 hours at this point anyway. Best foods to eat to keep my body energized? and hopefully moderately alert?

Update: Tournament day is today, I'll be arriving at the club around 7:30 a.m. Although my first match is at 9:30. The time now is 1:51 a.m. too excited to sleep. Double dose of melatonin and still nothing. What a great sport this is. And surely it shows a love of the game to be this excited to...

For me, easy, Adam Bobrow. He plays the game the way he wants and still got to a high level. His humor may be crude to some, but he truly loves the sport and has more fun with it than anybody else.

All of your comments have been read too late. Today I was fiddling with grip change a bit and then said "meh back to my regular grip" this now became uncomfortable, nothing was comfortable, I didn't know what my grip was anymore! sad day, I was panicking and broken. I told a high level player...

on second thought, I'm really starting to overthing form right now and I'm going to take ttmonster's advice and just focus on the tournament. I really need to worry about this stuff afterwards.

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Where's that 80% stat come from? is that for high level professionals only? I know many players who rarely attack first, and are quite highly rated/respected

this is only true if the ball is lower than the height of the net. once it's above the net you dont NEED spin to get more speed. It can sure help with consistency though.

What's a fade shot? I'm imagining a moving away from the table shot.

I said 30% brush. surely that's a lot of spin still is at this high of a level compared to us mortals going for all out brush. But with the speed of the ball in compared to the spin makes it feel like a flat shot.

At high level this changes, especially with the modern ball. There's no such thing as a ball so spinny that you can be confident in it not coming back. I haven't played a ball with enough spin to scare me, but I've played flat shots that I can't get an angle on. If you're close to the table...

not a lot of topspin on the forehand stroke he's doing. I'm sure there's videos of him brush looping out there too. returning a ball thats fast but more flat is harder to do than a fast ball with lots of spin. It's harder to hit a flat shot against heavy spin though, what he's doing is very...

70% contact, 30% spin for chinese forehand. lots of sound for high speed stroke. my coach wouldn't call these forehand's a loop, she calls them "shot".

For my long serves, I Play for them to attack, but not have a strong one, my service variation is mostly about placement. When I serve cross table I try to hit their pocket, wide backhand, or sweet spot to give them confidence in trying the stroke after I mess with them on the other placement. I...

the lighting finally got fixed this last week, it's much better. now player's complaints consist of "the lighting change is throwing me off too much" haha

I don't usually chop as much as I did. But when your opponent is showing they're incapable of attacking why not keep chopping Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk