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@Gozo Calderano I was laughing hard at home alone. The first part of the sentence was already good but the added extra touch with the stevia syrup did it for me 😂 Oil is mad nowadays, what a world. Now in all seriousness, are MXP / Acuda S1 the only options or you have more? :D

I guess the marketing angle is right yeah, brands are businesses as well, they have to sell what they produce, and if only pros buy it, there is not enough people to justify the production line investment. I did enjoy 09c on backhand for certain aspects as well, for people coming from catapult...

If I may say one thing regarding @MORTtheORT comments, in the beginning when I started posting here, even though I enjoyed the discussion with @NextLevel and @ThePongCommenter , it did feel intense and somewhat passive-aggresive at first, coming from a moderator. I was used to more neutral and...

This is indeed true, table tennis looks very simple from the outside, it's definitely deceptive. He's probably lower level than that I think, as you also mention. And indeed those 4 technique points are very important as well. We disagree on the choice of gear but I will say that if playee gets...

Yes I see your angle @RefereeNumber2 and I understand it and partially agree with it, it's not a good habit to solve issues with gear, fully agreed to that, the main issue is always technique. But I also believe in the fact (because I have seen it many times) that the right gear acts as an...

Not that he shared, I can ask, very likely his technique is not very good either of course, he is an intermediate that doesn't play too much, but my point was that what is this kind of player doing with such a setup, makes no sense at all

I could not help myself sharing this today tl;dr: intermediate player, not much time to play, uses backhand to block passively, plays viscaria and D09c 2.1 on BH (and also on FH). Says he likes tacky rubbers but is looking into R7 and other tensors :D This is for me a good example of people...

I enjoyed the read @NextLevel , indeed, quite impressive you could handle the 40 degrees on BH, I definitely would play worse with it, but I have a better FH than BH :) And oh gosh! GL with that T19! hahaha I look forward to hearing the results! Im in spain for a couple days visiting family...

I loved the whole post @Jslick89 but this is the part that got me, my wife let me go to a day tournament in january and I won too, I won zero euros though, but I paid dinner anyways to make her happy and thank her so I could go :))

Thanks, and all good, I understand your perspective and I respect it. For me however, since I help people on both, I believe and have seen it's a combination, with the wrong gear people do not improve as fast, and indeed often players have a suboptimal setup, but sometimes it's not that bad so...

All good, @ThePongCommenter , if you change your mind you know where to find me, and thanks for the kind words :) Im sure we will bump heads again on my next blogposts, and as I said before, I look forward to it, I enjoy a good chat any time!

I was now thinking, since I always get some heat from you @ThePongCommenter and @NextLevel , why dont I give you free advice on gear and technique and we put it here in the forum so other people can see it? It's the easiest way to show you all how I work and I really dont mind doing it for free...

Yeah so before I became the coach most of them had no rating increase per year/season, our amateur players were very stuck on gear and technique and so I wanted to help because I was once in that position as well. This is sadly not a rare thing in dutch clubs from what I have experienced. @Tyce...

I see, well a couple things to say here: - First of all, not all is rating. Technique and overall happiness with the sport also count. - Second, not all amateurs I have helped play competition. So I can only tell you they all play better and feel happier nowadays. I can share the emails where...

I think that I have already explained to you in another thread my coaching experience on both the technique and gear aspects but since you ask again, I dont mind answering again. I have been the coach of our amateurs for 2y now. We have grown the group from a small 15 people to about 40 since...

Hahaha All good if he enjoys it ;) I wouldn't do it for his level but seems he is having a good time so who am I to say?! ;)

If anticipation is the problem, for me the best tip was to always follow the ball+opponent and stop admiring my own shots (as tempting as that sometimes is haha). That leads to better ancipation as you can mostly see (at amateur level where people don't change stroke angle in the last second)...

This is where I disagree 100% (and where many people will agree with you, it's fine), but it's not only because I have experienced this on my own EJ journey (started with way too fast stuff, viscaria for example) but I have also seen it in the people I help with equipment. It's almost 50 people...

I might as well just make a blogpost with this, LOVED IT @Gozo Calderano , this was me in the past for sure hahahahahahahah

For me, it was about being able to dare to do a full stroke and use my body correctly. Before I was braking and playing scared that the ball would not fly out, which meant it often went into the net, which often reinforced my fear of not daring or swinging too wild. I have seen this also in many...