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This is a great point. Good example of this is Ding Ning's tomahawk serve. In real time it looks like she tosses the ball well over the 16cm minimum. In slow motion, she's actually just tossing it sideways and dropping her hand. There's almost no vertical travel from her palm whatsoever. Here's...

Really starting to appreciate the game from He Zhuojia. Her reactionary blocks and shot tolerance are crazy good. So she's always inviting the first attack so that she can block it back to an uncomfortable position for her opponent. Usually able to jam them up or make them move around so much...

What blade are you using it on right now?

Here are some things I didn't imagine needed dedicated training but that I figured out I was poor at and needed to improve: 1. Footwork preparation for serve receive. From BH side, small lean step to FH side, then step in for short push or slight hop back for long serves. 2. High lob smashes...

This packed WTT schedule really is rough on the older vets. Robustness and recovery ability has always been important for consistent performance in all sports, but maybe it shouldn't be such a huge factor in WR.

This describes me well (except the being a monster at it part). I have more success with countering with my FH against loops rather than blocking. Thinking about the reasons why, it may be because committing to a FH counter forces me to play into the ball, which helps me get on top of it. On a...

Hana Goda is made of some tough stuff. Dropping first two games 11-2 and 11-1 and she looked on the verge of breaking down. Pulled herself together and won the 3rd game. Whatever happens, I'm really impressed by the mental fortitude of this young woman. Also credit to the one guy chanting...

I probably won't be using it for a few months and I've never played with the regular colors before so I wouldn't be able to judge. The only contribution I can make to this thread right now is "pink looks gud" unfortunately.

Here's one I usually recommend: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002029013298.html Yinhe U2 is a good all wood blade and likely a better choice for beginners than a cheap blade with carbon. Mercury 2 is always solid. 9000e I have no experience with but it should get the job done for a few...

I bought a sheet of Mantra Pro M in Pink from a TT store in Tokyo. The color itself has a magenta tinge to it rather than the more pastel looking pink of Loki Rxton 3. Think it looks more pleasing to the eye.

You're trying to remind me of what I said to you in a different discussion and you ended up quoting yourself. Did you do this by mistake?

Thanks for taking the time to answer specifically the questions I asked. Seems like some arguments were maybe directed towards an audience that might hold more negative views about Gauzy's career than my actual post intended. Don't appreciate having views misattributed to me, but part of that is...

I use the dictionary definition, which is "a great amount" You and @ThePongCommenter are using your own definition, which requires some sort of majority of the whole. That's an acceptable definition to me as some people would agree to that. In any case, I made it clear I was referring to the...

I acknowleged that you might have disagreements of what "much" means. You're free to have your own interpretation, but I think it's a bit presumptious to think you're the arbiter on the definition of words. In any case, it's not a conversation I think is worth having. You, the...

You didn't address the point of the post where I pointed out that youw ere moving the goalposts about being about Gauzy's entire career rather than "much." Now you're changing it to "most" which is still not accurate. Also, now you're changing the goalposts from 'ultimately losing close games'...

Anyways, what a crazy match between A. Lebrun and LYJ. The rallies in the last few games were completely insane as Lebrun decided he needed to play far from the table to get an advantage. Really looked like Alexis had the momentum and was going to pull off the reverse sweep. I really wonder...

You and @ThePongCommenter are moving the goalposts a little bit. The original statement that people agreed with was that it applied to "much" of Gauzy's career. And you guys are arguing that it has to apply to the entirety of his career. Now the vagueness of the word "much" can cause confusion...

Yangzi Liu somehow made that match very close with Joo Cheonhui despite being absolutely awful in the serve receive department. If she can clean that up, she might be able to pull off an upset or two sometime soon. She was able to rally well with Miwa, and was the stronger player against even...

Yangzi Liu out to try to prove her recent close match with Miwa wasn't a fluke.

It's not a quote but was supposed to be like a hypothetical recurring headline describing a lot of his 'good performances in a loss' in the past couple of years. In any case, seems like it spurred on a nice debate with good points on either side.