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Some opponents do both variations on one or both sides, so you have to read their variations. None of that really detracts from the general point that you need to read spin and you need to use your understand of spin and your understanding of your technique to figure out what must have been on...

Most of what you are looking for is found in the land of technique. Equipment does important things, but @songdavid98 is doing you a favor by not entertaining your equipment nonsense. The good news for you is that you haven't entirely wasted your time and you know how to keep the ball on the...

No, Lin doesn't. He is known as one of the hardest working players on the team. The problem is that most amateurs read stories into things they don't understand and turn a technical problem into a psychological one. Most of the players he lost to were just better players. Even in tennis...

To piggy back off this, one of the things that made me a much calmer player was coming to terms with my technical limitations. When you understand and appreciate the gap between your technique and optimal technique, you either adopt it or accept your own limitations and come up with your...

Massive upset in a match - spoiler!

Your technique is suboptimal. As @songdavid98 said, you are doing something wrong, you don't understand it is wrong, and you continue doing it. And then under pressure it fails you, but you think it is you, not realizing that what you are doing is wrong even if you think it is correct.

Okay. At a certain point you will have to figure it out yourself if it works for you. I have told you how better players think, you are free to disagree with them. This is not an unusual debate by the way, some people talk about Lin Gaoyuan's unreliable game, but some people say it is because...

There are lot of good internet coaches who if you pay them, can analyze your technique and give you recommendations. Some players who are lucky to be in good environments make fun of coaching. But whether remote or not, it is important to get someone to give you feedback on your technique in...

I know what you mean, but my point is that it is the framework that matters, but hitting the ball a lot in practice also matters because the framework can be right but without the right practice, one can lack confidence in it. Sometimes (and since you are young, you might not fully appreciate...

Here is a video that describes a part of what I think is optimal BH technique. Is this how you spin the ball? Do you feel as if you are pulling your racket into the ball everytime you play a backhand topspin? IF you do not, I would argue that your backhand technique is suboptimal. But if it...

I don't think anyone "understands" what they are doing, I would phrase this as "you don't have a good framework for what you are doing." or "your framework doesn't allow you to swing fast and add/adjust to spin, it just means either you make it or hit the ball softer". Sometimes, people play...

@ThePongCommenter means well, we all don't coach the same way, and I can sound like him on some days as well. Living where you don't get exposed to higher level player wisdom is hard, so it can be a bit annoying to get higher level player wisdom being debated repeatedly. But what he is saying...

You have done well for yourself and while no one can give you the credit looking in, you should always remember that. Even professionals go through the same problem you have. Think about someone like Kanak Jha who had to move to Germany or Quadri who eventually move to Portugal or to think...

@ThePongCommenter is 100% correct and you are plain wrong. There is a saying in TT that if you cannot do it at 10-10 or 10-11 in the 5th game of a match, you really can't do it. Because the body does what it believes it can do. Doesn't mean you will make it, but the confidence to do it must...

There is nothing wrong with brushing with fast arm/racket acceleration. Brushing is what creates the spin. The key is to be able to brush and put the ball on the table with spin against all kinds of balls. Once you know you can play a basic offensive shot and not miss, then you can start to...

A few random points: no, I am not a forehand player, I am a two-winged looper, but any player who wants to adjust to a ball that can move suddenly at any time in its travel path is better off using the forehand than the backhand because the forehand has more options for adjusting the swing path...

Will respond to different parts of your post in a few responses but this part is critical. First of all, you can be beating these players 3-0. Not today, but it is quite possible. Even though you have played 9 years, some of it depends on whether you have been in the right environments...

To add to this, @Zezima , it isn't necessarily bad to misread this and make a mistake. Ultimately, what the ball did when you touched it is what should tell you what happened. These kinds of mistakes are made to different degrees by players at all levels depending on the game speed and...

This is entirely legitimate as well, and I can see this in @Zezima 's game as well. I think he could get really good at this but of course, he needs the right quality of opponents to develop this style.

Not sure what the contradiction is. Shot selection depends on your ability to make the shot. But winning points is not everything, you realize this. When someone serves long, the correct thing is to play a topspin. If it is a long serve, most players with good backhand should have practice...