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Language will always have limitations, we just take its effectiveness for granted because of how well it works, but forget how limited it can be until it fails to convey what you really mean. The other thing that is not discussed is that there are high level players with very brush technique...

You can also clearly see that his body is in front of it and likely blocks it from the receiver at this point in the toss.. Of course at contact the ball is visible but this is one of the most commonly unenforced rules in TT (visibility throughout the serve and not just at contact. Ma Long was...

By the rules the umps have a right to make that call. Like I Said, most umps don't make it so players think it is okay to be borderline. But there is nothing wrong by the book with the umpire making that call. This is a clip during the toss and not where he hits the ball but remember that by...

That's fair. I don't think it has to do with mental strength, he just got so good at beating up on people on the backhand diagonal that he didn't develop some aspects of his game to the max. It might be too late but he is beating his teammates so that buys him time. My point in part though was...

I agree, Vlad is arguably top 20 player who juat missed the tour because of the war and over time this will show either in his ranking or his upsets- he is at least as good as Kiril Gerassimenko and possibly on the same level as Gauzy. As for LSD, some people still think it is e lame excuse to...

He was faulted for moving his head close to where he contacted the ball. (or more playing, for using his head to obscure the ball during the toss). You rarely see umpires make the call but the umpire was 100% correct about call. The problem is that you rarely see umpires make it so when one...

She heard Tieba users calling her brother a nepo-baby and decided she would make her performance avoid that lol.

The million dollar question - why doesn't Stiga have ALC or ZLC blade equivalents...

What took Hirano so long?

To return serve, it can help to wait to see the ball. Going back doesn't mean running back, it means giving yourself a chance to see the return before hitting the ball. Even just standing with one leg slightly back and then moving it in on serve can keep you active while tracking the serve...

It is because he has been told to find a good rallying distance so he takes this advice without assessing the quality and nature of the opponent.

The serves are so long, and he never serves to bring you in, so you could step a foot or two back and make a quality return. You are trying to take the ball too early in the trajectory to read it because you are too close to the table. Whenever I am struggling with someone's serve like that...

I don't think he is saying you should not improve your technique, but that it should be done in the context of playing strategic/tactical shots vs mimicking a perfect player template. For example, you can attack backspin while practicing third ball and improve in that context as opposed to just...

Xue Fei completes his latest character arc as Harimoto's nemesis:

TTR is needed at every level :

These highlights are funny - it seems that the coach (my guess, I could be entirely wrong) of Fulda (maybe Fanbo Meng's dad/brother/cousin) played and he as a lefty penholder had a more interesting match with Kanak than expected... even surprisingly better than his son/brother/cousin...

Though shalt not copy Fan Zhendong if you are over 40 for fear of injury unless you are a supreme athlete - attempting to do so leaves you committed to insanity in the court/office of NL... I laughed when I saw this video - I was like, if you can copy and learn from this, then you really don't...

Loved this video.

I am using it on innerforce SZLC. But I do know a 2300 usatt player who reviewed it on the forehand of an puterforce SZLC (Mizutani). His review is on his YouTube channel. His name is Louis Levene (Loeeeloeee or something like that).

Again, many of these things can be found in the commercial versions of blades. Remeber that Xiom marketed a dual fiber blade (different fiber for forehand and backhand) under JYS's name. Now if you know for a fact that Jorgic is using a blade that is innerforce on one side and outerforce on...