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  1. Technique correction - Trying to Fix my FH backstroke + hitting through the sponge

    If you train with the 1700 player, a lot of this will go away. Just find ways to make him happy and make sure he is getting something out of the training. Make the training about improving his game not yours. Just training with him will give you everything you need even if none of the drills...
  2. Technique correction - Trying to Fix my FH backstroke + hitting through the sponge

    I have tried to explain this before but you don't believe me. Those are high risk topspins that require perfect timing to execute. No one plays such topspin all the time even professionals. They happen when you time the forward motion and the upward follow through relatively perfectly qith...
  3. WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Jan 13-18

    Outstanding tournament for Zhou Qihao. Just wish he could play like this more consistently. Still remember seeing him lose to Boll in Houston.
  4. WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Jan 13-18

    Maybe Zhu can get CNT to remove the pressure for mandatory retirement on the women's team if she does this for three more years lol.
  5. WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Jan 13-18

    Commentator doesnt know it is a best of 7. This will be interesting... Wow. She gracefully owned up to her mistake- refreshing in TT....
  6. WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Jan 13-18

    Might be the first major positive development for the men's CNT in a while. But who sat out (Lebruns, LYJ,, Truls, Sora, Dang, Jorgic) is not just trivia either.
  7. WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Jan 13-18

    Both players were nervous. Odo's ball quality and placement definitely troubled Zhu. Zhu will not be in a rush for a rematch.
  8. Technique correction - Trying to Fix my FH backstroke + hitting through the sponge

    Find the skill the weaker player does best (push, block, serve, smash etc.) Then find good drills that let them challenge you with that skill. The alternative is to have them serve/feed various spins as best they can and practice playing topspin against all of them. Finally usually if taught...
  9. Technique correction - Trying to Fix my FH backstroke + hitting through the sponge

    It is dangerous to compare yourself to others in this way. As long as you enjoy training, the most important thing is to learn how to become thr best player you can be. There were some players I never beat at a certain level of experience. They had stopped training but their level.was too...
  10. Calderano Signs with Joola (#139)

    Hugo used it from the start of this event. So he probably started using it closer to after he lost his first match at Champions. He probably didnt feel comfortable against Dima and switched to this. But very likely the search will go on for a while.
  11. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Hugo is struggling massively with serve return. Can't keep Wen Ruibo's serve tight. He just keeps giving Wen a 3rd ball.
  12. WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Jan 13-18

    I dont think Dima has ever beaten Zhou Qihao. Dima fights hard but he knows when his opponent is playing higher level TT. ZQH wasn't far from it.
  13. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Getting so coaching again would help resolve some of this. You are right though, maybe I should just get video and start doing some of the hard work myself. And use spinsight.
  14. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    So my coach has been trying to get me to use my wrist on my backhand better and shorten it but between travelling for Christmas and working on Zyrre and the holidays, I havent had much time to train and I have had no coaching for a while. Saw my coach on MLTT today and smiled. But I have to...
  15. Calderano Signs with Joola (#139)

    He has played all wood this whole event. Matt gave his theory (Vitor Ishiy uses the blade so Hugo probably tried it, felt it worked and then got whatever he could to play with from Joola). It will be interesting if it sticks to have a top player playing with Wood again. But it is also obvious...
  16. Calderano Signs with Joola (#139)

    One could argue that he is getting the non-sponsor blades through a teammate or a national team contract. Just playing devil's advocate.
  17. Calderano Signs with Joola (#139)

    Please post in English. Your post translates to: "The highest EU buildings in the world are in Brazil." Please let me know if you have any problems complying, thank you.
  18. Calderano Signs with Joola (#139)

    I am naive enough to believe a version of it. Blades are only one part of the racket process in table tennis and I have no problem believing that blades that some top pros use are pretty similar to what you can buy in the store, only with a spec sheet of preferences that a specific pro might...
  19. Technique correction - Trying to Fix my FH backstroke + hitting through the sponge

    The most valuable lessons one can get from a coach are forehand return lessons, and looping long serves lessons. Unfortunately they are undervalued and people focus too much on rally looping. Based on your seeding, it seems like you had a good tournament. You just focused on the things you...
  20. Technique correction - Trying to Fix my FH backstroke + hitting through the sponge

    Thanks. At least you have shared video (you really should share quite a bit more) so @Zezima can try and understand your comments based on how you play. Thanks for sharing.
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