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It's not about it happening as a rule of law. Why is Anna Hursey using the Olympic coach? Practical issues driven by external factors do not need enforcement.

ITTF understands there are both. It does work with the Olympics. The problem for TT is that the bulk of funding that TT gets is tied to its being an Olympic sport. Very much unlike say soccer where the funding outside of being an Olympic sport is material. The same problem exists in the...

Sad no one here is coming to the Teams. It would have been nice to meet up. Will be my first year using my phone as a camera so I should be able to record more matches. Some players from the British military used to come at one time not sure they still do. I played some of them in the 2010s...

So I can't fully tell what is going on here, but I will give my perspective which might be projection but I find that this particular projection applies to a lot of players. You don't believe in spin and control as real weapons on offense, you are overly enamored with speed. Like I said...

I don't think the frequency matters honestly, I am sure Kef must be a bit broken, he was always in it, just lacked the diversity to change when his main weapon was no longer scoring as easily.

Its a good question. I will leave that to the British to answer as every culture prefers to speak for itself.

I feel so bad for Kef.... If he loses this, he will have nightmares of all those points in game 6 yhat cost him the match and wonder wherher he was cursed... up 3-0 and now fighting to stay alive...

Talk about fighting to stay alive, down 0-3, the German wins game 4 20-18.

The rub here is that table tennis is an Olympic sport and for Britain, most of its relevance is governed by the Olympics. This is an ITTF event, but as an Olympic sport, this is a medal for Britain and will be advertised as such by the UK and its constituents. She wins the medal for Wales but...

The main reason the first two guys struggled witj you was their deficient backhand power. They are clearly old school players who spin the ball and their game is not as effective was it was once upon a time. Thr last player caused more errors on your serve return and also finished the ball...

I would make the S tier larger with Taiwan, Romania, Germany and maybe Hong Kong. Germany is definitelya no brainwr now for the S tier. Brazil I would raise a tier, they are only one female short with Ilzuka supporting the men's side. Australia is 3 years away from the Tier you put them in.

Worth watching in the context of my discussions with Tony where I was made to sound like an ignoramus talking about pros playing together for the first time. Of course in this case, the partnership was known and arranged well in advance but they hardly trained or prepared together before their...

First of all, I congratulate you on your improvement. You do not look quite as rushed as I remember and you aren't always trying to hit the ball extremely hard. When I learned to play, I found most of these kinds of analysis you are presenting broadly unhelpful. Unless you are playing much...

I remember - I just go back and forth on it... I'm only human!

Ah so maybe WTT was on to something not separating by association lol.

Chirita/Hursey vs Li/Qi9n - going to be interesting....

Can the home crowd help Iulian and Anna beat the Japanese team?

Thailand always makes me have to learn to spell the most interesting names. Latest one: Kulpassr Vijitviriyagul. Beating a Chinese team in doubles is never easy but they have done it.

Oh, it is banned in the rules for sure, it is a pet topic of his which is out of character with his other posts that it isn't banned.

wow, you beat a player 500 pts higher than you? That's insane...