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Not really. It’s more of a shorter receive of the ball. If you go to the point around 13 min in the full match 2017 World Cup Men’s semifinal, that’s what I mean.

Who needs a flick if you can push no spin short? I discovered this from Olav Kosolosky’s video on playing Timo Boll. I thought, isn’t this just a shot for variation? Turns out I was completely wrong. From the Timo Boll vs Ma Long game in 2017 (the one Boll won), nearly half of his points all...

No no no. You got it the other way around. Best is 729 short pips forehand. Worst is Zyre 03.

He does have a 50/50 chance, but not because of beating the Felix slayer (ie Wang Chuqin), since you can’t compare a third ball attacker with a close to the table attacker. But from Sora’s performance, it’s evident that Felix’s forehand is going to be a weakness. If you saw Sora playing Wang...

1. He Zhiwen 2-5. Every other short pips professional player 6-9. Every other penhold professional player 10. Ma Long

I actually quite envy how your daughter gets exposed to a table tennis environment at a young age. Honestly, I actually preferred table tennis as an after school activity rather than piano. I started piano at five, and had pretty good feelings about it. By the time I reached 12, I played...

Chen Junsong, at 180cm, seems to do pretty good with SP. I feel like it really depends. When I played people a bit more I realised it’s quite difficult to add quality just by pure hitting. Then I got really frustrated when my opponents obliterated all my pushes. It’s a good style, but it’s...

How dare you describe the uncle as a coconut tree! You are belittling his ability to execute controlled aggression in his long pips punch shots! If the unc example can’t persuade you, how about He Zhiwen? Tell me one person that is around his age, parallels his aggression, has Zyre 03 on his...

No. Your problem is easily fixable with pips of any size and shape. Proof? When Dan challenged China, he got destroyed by an uncle with a hole in his pips whilst he tried to market new Stiga inverted rubbers. Hence, you should preferably get some pimples on your bat, preferably with a hole...

Tenergy? Nup. The real unc rubber is short pips forehand. You get the aura of one as well.

I forced myself to finally use my short pips penhold. The ability to smack any high ball was phenomenal. I could even feel my ball punching over the net even as I hit squarely on the white fabric edge. So I played matches. With some adjustment, I literally mopped most of my opponents. My...

Go for the Fextra 7.

I think a stiffer blade isn’t necessary. You have to control SP well before you think about adding more speed. Acoustic, although usually for inverted loopers, should still do pretty well for starters. I found this post on OOAK to be pretty inspirational...

From my first impressions of short pips in training, I found that with some conscious effort to open my racket face loosely, every ball that bounces above the net allows me to punch and send my opponent into oblivion. Doesn’t matter if it’s backspin or topspin. In all honesty I can’t find any...

Pairing Zyre 03 2.7mm with this turns you into Waldner. You loop the biggest shots, and then somehow have the next ball taking two bounces on the table.

It’s more like Vegemite sandwich without Vegemite. It’s just some bread.

I guess that’s why my penhold backswing is straighter.

Good to know! I’ll be more aware on what I consume on the internet and hope that I don’t get table tennis stroke poisoning.

I encountered this question when I changed to Shakehand. For rallying forehand topspins, I feel that a bent forearm seems more consistent especially in fast encounters. Sure, a straight arm forehand backswing gets additional power, but seems like a bent forearm position allows higher margin of...

I hold more of a TPB grip. For other blades I have less of an issue having the blade parallel when I want power on my shots. In retrospect, I think it’s more of a blade problem since I had to excessively contort my arms to compensate my inability to thumb press on the racket (which caused...