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  1. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    My point is that you are discussing him at different points in his career as if he never evolved. I am just saying that people shouldn't give ZJK's claim some privileged insight. Wang Hao also used his backhand much more often than other players - maybe that is why he lost to Ryu in the...
  2. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    Wang Hao at 19? Or Wang Hao at 27? And in matches what did Wang Hao select in rallies and on serve return? The game has gotten faster in some ways though the balls were supposed to make it slower.
  3. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    Yeah but where are the players with stronger forehand and footwork than Lin Shidong on the national team? Why is a 19 year old outplaying his supposedly forehand oriented peers? It is better to say the kid is 19 and still has gaps that need to be closed than to pretend that his game is...
  4. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    Of course no one is "qualified" ‐ I think the problem is you haven't spoken to high level coaches and players about these things. If you have spoken to them enough, you will learn that with their qualifications, they often disagree with each other and make mistakes as well. It is when you have...
  5. Is Nittaku Acoustic 5 Ply Allwood still worth it this 2025?

    Would be interesting to see video of these players especially if they play inverted on both sides.
  6. ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2025, 4/14-20

    Only in the first round though. Still high risk for CNT collisions depending on seeding.
  7. Video Footage Safe Thread

    You missed the biggest requirement, which is to be willing to share with Carl and the forum video of your play. This is actually more important in many cases than the other two requirements because what you find very quickly are lots of people who are willing to say lots of insightful things...
  8. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    What does prefer the forehand mean? How would you quantity it in shot selection? How would you argue that Fan or Lin rely on their backhand too much? Does Hugo rely on his backhand too much? How did Fan stop relying on his backhand too much? Do you agree that being backhand oriented cost...
  9. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    Or Europe was weaker than ever. It goes both ways. The thing is that it is easy after the fact to talk about weak forehand and strong backhand. But there are no backhand orientef players at the top everyone plays with balance.
  10. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    Dima struggled to beat Chinese players in his prime compared to Saive in his prime. That is what i am trying to say. Dima's world cup has no Chinese wins. His Olympics bronzes have no Chinese wins. He has no WTTC singles medals. That is all I am saying. Dima is a great player - I am just...
  11. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    None of the grand slam winners other than maybe Waldner and Liu Gupliang had bad/weak backhands. The point being made by Zhang Jike is very trite, it is the classical understanding of table tennis, most footwork is built to introduce the forehand. In Nigeria, almost none of the national team...
  12. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    Please speak more plainly. You are saying I am wrong to disagree with the shade that Zhang Jike is throwing at Lin Shidong and that Lin lost to Hugo Calderano because Lin is too backhand oriented and if he were more forehand oriented, he would have beaten Hugo? Let's remember that WLQ once...
  13. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    Nah, you are mixing this up. Saive was a beast in the Golde Era of Europe. Dima mostly won stuff when someone else beat the Chinese or the Chinese were injured. He almost never won anything big by eliminating them himself. The point is not that Saive was some juggernaut but that his wra was...
  14. Zhang Jike: "Those who rely primarily on a Backhand system, can not reach the top"

    He got a silver in 1993. TtFrenzy is closer to the truth than you are. Europe was really tough in the 90s. Wven great players like Korbel, Primorac and Rosskopf were easy to overlook.
  15. ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2025, 4/14-20

    Hugo is now world #3 and Liang #5. This throws a major spanner into CNT operations if there is no separation by association at WTTC.
  16. WTT Contender Tunis 2025 Apr 22-27

    Watch MLTT when Wei Wang played Jeet Chandra.
  17. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Video of the last 6 minutes of a session that show what I am working towards on the forehand side in terms of making it more compact. Still have to work on moving the legs better and most importantly on shortening the backhand when I transition to it.
  18. Video Footage Safe Thread

    Practice making the ball rotate. There is probably a penhold version of this somewhere:
  19. Video Footage Safe Thread

    You posted your time playing else where but if you have been playing less than a year you are okay, but sometimes it is not about time but about whether you are getting the right instruction. You only know how good someone is playing from when they play matches. Practice strokes tell you...
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