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This is so not true, especially about WCQ and to a lesser extent about LSD. Even Liang Jingkun pivots, and Liang is probably the most backhand oriented player on the CNT after LSD. But I have seen Wang Chuqin run from the forehand side to the backhand side to play a pivot forehand on a loose...

Lefty vs righty, the wide forehand becomes everyone's weakness. Nothing special there. The thing is his style relies a lot on your inability to deal with his high quality low trajectory topspin so it is high risk high reward and not so much high consistency. But a style is a style, it is like...

He is not on to anything, this is how many players develop. Even Kreanga will tell you that backhand sets up the point, forehand to finish the point. The question is how does that explain the result of this past weekend? Who are the players who do not train forehand? Is Zhang Jike going to...

Exactly. Harimoto fits the description as well but the same thing, everyone is working on their game and no one has a weak forehand at that level. Everyone does 3 point forehand drills. And if he is saying Lin Shidong, is he really saying Lin lost to Hugo because he didn't play enough...

If you play table tennis, most of the footwork and athleticism drills are used to setup the forehand (for good reason but every player is different). But one of the reasons Hugo is different (and you can see it in even the final point of the match vs WCQ) is that his backhand strike zone and...

I don't know about that either to be honest. Everyone is allowed to lose and learn and sometimes you just have to accept the other guy played well and maybe you can change a few things next time. But his rallying ability is not bad just because he had close matches with Duda and Calderano...

So who is he referring to at the top level when he makes these statements?

Once maybe. But those guys play too fast and almost everything you do happens in slow motion to them. If you fake them without power, their athleticism takes over. And they usually play at a distance where all they have to do is touch the ball and it will come back. Against their peers...

I don't mean rotate your body more. I mean try to get more spin on the ball. Spin = rotation.

A best of seven is a best of seven for a reason. WCQ won 67 points, Hugo 66. There is nothing about the match that says that we should credit the guy who took the lead as the better player. Fan Zhendong has come back from 0-3 vs Boll before. Duda also pushed WCQ. In any case your opinion is...

Exactly. In addition to the short game, Hugo showed serious improvements in his of the bounce counterloop and block. The last point of game 3 vs LSD was very eye opening, Hugo used to back off the table to counterloop all the time but he has clearly worked on holding the table to coubterloop...

With the forehand you can work on little things like trying to hit thr ball at different speeds and trying to add much more rotation. Rotation is what keeps the ball safe and is also what keeps you consistent when you swing harder. Ysually if you miss when you swing harder, your timing and...

It might be equipment apeed but the forehand is broadly reasonable, no matter what issues it has. The backhand is juat not using the arm the right way and it is because you are trying to copy something but still focusing in the wrong things. Go to 1:29. While that is a hit or small toppspin...

I looked at the backhand video. It is slightly better but you are still using too much arm to swing and hitting the ball way too far away from your body. Did you post the self multiball somewhere? You need to figure our where you intend to hit the ball and use an appropriate stroke to hit the...

Right now, I want to buy a HAL. Kicking myself for not getting it while it was on the market. I am not getting these new carbon blades.

The African dude who is repeatedly looping.

Haven't posted any practice video in forever - trying to make my backhand and forehand more compact, but more my forehand than my backhand in this video. They both have issues but I don't have a practice partner who can block at the practice speed I would like to do (and this particular...

I believe Hirano is usually eliminated by CNT players at the WTTC. She will be fine there.

Kid Harimoto had a shitty forehand but the power of that forehand was never in dispute especially on third ball if he had a loose ball. He just often couldn't rally with it.

Shaky is definitely the wrong word. The match was close yes, but the win was definitely not shaky, Hugo won many patterns that were not beyond him. It was at the very least a match between equals and arguably since Hugo won the last 3 games, he would have the advantage in the rematch as he...