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It has always been a question how he maintained his level while he stayed in the US. But this kind of player was always within his range so I don't think it is purely about lack of training.

Something like this happened last year I believe.

Yes and no. It is a best of seven for a reason and the margin of losing is often a sign of the tactics that got you that point, but not a sign of tactics that have not yet been tried, which is why such reversals are alwaus possible between equal level opponents in best of sevens.

So they say...

Money is always the key.

Congrats, hope the sandbaggers didn't ruin your fun (well to get that far, you usually have to be sorta a sandbagger...)

She lost to a player who had a chance of winning the event. It might not be as bad as you thought.

So the U1700 Adult final was just streamed live - the lady who won it registered for the tournament with a rating of 660 and got to a rating of 1409 before the tournament. From my visual estimate, she is easily closer to 2000 at least and hasn't lost a match in any of the events she registered...

It is hard to hit a ball with long pips that compares to topspin, especially on video. The attack is just more disturbing because it doesn't spin the way inverted does. Developing the technique is not impossible, but it requires a good and willing hitting partner or a good and patient coach...

What do you mean by amateur? Non-professionals who hit with pips (especially on backhand) are not that uncommon. Dickie Fleisher has done so for a very long time in the USA. I had a friend who was also more offensive, but he has now started chopping so I am trying to convince him to go back...

Back issues are common for people without the right muscles to support their technique. Especially if and when you herniate a disc in your spin. It is worse and more common in older players, but young people can have the problems too especially if they overuse the core and back without using...

In practice you can do whatever you want as long as your opponent is okay with it. I usually just play in practice matches since they are for practice. In sanctioned or competitive events, your opponents might be more stringent as I would be, about the rules.

This.

The problem isn't purely accuracy - I believe though I haven't checked in a while that there is a rule that ITTF rankings have to take precedence over local rankings for ITTF/WTT ranking events and I think the US Open has traditionally conferred some ranking points for ITTF. So Amy's ranking...

The ratings estimate for some of these players are jokes. Women can be over 2600 people! But I guess Amy's ranking/rating sets a limit on what is reasonable. But everyone and their unborn children and dead ancestors know that Ando is a stronger player than Amy. No way many of these...

To get really good at this, it is usually better if your opponent/pracrice is at least a level.or two better than you. Because ultimately the challenge is dealing with an opponent who is able to vary their response to a predictable serve at the last second. If your practice partner can loop...

Well the game is complicated and it requires a lot of patience and experimentation. The truth is that even if you solve problems in TT, they often remain problems at a higher level lol. But the one thing that is guaranteed, regardless of technique, is that a quality attack requires a...

Now for the technical part, some of which you have already alluded to: 1. Point your feet outwards, some people do it differently, but I have been pointing my feet outwards for almost a decade and the results have been largely positive. 2. Use whip mechanics to power your serves and shots so...

I was going to make some comments about your game that you look fairly decent in straight topspin rallies with some pace. But you don't always read the ball when the stroke lacks quality and this results in mistakes on openers because you aren't skilled at generating your own spin and control...

Do you have a video of you playing well, or your best match ever which shows how you think you should have played? All of this is legit U1200 play so I am trying to understand what you expected to happen... We can explain a lot of things with technical concepts, but the reality is this - how...