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Usually high elbow means that your racket is going to have upward motion that might be excessive. I usually think of high elbow as elbow above the racket, not so much as elbow being absolutely high. I prefer generally to feel as if the elbow is the lowest point in my arm on my strokes both...

Lots of training in Germany before heading to Paris...

I struggle to control the ball with fast tensors on serve return especially, I prefer sticky rubbers/hybrids so a YSE is way too slow to combat the rebound. But if you feel you can play all your strokes that is fine. In fact, the blade I use right now is outer ALC hinoki and I would have...

So I got to play with Skyline 3 BS yesterday. I really couldn't tell the difference vs OS. But I didn't do any real tests, I played mostly unfamiliar opponents using the BS without seeing a significant drop in consistency. But now I am definitely set on my blade and Skyline TG3 on forehand...

Plays better for you... I used to be into slower blades but quick blocking and rallying became more critical and spin was just not as effective in getting errors with the newer balls. So I looked for a balance more towards speed instead of pure spin. And I played with the YSE for a while, the...

You are not the first person I know to bring up something like this. One person I know who argued the same thing says it comes from how the penhold backhand is played. Another said it is just another way of using the body to power the backhand. Of course in the search for technique that is...

TT is easy to predict at the top (China, China), but the nuances of what they are missing are still important. Giving the bronze in XD and WT to Hong Kong is interesting. And the silver in MT to South Korea? Even with LYJ not being in supreme form, I would rate Taiwan pretty high in MT. And...

Any pictures of the French team practicing? Amazing that the Chinese have this access...

Though I gained 4 pounds on vacation, I didn't lose all my touch. Played Saturday and Sunday and still haven't lost a match despite playing some competitive opposition on Saturday but definitely no one markedly superior, which is what I need to get to practice and work on. It's clear my game...

Building on what @Takkyu_wa_inochi posted, it is difficult to have a smaller stroke when using something like Hurricane without a lot of heavy training in movement and strength and heavy dose of improved anticipation. At the very least, try one of the ESN hybrids, though ultimately, it might...

Usually large follow throughs are a function of suboptimal use of the body and backswing to generate power in the hitting zone. This makes you overuse the upper arm to power the stroke. So the question is whether you are backswinging in a reasonable way and using the body to power the shot...

The body will always select the best shot to make under pressure. You have to drill a bit under pressure if you really want to fix it. In reality, it is really hard to change technique that is somewhat effective. At a certain point, unless you can tie the new technique to anticipation that...

The only thing I can think of where G1 might have an advantage over D05 is in flatter and control shots. The flat and control shots are why I still want to try D80. I probably should also try Tenergy 19, but in no rush, will take my time and will probably never try it since it will be a while...

At a certain point, refusing to admit that your math is wrong and making up new arguments to support a different position is your prerogative. Hugo played the players in front of him like everyone else and has a win over Fan. Harimoto failed to beat any CNT players this year until just last...

Okay. So by the rules on the ground, not the rules that you are making up, Hugo would be #4 without the 500 points. But let us follow your rules: did you remove LYJ"s continental points too? In the end, it is okay to believe LYJ should be higher, but there is nothing in the ITTF ranking that...

You can't have two times 500 points - only your best continental result counts. So no, Hugo would be well above LYJ even without his 500 points. Maybe you can show your math of how you get him being below LYJ.

Again, Hugo would be top 4 without the 500 pts from the Americas.

Okay. We will see, though it is weird to debate hard facts. It is easy to remove the 500 points continental from both Felix and Hugo and see that it does nothing to their seeding and that they would still be top 4. That said, the goal is here is largely to have fun and discuss, we will see...

May and June would start with Saudi Smash and end with SC Ljubljana. I think there is far more yes than no there. And the trend upwards speaks for itself but if you want to weight all the periods equally, that is definitely your prerogative.

Anyone should be able to serve and kill routinely vs significantly lower rated opponents on at least 20% of points, maybe much more if their style and footwork is focused on it. The issue is how to do so against opponents with better serve return skills or fourth ball defensive or counter...