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I use that serve all the time. First of all, it isn't necessarily a dead ball. It is a plain backspin vs no spin serve. The backhand use makes control easy and reduces recovery demands especially if you are a two-winged player who likes to open backhand or push backhand. Finally the lack of...

I clearly comprehended what was written, Solja is a better player than Winter, Waldner was a better player than Kong Linghui, Liang Jingkun was a better player than Calderano, fitness had nothing to do with it. Maybe you are bosom buddy of thr coach that tried to get Solja off the team because...

Oh, my level is on tape. Do you have video to share to show yours? Anyone saying Solja doesn't play physical is clearly not a TT player. In fact, Fukuhara complained that the amount of spin was beyond what she was used to playing against.

Everyone is different for sure but I wouldn't overstress movement at the current playing level you are at, I would focus much more on hitting a quality ball with heavy spin and let the movement phase in over time. As I have said before, stroke planes are different for many players and as long...

The timing of the losses and the results of rematches are important IMHO. Form wise, he has been borderline unbeatable in May and June.

Fun fact: Calderano had been eliminated by the eventual bronze medalist at the last 2 Olympics.

Of course I did, stop pretending you are not trying to fat-shame Solja for whatever reason you prefer.

Solja was a very physical player, her ball quality was extremely high, confusing relative footwork with physicality is again speaking to your level more than reality. Being stronger and heavier gives the ball more power and is a tradeoff with being lighter and quicker. I do think the maturity...

I wish I could coach you, don't let footwork drills send you to a life of nagging injuries, the requirement to bend the knees is overrated unless you are going to play at an extremely high level and do the self care of a true athlete. Much better to develop reasonable technique, understand how...

I have to send you Hinoki ALC with National DHS and Dignics 05. It will cure you of Rambo looping tendencies and turn you into a controlled topspin player like me!

Yeah is it strictly Apple IOS at this point?

Yes and no. On the men's side, I think Calderano is a clear favorite and arguably Lebrun is as well. Thr one guy who plays well vs Calderano is Harimoto, but they haven't played in a long time which might mean Calderano may have flipped things with his current form but that is unknown. But...

So after all was said and done, Hirano is seeded where? And all the overrated continental Europeans ans Americans ended up where?

It says more about your understanding of athleticism and TT than it does about the players. Solja was by far the better player regardless of how athletic Winter was. This is not unique to Germany either as Liang Jingkun still exists as does Sun Mingyang or even Wang Tao, all players who took...

Soft rubbers, well, I will keep my opinion to myself. If they work for you, great. But I would argue that the FX series are probably more reliable even then. But if you are the Chosen one who can play high level quality shots with Rakza 7 soft consistently, good for you, I am not that guy...

Sure. Tenergy, Dignics, Hurricane, Rakza X, whatever. Razka 7 only if you tried someone's blade similar to yours with it and went wow...

So I went to a club in Paris (Paris 13 TT or something like that). It was interesting because I got lucky that one of my old co-workers wanted to meet up so we agreed to meet (she and her husband wanted to meet my wife and family). Thankfully, she got to the location first, figured out the...

Sounds like you have identified my problem, I play a consistency game with DHS and Butterfly rubbers. I need to add more Gozo shots and do more youtube shorts...

The main point is that they are not miles apart in performance, even if they can be used by fairly advanced players. Rakza 7 may be better (with emphasis on *may* and if so, not by much). Usually, if you want to change equipment in earlier stages of learning, it is common to either change...

Sure a rubber formula can change especially when it is being re-approved. This is different from the same rubber having multiple versions at the same exact time, even if there are some similar consequences of both.