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I have been notoriously posting on forums for almost 14 years and have met a lot of people including Dan in person. I am hardly nameless or faceless. You just don't know who I am, but if you investigated, you would find out fairly quickly. I have shared videos of my play numerous times on the...

And I came across a question, for the 3rd ball attacks if you want to hit with your FH, it's better to do a Pendulum serve so the most common reply is for the opponent to go AGAINST the spin and change the spin so the ball with come more to your FH side. A different way to think about it is...

The thing is this for me at least - whatever you feel of Tony's posts, he is a known person with identifiable name and address making his contributions to table tennis. I am always wary of people like you who attack people like him and remain nameless, faceless etc. and then continue to act...

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/why-did-china-not-field-wang-manyu-after-she-saved-them-against-india.33128/post-459333

I played Marius a lot when I lived in NJ, so I know how he plays and how awkward his style is and very often, as a lower rated player, when you beat a higher rated player for the first time (and in some cases, only time), it happens under similar circumstances, you change something and they keep...

They probably have sufficient access to get all the training partners where they need to be and are juat making sure they have the best team in case a fragile player gets injured.

To be fair, it is not just you, even players better than you have the same attitude. I teach them how to block with (directional) control and they are like "won't that be easy for the opponent to attack" and I tell them, sometimes, the problem is not the opponent attacking, the problem is you...

My online coach back then had me doing pivot and cross shadow footwork as daily exercise. It was funny how one day, I used the semi-cross in a tournament in a tight situation and people said that was a lucky forehand lol.

I put the Tronix on my Trinity and the initial spin tests had me excited. Then I got to the table and I started reliving the experience I had using Dignics 05 after having used hybrids for a period - it took a lot of practice to get used to the ball again and setting racket angles early and the...

I wouldn't go that far with "almost impossible", but yes, the reliability is beautiful and I suspect that if my knees heal, I can get to 2100 with my current setups. The thing is that I played with Mark V and I could see that Hurricane unboosted is way better than Mark V. Ultimately, I just...

Gotta master the cross and semi-cross step. Fang Bo has a video on it that tells you to ,backswing before you move, but even before that, I had some coaching on that, you have to hit the ball in the air and land into ready position/rebalance with a step.

If cost is not an issue, try the Mizutani Jun Super ZLC or the Amultart ZLC or even the ZJK/LYJ/FZD SZLC - those are the fastest looping non-Tamca 5000 blades that Butterfly has and all have some more control than the Primorac Carbon. If you definitely need more control, then try the Viscaria...

I tend to use 40-41 degrees, but honestly, I don't know whether it is good for me or not, it is just what made the most sense since most of my ESN rubbers are 50+ and Golden Tango and Rakza Z EH which I both liked were around 54 degrees. And I also know a penholder who uses 42 degrees on a YEO...

It should be tomorrow.

My late coach told me that I started coaching too early and that it would depress my playing level because I would get too used to giving people balls they could hit rather than looking for balls thar cused damage. I get what he meant just as you described. I suspect though that the bigger...

A part of me agrees with the attitude behind this. But for me, the reason I disagree with you Gozo is that you are too obsessed with speed for your playing level. Flextra I hoped would help you kick the habit as well as good coaching but all that has happened is that you want your speed back...

Hmmm... I really need to put my blue sponge H3 on a blade... but maybe not... It's interesting, I just realized I haven't recorded myself since I started using H3 - maybe I am injuring myself lol - will look into it. More seriously, H3 has restored my confidence in the connection between mind...

This one helped me learn a lot of terms and has a lot of drills: https://www.amazon.com/Table-Tennis-Steps-Success-Sports/dp/0736077316

These are league matches and the league ratings are not tournament ratings. I would focus more on the improvement. See them as practice matches but with slightly more stakes depending on the community.

Your forehand has improved tremendously, you are now whipping into the ball much moee sharply. You have gotten better with everything and it shows. Backhand topspin can still get better but no rush and not necessary until you want to bring balance to the force. Well done!