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There will always be the problem of meaningless matches no matter the format. There is no money in TT but in the NBA for example, some players do realize they have an obligation to entertain fans and try to do so. Table Tennis players are usually like that, when they are not, they should...

Sports is ultimately entertainment and to grow the sport, even when the points are meaningless, it is okay if the players are entertaining. This is what people need to accept if commercialization of the sport is important. All they had to do was plat respectably for one or two meaningless...

Karlsson - teaching others how to be a professional table tennis player. Well done. Liang - thank you for your cooperation.

The main point of this idea in TT is predictable scheduling. They went through a lot of matches without being significantly late. If they implemented Golden point, that would help as well to get through matches on a faster timeline.

I thought the ratios were for the league table for all players, not the individual matchup first. This is horrible.

Hari on the brink already - Groth doing well.

It looked like side to me, but that call is almost always an edge on principle.

Kallberg pleasantly disappoints by beating a fellow disappointer!

In case you haven't seen the highlights:

There is no magic beyond experience. If he enjoys playing, he will figure it out. If not, he will stop well before or even after he figures it out. The biggest thing is to help him enjoy and reflect upon the process and rewards of his efforts. There are too many kids who end up hating the...

I always love it when I see amateurs in Korea looking like amateurs in the US or any other westernized country and then think about the TJs out there that obsess over looking like pros....

Awesome to see the quasi-sister-choppers back on the circuit. Hoping they play doubles as well.

Pucar looked really good.

Nah, it's Liu Guoliang.

I can't look psst Noshad's serving today, especially against a clean server like Truls.

Thought this might be helpful to explain why good players do this impractical drill

Good. Placement over power for point winning drills. Because of recovery demands, it is better to hit with power if you are hitting away from the player or to a disturbing locarion but to hit with spin when you are playing to the player. Not 100% but it usually makes sense. Because as you get...

Just don't get so locked into each other's quality that you aren't challenging your self on 20% of the practice points. As in, while maintaining consistency, do sometimes push for max power or max spin or max placement. Also, do a few drills that are focused on doing things that affect the...

When I broke USATT 2000, I went back to the basics for 6 months to fix my forehand. That gave me a different respect for control and fundamentals. I already had that respect, but it made it a bit harder for me to understand the attitude of people who hit balls during practice but spray the...

Yeah, prepare for the short serve and be ready to step back if it is long. This makes more sense than preparing for thr long serve then having to come over the table if it is short. Obviously the first bounce of the server determines this as well as their serve speed