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Forehand is a lot about the legs, you have a good swing, but your foot usage is more backhand oriented as you don't move to set up your forehand and the way you stand at the table supports your backhand. Absolutely nothing wrong with this if this is how you want to play but since it isnt, you...

Rakza Z doesn't have blunt power like 09c, but the spin and control are very, very good. I suspect I might try Rakza Z EH on forehand and Rakza Z on backhand sometime in the future but I am currently okay with Rakza Z both sides.

In general, for sidespin - underspin, a lot of the difficulty is created when you don't contact the same side of the ball as the server did when pushing the ball and lifting upwards. If you start out with adjusting to that, you will have decent results.

1. Turn the shoulders and likely put some more spring in the legs. Imagine you had to throw a hammer really far or hit a punch really hard. How would you prepare to do it? Not saying one should jump in the air like someone throwing a discuss really far, but that you need to think about what...

A lot of good stuff, especially your ball touch in there. I was initially going to be a bit harsher but I have to remember, this is a massive improvement from where you were a few months ago. The main things I would continue to work on: 1) read the Der Echte commentary carefully, he is...

Sorry I didn't respond to this earlier, but over time, counterloop is something you practice and do, not so much something you think through. But if you want my opinion: The biggest thing about counterloop IMHO is *time*. You need time to see the ball so you can adequately prepare and follow...

Their loss in doubles and the way they accepted it as matter of fact was telling.

The Chinese already built it and I remember it being tested at a tournament once in China - it could provide stats like ball spin etc. as well. But after it faulted Ma Long fairly often, it was never heard from again. That's my explanation and I am sticking to it.

I think Wang is in very good shape.

Battle of the planets live now...

You mean you don't notice the big head?

This is hilarious. What is really happening is that some people are used to the table and the environment more than others and are taking advantage of it.

The Hook makes serve trajectory control by bouncing the ball into the table easier to disguise than just about any other serve, so backspin can look more like topspin and vice versa.

Learning to play against pips players is an experience. The main thing you have to overcome/improve is the automatic read of the ball off the inverted looking stroke and forcing yourself to override that read with a correct read when the inverted looking read is wrong. Also, to not back off...

Am I the only one who finds it a bit deflating that after the great WTT Champions Frankfurt, Lin Yun Ju quietly loses to the Chinese #4 in round 1 of this tournament? I know we are used to this, but still... it should put the comments of notorious Harimoto critic, TensorBackhand, in context...

Okay. Don't think I agree on that one. IT was a well played match, but Felix obviously was not as aggressive on serve return as he usually is.

The Dima vs Harimoto match was the closest that one could find to that lol.

It's called "returning a hidden serve badly".

Start your stroke with your racket feeling open and swing to your finish position. It gets smoother as you follow the shape of the ball more and more and time the ball better over time. Or just do the exercise in the video to get a feel for hitting and it will translate over time to how you...

I won't focus too much on speaking for him - there are few concepts he is trying to communicate in there but my understanding of them are as follows: 1) spin neutralizing angle/contact point and swing trajectory. 2) learning to use it to play relatively flat shots 3) making your spin shot a...