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Hayata has post Games blues. But very few players can replicate Weishan's annoying variation based style. Definitely not for the muscle heads.

You can't use a VPN?

Quek is going to be a top 20 player barring injury, I don't get the dismay.

Quek is really good though, as much as Alexis is struggling, I don't think a loss to Quek is outside any good player's range.

I'm not sure why you are using speculation to replace data. USATT players like Ma Jinbao who are 2700 are clearly world class (you don't beat Kou Lei or Eugene Wang without being world class). Jishan Liang who is a notch below did beat Drinkhall in the US. A lot does come down to specific...

In general, modern popular sneaker design does things that are dangerous for the natural movement of the bare foot. It will be interesting to see how long things continue before they change.

Nah, definitely closer to Akeem Olajuwon if you want to take these comparisons seriously, Wiggins just shows you absolutely devalue the actual results of Harimoto. Do you realize that Dimitri Ovtcharov has never won a WTTC medal in singles - I am not sure if he has even ever made it to a...

Golden Tango is pretty heavy as well, so I suspect that Rakza Z EH weight may not move the needle, though I could be wrong. The other thing is that I am now using Golden Tango without the protector sheets, which means I have to be patient to let the stickiness wear off to make the rubber a bit...

You said the trajectory the past few years has been discouraging, and I pointed out that his results the past two years have shown an upward trajectory despite the recent injuries. You are writing like someone who only believes in hockey stick improvement, real improvement tends to come in...

His trajectory hasn't looked good "the past few years" even though he lost 4-2 to a (now) 3-time bronze medallist with each game being decided by 2 points or less in the Quarter Finals of the WTTC this year!! In 2021 he went out in the first round. What is the trajectory of that analysis? Do...

Again, which part of being visibly injured (in the 5th game) during the match are you missing? You are going to lose credibility (not that you care as an ERT fan) if you continue to push these arguments without educating yourself on the details. Harimoto was well on his way to winning before...

So you are the only one who didn't see him beat both Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin in the WTTTC last year? Or are you just someone who only watches when he loses? How many players who are not Chinese have ever beaten everyone on the current Chinese national team at some point in their career...

Thanks - I am thinking about giving both a try.

He was visibly injured during the match. It helps to get context before arriving at radical conclusions, though I know in this case your conclusion has been arrived at for a few months now so any information will support it regardless.

yoass is a pretty strong playert, his POV is perfectly understandable. Other POVs are possible, but I side with him (because I want to be a strong player some day lol).

Anyone know what the differences are like? I definitely don't like Golden Tango PS but was wondering whether Rakza Z played better. And also, how does Razka Z Extra Hard compare to Golden Tango?

Yeah, if you play in the US and you don't train your mindset to be adaptable to lots of crap, and even if you do (because tables and balls and flooring and lighting and space ans ceilings vary quite a bit), you will always find something that effs you. The first time I went to Nationals in...

Yes, using the elbow as the pivot point on both sides is very important - to me, it is what makes footwork and transition possible, though in full context, the forehand is really a hip stroke, while the backhand is more of an elbow stroke so to speak - what I mean is that you rotate the body to...

This one is for you, @OvrChkn she discusses some of the issues with lining up the stroke, swing size and why sometimes you need to use arm straightening to get the stroke to work in a more relaxed fashion (and this can be true if you don't intend to impart topspin per se but you also don't want...

It's a good video. The biggest things are knowing your sweet spot and learning to swing in large curves that approximate straight lines in the contact region of your stroke. The body *always* turns in a circle, it all depends on where the racket force is being directed at impact and this can...