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Wang Chuqin was a letdown, but these are pretty high level opponents.

Yes, you are right, a 1500-1700 rating in Belgium may be the same *level* as a 2000-2200 level in the USA. But that says nothing about whether players are stronger in the USA or in Belgium, because the same percentage of players may be at the 1500-1700 level in Belgium as the 2000-2200 level in...

Finally put in for a Mizutani SZLC... will post the pics when it arrives...

It is the same with German TTR - USATT is usually TTR+ 300/400. In Ukraine you can get players with around Ukrainian rating 60 which is like 2400-2500. But if you go to Canada, there are players with 3000+ rating who would be around 2500 in the USA. In the end, you need to understand how the...

For people who have never seen Rich play, this is with the old ball... not his prime but typical.

Ratings are usually normalized, so you have to know how to translate the playing level, so the absolute number doesnt matter as long as the scale is being normalized. So even if you think that Belgium has a higher playing level, looking at numbers like the rating without translating is like...

Chen Weixeng is an over the hill 45+ year old (not sure when the match was played). Same with He Zhi Wen. Dima was world #1. Maybe you should consider that in your analysis (but I get it, pro is pro and rank amateur is rank amateur). But all we hear is about the long pips... and still...

But he is a "rank amateur" - your not knowing similar things about other people and focusing on their use of LP makes my point. You have no clue what their background is, but just want to focus on their amateur status.

Yes, definitely not the same, without those things, it is one of the most popular sports in the world. Food for thought.

For the record, here is another Chinese "rank amateur".

It is all because of the long pips!

Hardbat is a sport that when you play it, long pips has hardly any advantage when introduced into the mix of hardbat. A lot of people enjoy hard bat table tennis. There is definitely spin, it just isn't extreme. Give that some thought.

It has very little to do with LP per se, and like I said, you never stated what his training hours were or what his tournament victories were. Similar things happen in sports like golf, chess etc. all the time - there are players who play lot of hours but never were professionals for one reason...

Wait, you mean those 2600+ players supposedly struggling with LP are not making blahness's points? I thought the limit was 2200.... So you mean Chen Weixing and He Zhiwen are not 2200+ players? And Chen doesn't use LP himself? More seriously, everyone struggles with things they haven't...

Wang Xi losing to a Nigerian amateur :D.

This is becoming like ERT calling Idesawa an amateur - immediately we don't know someone's TT background or hours of play, we call them an "amateur" or a "nobody". Of course, despite He Zhuoja being a national team member, we are completely sure that these guys are mainly doing what they do...

If you are being caught with balls directly to your middle, then you are probably serving/looping to easy points on the table and not using sidespin to your advantage. It is extremely hard for a good sidespin serve (whether side or side back) to be returned with precision to your middle, same...

I have been a fan of that series for a while. It has been a struggle to find the playlist for the videos so I appreciate that link.

Butterfly Sardius as well.

Yes. Everything has its time and place. If your point is that OP needs to play third ball against any return from his coach without knowing the return and that is the irregular drill, I agree with you. The push or flick or loop can go anywhere and OP has to play the point out. But usually...