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No need to write so much 🤣, just wanted to see whether you would see my point that though the team is loaded, there is one other team with 3 top players as well and using performance in specific games/matches to rationalize one team being much better than the other misses the point (barring an...

@Tony's Table Tennis , Any comment on the latest round of results?

Try Youtube.

Okay. If Wang Manyu takes 2, then all they need is one. Last year, Chen Xingtong beat Chen Meng. My main point is that 3 national team players is 3 national team players, and one can argue that Qian Tianyi is stronger than Kuai Man. How you can consider 3-2 over Wang Yidi a shaky result is...

Yeah but the point is the quality of players on the team not the single match results per se. And Chen and Wang were on the winning team last year if I remember rightly. Are you sure that your team will beat Wang Manyu team?

But there is another team with Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi. So it isn't that outrageous. Poor Wang Yidi was the one left out to suffer this year.

Okay. My opinion is that when one is struggling, it is good to record to sometimes see whether you are doing anything obviously wrong. Sometimes, you are being too delusional (maybe not the right word, but you know what I mean) about your expectations in real time and reviewing what happens...

Are you recording these sessions that are giving you trouble?

So this is the first backhand topspin I learned years ago and is still the foundation of my instinctive backhand though I play many other kinds of backhand topspins as well. I think his explanations are how I would justify the recommendations. And don't think his advice to hit self multiball...

More competitive than I expected from Yan An but I was ultimately right. No way Weiqao can maintain that lineup next season.

The Shandong battle is hilarious and shows how OP Weiqao is. Luneng rested Ma Long. Xu Yingbin performs the mighty feat of besting both Liang Jingkun and Zhao Qihao. And his team's reward is to have Yan An face Liang Jingkun in the decider. So despite having an incredible performance by Xu...

Whenever you learn a new stroke, losing your timing is normal. The key is whether there is something that allows you to do more with less. You should be able to use less upper arm and more wrist with hip rotation or thrusting. You may need to find a new contact point on the ball and change...

You are a good player so forgive me if my advice is not what you are looking for. While you clearly use your body much better on your forehand than backhand, there is some disconnect there as well. But since your focus is the backhand, try to see if you can actually take the racket backwards...

That's not my point though. I have seen world class players use robots. My point is that given what is being trained, is the robot a net positive or negative? Handling spin you know and moving to the ball, the robot is usually a net positive. We know those contexts. We know how to get robots...

Management by results is a dangerous thing, and technical training always interferes with competitive strokes. If you are preparing for a tournament, play matches. If you want to evolve your technique to be better in 6 to 12 months time, train and let the gains accumulate. But training in the...

Hmm... I am not Jorgic for sure, but I find it easier to play with Dignics 09c and Golden Tango on backhand than I do softer rubbers. But I think you make a good point about the effort required to play consistently with those rubbers on backhand might not suit everyone's styles, especially...

Shoulder width is the basic requirement. One thing though is that the muscles for getting low and getting wide are different. If you have good joints, doing wall sits and squats in both positions is helpful. In general, a lot of stuff in TT requires you to build the muscles to support things...

The definition of a tight match lol : 3) Xu Haidong 3:2 Yuan Licen (9:11, 15:13, 10:12, 12:10, 12:10)

This video is kinda helpful in illustrating a basic fact about placement that never goes away no matter what level you are playing at, assuming similar level opponents and that you aren't hitting balls that are too low quality to limit the opponent.

You have to train precise placement then, you are probably taking very little risk on your third balls, which means very little risk for a good opponent as well to make a play that troubles you. If you can hit the corners or wide angles or the elbow, people stop giving you the simple stuff...