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So I played today to release the pentup desire to hit the ball again. The results of not playing for a week were interesting. So I play the first match a close 0‐3 to a guy who often plays tacky rubber on both sides and counters my heavy spin with venomous counters and punches. I had been...

I think a distinction should be made between a one-on-one matchup and what happens in Mixed Doubles when the woman has to handle the quality of the male player and produce shots that trouble male players off the femalee opponents ball and those abilities can determine the result significantly...

Yeah but just like when Togami beats Harimoto, is it because Togami is so much better or has such a better matchup that his opponent never deserves to win? Of course not, the matches are close struggles where Togami usually comes out on top but those things are not stable if repeated over and...

Nah. Fan just didnt touch the ball, he would have won that point otherwise. Point of the year for me is the Moregardh-Chuqin rally. Those Chinese #1s are tough!

I have shown you that a high level server does it when he does his favorite serve. He mistimed the effect in the video I presented but with the same serve, he has given players as good as Wang Liqin trouble. You are a low level player so what you do doesnt really qualify as evidence here for...

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You obviously havent heard of things like heuristics. The timing doesnt have to be perfect to expose as much surface area as possible to the ball with a relatively open paddle (appropriately angled) while swinging at it and add a turning motion with acceleration at the appropriate moment. But...

You have a real coach in person so no biggie. Juat need to confirm this continually.

So we went through this discussion just to get you to admit that your recommendations on how to play a topspin cannot be achieved by human beings? Seriously? Let's stop the stupidity around wrapping. "Looping" doesnt happen either because the ball doesnt go round and in circles and return to...

Looks like Batta has found something to work with vs Bernie that others may copy. Get her moving to the wide forehand after pinning her on the backhand.

I have not hit a TT ball in almost a week now. I feel better that I hit on Friday last week or i would have been a complete mess. Right now I am an incomplete mess. Next time I am on a vacation like this, I will make sure there is TT somewhere or I will tell my wife I ain't going. TT is that...

Sharing video of yourself, especially on a thread like the video safe footage thread, is highly recommended if you aren't getting formal coaching. It is awesome that you are doing physical training which always helps though it is unlikely to be the biggest factor in your TT improvement for a...

I had already written my last post but since I know your motives are pure and you probably are reading things late and may be confused about the main point, let me state it again in different terms. Don't let anyone fool you that the issue is fundamentally about changing racket angle during the...

Not at all. I have found that the inability to tolerate disagreement as a form of constructive conflict can have dangerous side effects. Was reminded of it today in another context. Of course many people can perceive it as he intended it. But many people can also perceive it as saying that...

Yes, in life, such things are all necessary. But if you had made the same example with thin inverted rubbers or dead rubbers, it would have be a non-issue. But making it with pips feeds the common stereotype that many people use pips to hide weaknesses rather than fix their technique...

The problem is neither the physics or the technical instruction. The problem is that an engineer who doesnt play or really understand high level table tennis is trying to teach TT as an authority. I never used the phrase "wrapping" before this thread. All I have argued is that from a...

I hear you. It is like making the bad guy in a movie a Black man. Is it a bad thing, of course not, there are good and bad Blacks everywhere. But then some people will point out the dangers of the stereotypes and history. I usually don't care either way, but the example feeds the stereotype.

I will go further, some rubbers like Tenergy make it easier to hit heavy topspin with suboptimal technique. And even Imwhen bouncy, the Tenergy push can be incredibly heavy. Since these modern rubbers and fast blades make it easier to topspins with less effort, are they not crutches? Why is...

The thing is that they got better results so they improved their results. The growth mindset part, I get, but I have seen many people who love table tennis and chess and play them for hours every week and still relatively can't play them that well. Whether it is growth mindset or not, I don't...

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