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Sadly, in a year where the nationals is being hosted only 30 minutes from me, I have to travel with my wife for her friend's birthday. Life...

He who asks for the time as proof that the sun has risen and then chastises people (as opposed to explaining the basis of his skepticism) when they ask him to look outside is truly blind.

If you don't understand then you haven't watched him play. If you get as much spin from OX hardbat as you do from Tenergy, then you draw conclusions from that, you end up where OP is. :ROFLMAO:

One of the first things a high level coach told me was that good coaches disagree all the time in table tennis. But the main thing that kept the disagreements fruitful was that the discussions were usually grounded in their experience playing and developing players. So even when they...

We are playing for fun but there is always stuff to improve especially against the players that beat us. The thing about the video is that the speed of play showed very little that challenged you so the things to help you play faster don't really make a big difference when you are not...

Here is Timo Boll discussing the approach of hitting the ball more open and pronating the arm or closing the angle at contact as an alternative approach to setting the angle early and adding topspin. Again the fact that he makes a distinction between the two approaches is the important thing...

Yeah, for different reasons I used to get sometime 3 hrs before driving another 3 to play. But I am older now with family, not going to do that any time soon. Yes the black on black guy looked interesting as well. Even the pips guy looked better in the solo video but again too passive. The...

The main point is that the whole stroke has a path, and the path affects the quality of ball you produce and the quality or spin you can control. Good players know what they are trying to do to the ball and swing through paths with their whole body primarily and usually use arm adjustments as...

Not sold that is a linear stroke per se but I get what you are trying to show and the explanation is linear..

I don't disagree on that the instruction has a similar effect, I just think that what you call the twisting (I prefer turning) effect is more significant than the enhanced contact time but they may be inseparable. Not so much because the racket head speed is faster (I suspect it might be slower...

You only played 2 guys whose games I could read, and the guy in green looks like a decent and better player. The others (and even the two guys) give you a lot of time, the game is too slow IMHO, maybe it is the camera angle and the lack of sleep. But it will help to see one complete match...

I don't know whether it is about extending contact time as much as it is about following the shape of the ball which enhances spin with a more significant turning effect, all other things being equal. Regardless, it Timo Boll can teach it and claim it improved his technique, doesn't it make...

Can you please reshare the video? If you do and the video shows you looping, I will give you a glorious theory to critique.

Welcome to life.

Of course, the way you have framed it, yes. But a couple of things - no one is going to get from 1500 to 2500 in a short period of time. So the question is what do you do to get better? If you are going to get to 2000 from 1500, do you need 1800 players everyday in practice? Or if you have...

I think it is accurate for everyone. Werner Schlager echoed many of the things Dubina said in a recent interview. I think the real key is context and application ultimately with the goal of developing a player. You can do what he says are myths and develop a player - I think Dubina would...

Thought this video about beliefs that create mindset that prevent you from improving would be helpful. I don't think Dubina is so much absolutely right as challenging fixed mindset.

The human body has joints that are round and that pronation and supinate, so claiming it is as "simple as that" is probably missing a few important facts just on the basis of limited awareness. People who topspin swing through curved paths whether they think they do or not. The question is not...

Until you actually post video showing that you can hit a ball with heavy topspin or that you know how to play a hooking or fading loop (or alternatively, that you have coached someone who can do these things), I will gladly stay out it. It is stupid to discuss topics like this with someone who...

Very fast setups challenge your ability to play good topspin shots, especially when you are not in position (they don't give good arc so you can't bend it like Beckham, but they produce great shots when you are there on time). But as you said, you were happy with how you played and how you...