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That's where video helps, you are remembering a lot of things that sound like you are focused on how you feel about losing. Everyone loses, even sometimes to players they should easily beat, don't let results affect your process and just wait until next time to record the matches so you can...

Get a coach or good server to teach you how to do build serves, it can be the most valuable experience you will ever get. Without this, you can waste a lot of time putting in hours at the table without developing really effective serves. All you need with the coach is maybe 5 to 10 minutes of...

Recording is more about self awareness. Memory can distort and deceive, especially when you lose. You think you did nothing right, when in reality you probably did a lot of things well but let the results skew your perception. Table tennis can be so precise at challenging speeds that small...

No, I don't. Rakza has a bit more traditional ESN catapult from rubbers of the same generation so the top speed is a bit faster and it is a bit more spin reactive. MK has a huge focus on control. You can add a lot of power and not get that much extra movement.

I think "on the toes" is not quite the same as "on the balls of your feet". I do much more of the latter than the former, but it might just be language.

I spent maybe 11 hours at TT clubs from Friday to Sunday and didnt get a minute of footsge. Have to do better. Some lessons learned: 1. Need a solution to short forehand serve return. The right leg needs to function or the hole is too big once someone figures it out. Many are really...

We got one of these at the Korean club in Dallas on Saturday. Guy came in and held the table without losing once. Beat a lot of good players too. I tried once, lost 1-3 which sounded much better than the match looked, and I had never seen someone give the dead ball so consistently in my life...

Yeah but we are not the coach that will be working with the user of the equipment.

If Energy Xtra is too expensive. doesnt that rule out Rozena? You have to develop fast swings and good touch to use harder sponge profitably. It is usually best for a coach to select the equipment for the player so they can be built according to the coach's philosophy.

Anyone know which of these is supposed to be their version of K3?

Dunning-Kruger, guys. It even happens to people who are experts at some field but just don't realize it doesnt translate to another field the way they think it does. You have to have some philosophical and teal life reflection to know the true limits of your perspective. Just being a good...

Liar liar pants on fire?

So I got out of work early yesterday and went to play. Weirdly an idea came to mind - I played some of my best TT while training early during the pandemic with a Carbonado 245 and Dignics 09c on both sides. I actually shaved the handle down so I could hold it the way I wanted to. And then I...

No doubt, but you used the phrase on higher levels and you are speaking about your coach. I played 2, maybe 3 players, who used to do that shot on me almost all the time with that quality (they would cut deep and heavy into my forehand wide knowing they would get the shot). All 3 were 2300+...

Well, he had other results that confirmed the assessment, in any case, everyone has parts of the game higher or lower, I am the one that played the match, I know how much I put on that ball. Rating in the end is about your results.

Yes, 2400-2700 makes sense. Can't believe I forgot about Bilenko. To be honest, sponsors and resources don't always improve a player's level, and the ITTF system is a bit limiting on local players in the way it limits international representation, though that would just crowd out many domestic...

So who are the other names? I know Kou Lei and and Zhmudenko, but I cant remember any other Male players. I know Pesotska forever and I remember Gaponova (or is it Haponova) I think because she chops. But Women not really the focus here, trying to understand how the domestic level in Ukraine...

So how many of them are there in Ukraine? Zhmudenko is like the best Ukrainian international player?

Chess.com ratings are a bit higher than regular over the board ELO even when adjusted for time control. Zhmudenko is a master of sport? The first video is not viewable.