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This is a very important post. What isn't fully appreciated by many people, especially people who are too young (old people learn it too late after becoming addicted and hurting themselves with repetitive motion injuries) is that fitness (resistance training even more than aerobics) is key for...

ML, FZD, and to a lesser degree ZJK, XX and WH have given people a skewed view of table tennis success. I also blame the lack of young strong players coming out of Europe, a point zeio has made. I used to think the issue was Chinese dominance but when you realize that the best 3 European...

For J Bus. Relevant to my point about pushing side topspin and moving the ball around.

Because it is more about the star status and less about the table tennis.

In general it is considered almost impossible to hit the side if you play a regular shot from within the table. (On extreme sidespin shots it is possible but extremely difficult).

So I watched a bit yesterday. Do you get coaching? (JUST SAW YOUR ANSWER TO NDH). My memory might deceive me but it does seem you have improved a little bit but obviously, bad habits are hard to break. The funny thing is that your game reminds me a lot of mine and some of the things I had to...

Hayata is a disappointment so far. Looks like CNT deployed their optimal strategy from game 1 rather than waiting for chance points. 7‐1 to 7‐5. Is there hope?

Hit the ball closer to your head for topspins. Don't come underneath the ball the follow through will look like that regardless. She is also taking advantage of her height when she uses the serve to make the spins look similar.

The tomahawk always comes down ( as in forward) - it is whether you come over or come under the ball and that can be very hard to see. The real problem is that the serve is really heavy and people still underestimate the sidespin even when they see it.

Dima has a history of stuff like this though, despite his facial expressions sometimes, he is clearly one of the toughest players in big matches.

Yeah - the funny thing is that some people think he has a good backhand because he sometimes hits powerful shots. But it is huge weakness at that level. And the output generally isn't worth the recovery loss.

Schlager had more style and a much better backhand.

Who is beating Sun Yingsha? Han Ying or Ma Lin? :D

To be fair, Jang Woojin is blazingly fast and if you don't return his serves well, his forehand is devastating. Dima is Lazarus lol.

I agree 100% on the Trinity, for price point and comps, it is an extremely well priced and well made blade.

Really wish BRS would chime in as this is one of his favorite topics, though probably not in the way you have discussed it. I tend to stay away from questions about athletic footwork because my bad knees make it a nightmare for me for me to train aggressively. but I would say that the more you...

Wong CHUN Ting looking really good on the pivot. And I thought he was really backhand dominant.

Talking to yourself is very overrated, Breath control is very underrated. It has become a key part of my serve return strategy and it will likely contribute to my overall game.

Have no doubt, I am focused, but I have learned to trust my practice. I have accepted that I cannot do reliably any more than what I have practiced (or what my practice has prepared me for) and that many shots I make are more luck than skill. And you are 100% right, you are likely to perform...

For me, it became easier because I just realized I played better when I was moderately disengaged but concentrated on just playing without caring about the score as nothing other than a result or a strategic input- it started largely in training and flowed over to matches. The thing is that it...