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The main point here is that it shouldn't be an impression, he needs to know your goals, you need to know his plan for you, and then you both need to figure out the intersection. He might assume you are playing somewhere on the days you don't train with him, and the things you are learning are...

I guess one day, we will get to see your backhand. Until then, we will just have to live with your description of it :D.

Pulling the elbow back as part of the full stroke is pretty important. The backswing with the wrist makes it easier to go forward doing so. That said, I suspect that there are players who can get good spin without back swinging as aggressively. I would still argue that backswing is a major...

Since you are going to spin the ball you will be fine no matter how early or late you are. The contact is a bit on the side so it is a bit thicker when you are early and a bit thinner when you are late. The stroke feels very different from how it looks - it is much safer than you might think...

I think BRS started after the age of 40, and he is very much against overthinking, in fact, whenever I make an elaborate story around technical control, he points out such verbiage doesn't help him at all. Ultimate if you get better in TT at playing matches, it will be through some kind of...

You never answered my question about whether you think your pristine technique will help you beat the Norwegian players without the pristine technique and what the reason for your answer was One can deliberately practice many things and even improve those things, it is still important to know...

Saying that flathitting is a broad term and that Mima Ito for example plays different from Falck or even Richard Dewitt (an American who uses Mark V). You have to understand what your blocking and point winning game will look like before choosing a rubber to match it. if you are going to...

Use this video. It is alien for most people to backswing like this, but be patient with any grip switches, the returns are exponential even if you only get 50% of what is being done.

Thanks, I think I benefit from hitting with him, he brings and counterattacks so many balls back it is insane for me. When we first started playing, the points were over quickly because I missed his serves or stuff like that with all my rustiness. So with more familiarity, I survive the...

You can reach to the left, just need to make the elbow positioning stable by carrying your backswing to the ball. This is one of my favorite videos on backhand topspin. One can quibble with the specific technique and whether you should let the wrist whip "all the way through", but the point he...

Sometimes for those one session tutorials, you need to find the right kind of coach. The level doesn't sound high enough IMHO, or the style might not be quite right as you need a thinking player. Talking to them about how they see serve and serve return is often critical to understanding what...

I have seen coaches give advanced players one or two lessons and helped them massively improve so it isn't about repetition per se, it is more about whether the coach is giving you something you really need at the level you are at. It is a complicated question no doubt, but the main thing here...

One would need to know what blade you intend to use as well as the rubber - and flathitting is really technical, you need to decide how you win points - most flat hitters topspin a lot especially vs backspin and I have seen some use fast blade with slow spinny rubber and some use slow blade with...

In general, footwork is a lower body exercise, and it is difficult for footwork to be effective if you don't play strokes with your lower body. If you don't train it, it doesn't come naturally, and training it is hard if your lower body isn't in top form. and you don't have equal strength in...

This is the point. It isn't unique to table tennis, it is applicable to all forms of coaching. And even coaches who sometimes develop players aren't always developing them optimally, the problem is that it takes a trained eye to know that the coach is not giving you good training. But the...

Good matches, I think while there i work to do, a lot is headed in the right direction. The forehand is growing on me, the main issue is that to improve it, you need to make a conscious effort to use the legs more and o am not entirely sure what your calf issue does to you. Dave is limited by...

Okay. We will revisit your progress in a year or two and see whether you agree with this or not. You might just be the adult learner that thrives under this system.

So unfortunately, no time to edit till next Sunday. But here is a match against the guy I struggle to beat and who I train with at his place.

That's what they think they are doing, but they are mostly just teaching you how they were taught. If you have years to grow into form, sure, but as an adult learner, you deserve a more focused lesson set or at least an explanation of what you are being trained to evolve into. Most adult...

Many coaches train you how they were taught, and sometimes, they don't look at the specific problems a player has in developing a style or repeating instructions before transferring knowledge. And since most coaches who play at a high level learned as children, they mostly train people the way...