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I have a couple of sheets from Tt japan but since I am playing well with Tango, I haven't been motivated to try them.

Developing adult players is IMHO a different thing from developing young players - in fact sometimes, you can't tell whether a young player was helped or hurt by the coach, sometimes they learn so much from going to camps, watching videos and other things. And getting attention for your needs...

The movement is largely the same, the swing/racket path is always slightly different in response to the incoming spin. The adjust is a bit more vertical, but it is still forward and might start a little lower and come round the side a bit more. It is how to adjust the path to the incoming spin...

Well, no one knows for sure. The thing is that coaches have egos (including myself) and some learners can get seduced by captivating coaches. Or like myself, some players might take the first coach they see before realizing that they need to find the coach with the best track record of...

Just started watching. Wrighty, Dave is a different class of player and probably got good coaching as a junior. If he developed that technique as an adult more power to him. Getting a game off him is pretty good. I see some good signs in your game. Will comment more later.

Lifting gives the impression that the backspin requires you to lift when most players compensate with swing path and racket angle. Having more variation in table tennis is almost always a good thing. The question is whether what you are doing ans how you think about a specific problem is...

Do you think you will ever beat those players with the pristine technical path you are on? Why or why not? Everyone including Ma Long and Timo Boll has lost to someone with worse technique than them. Table tennis is not a beauty contest. But what is the purpose of good technique if it isn't...

lifting is a concept that gets people into trouble. You rarely need to lift backspin. You just need to "shape" it or swing round it and see the effect. Most heavy chop (and even heavy topspin) is looped with some sidespin to avoid the main spin. In fact if you loop closer to the tip if...

It's really funny, but this was the video I was trying to find for you at the time and I finally found it: Obviously, we all want to and ideally should play shots in balance, but balance is not the same as being in a set position and being precisely ready. Balance means having good posture...

The biggest thing that helps is getting the right coach or mentor - most people who don't play well or get better don't have someone who cares about their game. If you find someone who cares about your game and is often willing to train or hit with you, it will often get better, even if all you...

At the risk of completely derailing this thread, I posted this match on another thread. These players are both over 1600 TTR. You can spend a lot of time with technique and not beat the winner here if you just can't play effective shots.

This is an amazing post. It is very zen like in its construction. Technique has a goal - to help you generate quality balls. If you can generate quality balls (with the necessary recovery if the ball comes back and no need for recovery if it doesn't) and your motions do not cause injury, no...

Again, without knowing the context of your training, that is too tight to be called a full swing. I try to cushion these comments because very often, we struggle not because of our capabilities but because of our imagination. A full swing will often end up on your left hip as if you are...

It isn't really the racket speed, and it doesn't quite work as you said. In fact, with a slower racket, you can challenge your opponent with less aggressive play because your touch game could be better in some ways.. The main issue is to work on your backspin game, it isn't that hard to hit...

No you aren't, your shot is as legitimate as Wang Hao's. There isn't a single way to hit the ball in table tennis.

Guys, China trial is a match without stakes. People should always know the difference between a match with stakes and a match without stakes. It helps understand the motivation of the players to win when things are not going their way. Trials are not for the core players per se, they are...

The stroke is good for what it is. The muscle sequencing is much better now. You will probably need extremely good serves to get a ball that you can apply this to on a regular basis. But as a stroke, I don't see anything significantly wrong with and am intrigued as to how it would look in a...

Bigger swings are good close to the table as well, the question is what happens if the ball comes back, but just about every Chinese player (and many top non-Chinese players) use this stroke close to the table. But of course, on a ball that is not designed to come back.

IMHO, the Chest facing left is actually correct, it would be a much bigger problem if the arm came across the body and the chest wasn't facing left.