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I read some comment and I shake my head. Reminds me of the mytt days where people would write some very elegant posts full of scientific knowledge about how racket angle should never change and couldn't hit a backspin ball to save their lives. Everyone should be forced to post video of...

So I will say this: amateurs, especially though who haven't developed technical and spin awareness on a great number of strokes, overestimate vastly the technical control they have. So when they miss, they often cannot put it in a box other than say they are not playing well. As you play more...

I am not claiming I always won, but trust me, I would argue that I won (and lost) some close matches due to cheering myself (and crowd influence) because I definitely felt better when I spoke to myself out loud in competitive situations where the crowd was hostile. Crowd sometimes is coaches...

If he is winning, for the people who get nervous, it won't matter. BTW, another thing I learned, which I know is controversial, is the power of people cheering you on and the power of people cheering against you. When I went into hostile crowds/clubs to play, and people were cheering my...

You probably know this, but just about everyone at the amateur level has an imbalanced game. No one can learn everything at once, and we are forced to learn what we don't have other time if we want to get to the next level or even maintain, either to prevent people from exploiting our...

There was an overpriced book called "Get your game face on" by Dora Kurimay, but it was only overpriced relative to expected value in pages. For some people it may be too cheap. But it takes you through how to build a standard preprint routine.

Will replace with an edited version when I make one. Comments welcome. And I would like Wrighty to observe the general elbow positioning of both players and the degree of upper arm usage - and these players both tend to use their upper arm more than most players at their level to be honest.

So I skipped playiing on Friday this week and played on Saturday. I expect to play later today as well. I finally have some decent footage (though unedited) of me playing and struggling with good opposition as well as stuff that you can use to criticize my game and my advice on anything...

This is true as well - playing lots of competitive events let me see that my rating wasn't some magical thing, and it got to a point when I understood my game stopped losing without an explanation. The other thing that helped was recording my matches, because recording them allowed me to use...

This stuff happens to top players too by the way. One of the great things recently on mytt and ttd (thanks to zeio, apacible and pongfugrasshopper) is that we get translations from a lot of Asian players. In the recent Japanese Championships, Hina Hayata was going for the triple crown (mixed...

Focusing on process is no guarantee you will. But nothing really is. Your opponent has a right to play well too. That's why I try to put some language around the TT learning so that people can go in with a process. But in the end, until you have incredibly mature technique, your control and...

In all things in life, process over results. People who get nervous are too focused on the results. People who focus on the process tend to not get nervous. Since the results sometimes matter, and framing can help you focus, you need to find balance, but you will never find it by focusing on...

Your game has some ways to go, but I can see the potential for sure, especially on service. You do need to be much more aggressive (or at least develop the potential to be, especially vs backspin) - I suspect that if your opponent knew what to do with backspin, the match could have been very...

Partly to make Tony's point, you have to have played enough to struggle against all kinds of players, including choppers, to understand how fast equipment can hurt your game. I am not saying this means that all wood is the way to go for everyone. But what I mean is that if you are someone who...

For an athlete in your condition, without knowing the full context which might affect my thoughts, your practice seems too safe and doesn't seen designed to generate powerful or extremely well placed shots. But maybe there is something I am missing that would put this in perspective.

I think you should give it a few years and then revisit. Most of the adult amateurs I know do use carbon blades, and for a long time, I was the exception. That many people are going to stickier rubbers to get the spin back to me supports Tony's point of view, I just don't think it captures all...

Richie is one of the stronger adult amateur late bloomers on the site, IMHO, we should all be happy that he is eager to post on a regular basis.

Usually the German system is USATT minus 400 points. And in the German system 1800 is usually a master level player as it is 2200 In the US that puts you close to the top 2% what that means with all the international immigration is open to discussion. I am usually somewhere in the top 10% at...

Even Ma Long and Timo Boll don't attack all the time, it is just a bit harder to them back off compared to us.

http://mytabletennis.net/FORUM/topic92947_page1.html#1138254 For people who may want to know what was said.