Search results

You must be happy - so far this is more like an annihilation than a match.

Thanks for the linked video. Right now we have Hayata - Kihara.

It is a mixed bag. I won't pretend to be a guy who hasn't lost a lot of matches using what I now consider the wrong mindset to approach illegal serving. I will remind people that table tennis is very cognitive, both technically and psychologically. Experience is the best teacher. So your...

Drinkhall played really well. That said, Quadri hasn't looked good for a while now. Hoping he returns to form at some point on the tour. Good luck with the England vs India matchups tomorrow!

It's clear it was related to something about Pitchford on that day.

There was a blocker I played a lot at tournaments (and don't get me wrong, he was pretty good at blocking because he hit with a lot of high level players and used really fast rackets). Even when I outrated him by 500 points as a 2000+ playing a 1500 player, I almost always lost the first game in...

You did the right thing, if you can't produce the spin, you don't know how to vary it and place it, so it is step by step! Your play in that video was encouraging and showed a path to serious TT, your future is bright, it is easier to teach someone who plays topspin like you do to move the ball...

In my humble opinion, this is a good match by you and a good opponent for you to play against. You can make your forehand better by improving the technique, but the overall approach was sound and I liked the way you kept your rhythm. If you had a good kill shot, this would have been no contest...

Yeah, it's clear that the pressure is on Sam.

The rally can be overrated and it is mostly about how early your strongest weapons come to bear on the point. As great as the CNT players are at rallying, most of their success has come from being able to push lots of serves short so that they know they can get the first attack in. If your...

It is definitely easier to spin with a slower(less stiff) blade, but spin is not everything, especially at your level, where the time that an opponent has to respond is very critical since they usually can handle the spin. I personally was beginning to use a Mazunov when I stopped playing...

The danger with being too aggressive over the table is being stuck over the table (or even out of position) when the ball comes back. So it becomes a balance between whether the approach is winning points or losing points in a real match, but hopefully having built the skill in practice...

Nah, you are overvaluing those push rallies. Those push rallies have very little to do with high level pushing. Moat high level deceptive pushing comes in the short or half long game. A proper long push is played off a short ball. The only time you arguably have some justification for practicing...

You got good advice from everyone. The tight short game is really a high level thing. No one pushes short at the levels you play at. Or serves short and tight. Doing so is really hard. Even top players struggle to keep the ball short consistently. I have watched matches on ittf where a...

The Korean TT scene must be fun, DerEchte likes to carry these practices with him till this day.

Pros and cons of technical vs tactical improvement is a balancing act that all adult learners must be aware of.

I will give you some food for thought and some hope though it is probably a few years away. All things being equal, the topspin stroke (forehand and backhand) is the solution to your problem. It allows you to attack any long ball and even some high over the table balls, as long as you read the...

We've all battled with it in various ways, trust me, I have seen quite a few posters on this thread in the US on their bad days. When BRS writes about this, he is speaking from experience, I won't get into the details as those are for him to share. That's why I wrote about the fact that my...

Gozo, The one thing I will accept without any pushback in what you wrote is that best of 3 is a bummer. The rest, all I will say is that as you compete more and get more perspective, you will get better at all this. Competitive matches are not the same as practice matches especially practice...

In my modest opinion, Gozo, you played really well, but as DerEchte pointed out in a different language from what I will use, you haven't played enough TT to understand and appreciate the limitations of your technique and athleticism as you try to hit the ball so hard it doesn't come back and...