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Anyone can maintain an ELO system. Ratings central exists if someone wants to put in the results. This has been my position forever because I was a victim of the lack of participation driven by the old system when China didn't send any players to the World Cup in Philadelphia. The new system...

Yeah but it is a complex topic. I do like Barbora's game but I think she might need to lose some weight but it is just an uneducated observation.

Unlikely to be at the European games, since this is only rue 2nd one ever.

National pride is like family pride or team pride, it has its good side and its bad side. Unfortunately those who see evil in it make it all about the bad side. It makes you wonder if they have children or want to raise children.

Groth seems to be playing lights out TT as well. He may actually be on equal terms in the final given he usually plays Timo well.

The advice to stop after hitting the ball to me will end up confusing a player who doesn't understand it. If Ma Long or Xu Xin is doing a windmill forehand or a big backhand, are they trying to stop after hitting the ball? What they do is they have a contact point and finishing position for...

No system is going to get you everything you want, you need to decide what you are trying to achieve and see which goals are more important. No system is beyond criticism. Are you trying to ensure people play to maintain rankings or trying to measure player strength more accurately ?

If you translate the Chinese for loop, it means to "pull past". So the Chinese define the loop as a stroke where you can't stop at the ball. That is part of the reason I ask the question because sometimes, people mean different things from what they think they are saying so I try to understand...

Thanks but there was a specific reason I asked the question. We see TT differently. Sun Wen won quite a lot of points from service winners and serve return winners. Is that in your analysis as well? And are those also weaknesses of Harimoto? Isn't it easier to conclude that in many ways...

If you play your forehand, do you stop your stroke after you hit the ball? Just curious.

Do you have a similar analysis for Ma Long or Xu Xin or Fan Zhendong? If you did, maybe it would help you see why your approach to this issue is limited. In fact do it for ML FZD all 3 matches this year.

I believe he was 3rd (Haha zeio reminds me I am getting old) place at the last games so upset is relative and maybe partly driven by new ranking system considerations.

Will do. I was a bit too sensitive to what I perceived to be bad coaching. Everyone has a right to post what they want and I should let the reader judge (after all, I didn't end up in hospital after taking all the bad advice seriously, though my TT did get derailed for a few years).

Solja loses deuce in the 7th.

Nah, noticing facts makes you guilty of dehumanizing hate. Just pretend it is all European TT so we can all live happily ever after.

Let's give an example not related to Ito or Harimoto. Quadri Aruna had a backhand so deficient 6 months prior to the Olympics that Chuan Chi Yuan beat Aruna so badly (in Aruna's words, CCY brought his own ball and didn't let Aruna play). At the Olympics, CCY was asked how he lost to Aruna 0-4...

Re deploy, Redploy!

I don't think I ever said great player. When I am being reflective, I really mean that critics should give some evidence of their play or some perspective of their experience so others can see where they are coming from. I will accept coaching experience too, I have seen adults who can't play...

That is fine. I am always a fan of reality. As long as you don't ignore facts, please tell any story you want.

Yeah but their names tell a different story. It's not like Japan where you change your name when you become Japanese.