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He has the best everything in the world, he just is so good at everything that he uses everything. Signed ‐ ML FANBOI.

You forget that he is also 7 to 14 years older than these players. We pick the reasons we want to focus on. More seriously, I think ML has one of the best backhand strokes in the world. My point is that backhand stroke is not backhand play. Others may differ. Your point is not different...

It fits his game well, but the overall play is definitely not as dynamic as say Liang Jingkun, Harimoto, Lin Gaoyuan or Fan Zhendong. It is technically a great stroke but I would t call it the best or the overall play better than those 4. And I haven't gotten to the true backhand specialists...

Doubles is not an Olympic event apart from the teams with one match. Mixed doubles, they didn't send their World Champion team but I agree with you, they have risk there. But if they use their best players in doubles like XX-FZD or XX-ML, it won't matter. Same for XX-LSW or if they give their...

I think of ML as the last penholder in the Ma Lin tradition. I don't know if anyone has the instincts to play that much forehand anymore. Even the chop blocking and backhand blocking is tied to that style. He doesn't play Chiquita as much because he still plays more for the first forehand...

Thanks but it is something that Liu Guoliang talks about a lot. He blamed it for Ma Long's tightness facing Wang Hao. He even talked about how he would encourage Wang Hao to win only one match or game when Wang Hao felt tight because of the weight of performing as the World Champion. And I...

Yes those comments are partly modesty. But they are partly to reduce the pressure on himself. You can disagree but other coaches have pointed this out. When you respect your opponent, you don't panic when things are not going well like Ma Long used to. He is struggling with Harimoto, he...

Not just modesty. He learned the hard way the pressure you put on your game when you tell yourself you are much better than other players. So add experience to modesty.

Since you coach you are obviously a good player. So I think what you are looking for is a justification to use a blade you are comfortable with. I would say that don't doubt your feeling. Children can adapt to anything but once you have developed a certain feeling, it is hard to change. But...

The frequency measure is not a measure of speed but a measure of stiffness. The specific blade tested also impacts the results as wood and glue are not super consistent materials. So you can be very right. The point is that usually, when I call a blade too slow or too fast, I am usually...

I would say start here - it is one variable amongst many but it lets you get a feel on what you like and what you dislike. Rather than buying and testing blades indiscriminately, this measurement lets you get a handle on what kind of vibration you like in your blades. http://www.ttbla.de/...

You mean in the China Open, right? Not the Olympics right?

Again, missing the point but that is okay. It is a good thinks it is not your job because if you don't understand what motivates people, you will do a bad job managing interests. I love watching good table tennis. But many countries only invest in sports when they think they will win medals...

So I thought about it, I think your problem on the forehand is that you engage the upper arm too much. I am not sure it is really too much but it seems you are compensating for not folding or unfolding your torso with raising and dropping the arm on the swing sometimes.

Not so sure. But I suspect at times that people with an inability to empathize often enjoy denigrating the views of others who disagree with them. Some people just like more diversity of winners. Some people like a dominant champion. Some people realize that sports are not invested in in many...

People continue to misunderstand HT, it is not about the BH rallies but about the speed of his game.

For me, it is fairly obvious that the players of today are not WH or ZJK quality for age or technical reasons. It is also fairly obvious to me that ML is a GOAT. Can we move on and stop giving silly arguments for what we already believe because we aren't mature enough to handle disagreement?

This win over LGY does the same thing. Harimoto looks better and better in perspective. It also means that even with the gap in experience, FZD, LJK and LGY might be closer together than I thought after Marvelous 12.

Lin is tilting...

WMY served the same way vs LSW as well. I think she just prefers to get returns from that point on the table. I suspect coaches will encourage her to change this later but this will likely be forever her preferred mode of play.