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ML not doing post-match interviews said it all. He let one slip and he knew it. What it means for the future is the question. But not giving post-match interviews is not consistent with being okay with a loss because you didn't give your best. Not consistent at all. ML actively used his...

Whatever Ma Long lost (assuming mild rust) is invisible to my naked eye. He let FZD off the hook at the Asian Cup. I don't know what to take from a loss where Ma Long was up in just about every game. His serves look nastier and his third ball is surprisingly sharper. He just got caught by...

I have a high level friend who thinks Xu Xin hates playing his compatriots and can't bring forth the same effort as he does against players from other countries. My friend doesn't deny Xu Xin's imbalanced game so I found his perspective interesting.

Yeah. Though I believe if Xu Xin hadn't played all the events he was eligible for (which he also all won apart from the singles), it might have been a different story.

In 2015, I believe he got Fang Bo and lost 3-4 in R16 or so. He really deserves better.

Xu Xin will get ML. He has that kind of luck.

This is true but besides the point. Rubbers are different but not so different that you can't learn how to adjust to them once you get a feel for what the rubber is supposed to do. Tenergy 64 is more speed oriented but it is still a very spinny rubber. It blocks and pushes well. I believe...

At that time he should have beaten Lee Sang Su.

The backhand is like a penhold backhand. You can see it from the way Boggan blocks. The shots in first point in the match against Dubina are backhands. The anti is for variation, usually to try to block the ball short to being the opponent in or to maintain position at the table. It is not a...

Great stuff. If he is willing to figure out LP or MP by himself, you have given him the best response. A bit hard without a coach but not impossible.

I rarely ever analyze anything other than footwork and body rotation from the back. Hard to make serious comments about your technique from this camera angle.

Losing to young improving players is part of the cycle of table tennis. Even if you improve he will probably improve more. If you are USATT 1100, there are many ways to improve, the problem though is that most of them require you to find and play better players and to learn and understand...

I find for me that revisiting bad footage allows me to put the play on perspective and find my own story. It may not happen immediately the match is over but I find a time to do it.

Feel better. Not sure whether I told you I played JT at the Cary Cup.

I wrote a long response to this before I had to do other stuff so I never posted it. Zeio translated LGL saying that one of the reasons that ML perpetually struggled with WH was that he didn't position himself properly from a mental standpoint and it affected this technical execution. ZJK...

MY club tournament was today. Ever since my club down sized to a smaller space, they have not had good tournaments, only for players U2000, which means I am only eligible when I am playing bad lol. So since I lost a few points at my last 2 tournaments, I was eligible again. All the other...

Boosting is not was what people think it is, the main purpose of boosting is to make the sponge more elastic/compressible. The effect is temporary but may get you through an initiation period. I would just get the sponge hardness you really want and just rub a thin layer of oil on the sponge...

That royally sucks. Good luck finding a new coach. Is your coach moving to a far away place?

Just record the session. Usually that captures the information and you can then review, learn and fix.

You are a very good player so the advice is a bit more difficult. I will give you my prescription. 1. Stop using the robot. Use multiball. 2. Backhand play is very different from forehand play for most players. Backhand is good against quality ball. Backhand is not so good against a...