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Watching table tennis with higher level players and coaches or discussing the game with high level players and coaches gives you a variety of insights and let's you know you different your naive perspective can be from a professional. I remember one time a good player told me that a higher...

Not to derail this thread in the absence of matches but here is Ma Long at 14. For Harimoto at 14, watch T2. https://youtu.be/99tgBH1n4Nc People watching Harimoto often confuse technique with age.

"Relatively weak forehand", "flat hits"... you do realize that this is a 15/16 year old playing against men and he is weaker from a power perspective on all fronts if he plays a consistency rally as opposed to a placement and speed game?

Yes points won to points lost ratio. This happened on year in the World Cup where all 3 players went 1-1 and all scores were 4-3 between Assar, Tsuboi and Appolonia.

This is clearly what they do. As yoass said you have to read between the lines. If you watch the Ice Cream video, I can hear Dan saying that one of the blades is too fast and likely unplayable for many players but maybe I am the only one hearing this as I am listening for it.

Not if he wins the group. Not if both ML and FZD win their groups.

Carbs and sugars especially have a link to depression so be careful. Sleep is important for all things in life. So is sun exposure.

The reason I ask for these things is not so much because I want to actually learn high level footwork, it is because I want to hope to understand high level table tennis better. The more I learn the more aware I am of how little I know.

Everyone needs to be careful in that Ma Long group. And while Achanta is the designated whipping boy, he is experienced enough to take advantage of anyone who had a bad day.

Come on Lula, just tape and post to the forum. Use unlisted on YouTube. Thanks in advance

I am a bit jealous, if I was there I would be taping this coach all the time.

She got a chopper. She is lucky.

Yeah. We all know the theory. But Ma Long is reality.:p

Both are very important obviously. It all depends on what level you are training the player for and whether it is likely to change upwards or not. If you are training the player for high level, focus on footwork. For Lower levels, focus on strokes. Both are important though and everyone...

Nah, not really nervous. I tried a bit too hard but the ball was shit. Look at a better player (USATT 2400) https://youtu.be/ByghLFrmCVU

In my experience the D40+ and other ABS seamed balls have been great as far as consistency of the play if 3*. The seamless have more variation with some brands good and some brands not so much. But 1 star seamless are just not round and/or balanced. If they land on the wrong point, they...

Hahaha... I really did not want to waste his time. I lost to a guy who talked a lot in between points earlier in the day and I don't wish that on anyone. I really should have stayed in group B lol rather than going into group A.

It was a large snake seed - 160 players, 32 groups of 5 in the 1st round robin. All 1st placed players play in an event , the second round robin, All 2nd placed players in another event etc. I won the 32nd group and got seeded as the weakest player in the draw in the group with the strongest...

1 star seamless balls are not round and are a waste of money.

The funny thing is that Bryan's stroke is pretty short, the arm position is driven by the rotation of the hips not by the arm being pulled back (which is what I do and which makes my stroke pretty long). It's just a different technique and you can get something similar with a bent arm. You can...