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I always find it amusing when people give a lot of good advice to someone who they have never seen play and whose standard they do not know. I find it amusing because I used to be one of those players who used to receive and give advice. The difference was that I was also a player who played...

Thanks. What is the justification? Why him and not Maharu?

Who are the men? Harimoto, Mizutani, Niwa, and ....

People make public policy decisions that can be right or wrong all the time. They want more discretion in selecting US team members that support the USATT goals. ITTF and FIFA did something similar to discourage all teams from fielding immigrant national teams just to win medals. For a...

China chose Zhang Jike despite his having the lower world ranking than Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin. Fan Zhendonf qualified by ranking but they replaced him with Zhang Jike no questions asked. They even took Xu Xin for 3rd spot over Fan who was ranked #2 behind Ma Long and who came second in...

Yes, but it all depends on the basis of the supposed unfairness. In America, we have affirmative action policies as well and that are built into the law as needed. It really comes down to what the law says and how a judge interprets it. She has to show that she is disparately impacted in some...

My point is that her challenging the system does nothing other than to make it clear she is against it. Similar complaints have been lodged in the past about how the national teams for boys and girls have been selected and they didn't get far if I remember correctly.

Well, Kanak Jha didn't. Lily Zhang didn't either. Ariel Hsing did. The whole dynamics is interesting. Consider China. Their inverted players used to beat the pips out players in training matches/trials. Yet they sent their pips out players to compete because they thought it was best for...

She can do what she wants. Maybe she will win maybe she won't.

I actually trust the USATT HPD on this one. I know why the other athletes like Wang Chen are complaining but I think that Jorg Bitzigeio has been good for our sport in the US and that there is little wrong in making sure that spots are used to develop talent and not to satisfy the wishes of...

Chopping on the forehand (with thick inverted rubber) is much harder. Joo Se Hyuk is the notable exception of a defender who had this ability. Usually most defenders who chop on the forehand use something slower and thinner to play on the forehand. Those who play offensive loops off the table...

Here are the Hinoki outers with inner ZLC/ALC/C that I have. 1. Garaydia ALC 2. Garaydia ZLC 3. Garaydia T5000 4. Tibhar Inca 5. Rossi Emotion I also have a BBC Hinoki Ghost that doesn't qualify.

I struggle to play with the hinoki outer ply blades I have. The plastic ball seems to have affected my feeling and I can't block consistently with them anymore.

There are many grips that work. The main thing is that it works for you and you feel comfortable transitioning into the grip when you want to play a backhand. Ma Long does a major grip change to play his backhand as do Timo Boll and Dima Ovtcharov. I don't put my thumb on the rubber but those...

When you are close to the table, using the body is far more important than people realize. The question is what do you mean by "using the body"? It is all about subtle use of the core and hip movements. If not the stroke will not have power. Even if it is just a small shoulder shrug or a...

It's not so different that a player couldn't adjust between both blades. Wood is a living thing and the natural variation makes those blades more similar than different. At worst, TBS might be a bit more head heavy than the others but again, it is not a radical difference. It is just the...

https://youtu.be/OeLFTvTfhGY That's the video. The subs are valuable and I loved the unsheath the sword paradigm. I would say play forward more vs topspin, play more circular vs backspin. But in the end just experiment with different contact points vs different spins. My main point is that...

There is a really good video about backhand flick with FZD. Give it a look, the mechanics of cranking the arm helped me with the backhand as well.

As long as you remember that you are mostly going in a circle and you try to figure out where on the ball to hit to give you the result you are looking for, it tends to work itself out. I find the instructions for perfect technique too confusing, muscle and memory are built over time and...