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Because it's difficult to enforce from the umpire's position. It's much easier to enforce the proposed rule as the umpire has a perfect view of it. It guarantees non-hidden serves (almost). I doubt it will be implemented though. Too many people have invested too much time in the old serves and...

Exactly what I proposed some time ago. Time for Par Gerell to retire.

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Learning the 'correct' technique may not be the best for you -the 'correct' technique as defined by what you currently see the Chinese National Team doing is designed for power. It has high athletic requirements and will put a lot of strain on your body, you will likely get more injured. You...

I can confirm that the Telson 100 lives up to the hype. Quite Fast and spinny, like modern rubbers twice the price. I like it better than Mantro Pro, it's grippier and spinnier. It's the first Chinese rubber I've tried that matches the performance of top-of-the-line expensive rubbers from ESN...

Because pros boost. They require a layer of glue on the sponge before boosting, so there is time to spread the booster evenly before it absorbs through the glue layer and into the sponge.

Or you could just use glue sheets, now that you don't need to boost the rubbers.

You need to look at the whole package. ML's forehand is useless without ML's extremely high-level of speed, balance, footwork, ball-sense and fitness. If you want to develop a ML forehand, you will need to simultaneously work on those other things too, otherwise you won't really have a chance to...

Big Dipper is a great hybrid, very cheap on ali express.

Look into the Donic Dotec blades. The Waldner Dotec AR is supposedly 70g and has a comfy handle. They come in left and right handed. You can use Victas VJ 07 limber / regular rubber, as they are very light weight and cheap from tt-japan. They are more speed-based than spin-based though.

I agree, and your posts are appreciated. A flexible nuanced approach is always preferable to a rigid and over-simplified one. A good coach adjusts strokes to match playing style and matches playing style to suit the player, within reason - Instead of trying to shoe-horn every player into a...

http://ww3.ping-pong.tw/index.php?language=en If you want an alternative, you can try taiwan yellow hinoki or american hinoki from this shop. They usually have plenty of 1 plies, multi plies, jpen, cpen, taiwan hybrid handles (thin and thick) and crazy octagonal blades. I have a 1 ply...

My approach is kind of imagining it like a video game. I visualise a yellow streak that I want the ball path to follow. When executing the shot I try to make the ball follow that path - I don't think about the parts of my body that will cause it to take that path (unless a very basic exercise to...

Hello, If you want to focus on your body parts for the purpose of developing a new way to execute a stroke, that is fine, but you need to make sure the exercises you do are easy and simple so that you are not overwhelming yourself. You only need to do that for a few minutes, then notice the...

The problem is enforcement. A few years ago there was a 10k tournament, in the final both players were hiding their serves. It was just serve / kill every point. The umpire called them out on it, they complained but had to start serving legally. Then there were rallies. Much better for the...

Ball must always be between the player (incl. limbs) and the table during service, with serving hand being removed immediately after toss. This is the simplest way I can think of to crack down on it. The reason most people do those standard forehand serves is because they are copying older...

Over-using robots and multiball does prevent you from developing the ability to perceive where the ball is going by watching the opponents bat. You can always do a drill with a coach of training partner to develop it though. Slow (but deep), random balls where you try to win the point through...

But Igor, this alters the properties of the rubber. You are supposed to use the rubber without modification. This is illegal! Dirty cheaters shall be damned for eternity! But if people do adopt this, at least they won't be exposing themselves to those harmful chemicals found in j&j baby oil...

Correct regarding unpredictability. In training you are in position and can execute the ideal form. In a match, if you are not in position, your body compensates for it. This is a good thing. Humans are adaptable, we didn't evolve to repeat the same identical actions every time. In nature this...

Forget about playing a power game until you are 100% back to normal. Now is the time to learn the other stuff, that you may have neglected in the past. EG: the close to the table, short stroke game style and serve and return. It requires less physical effort and footwork. It can also be...