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  1. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    That was what I meant. Great match.
  2. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    Timo!!
  3. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    This is becoming embarrassing - Fan using the Infinite Viscaria is not Fan using DHS FB....
  4. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Pretty much sums it up, yes.
  5. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    He is, but no point calling him out. Harimoto and Niwa won a lot of games at deuce. Dima has only played one bad game the whole tournament, his game 6 vs Harimoto. But he has pretty much dominated both matches despite the deceptive score lines. I hope he just gets luckier in those margins if...
  6. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Current rankings... 1. JeffM 2. Confiscate 3. ttmonster 3.5 Boogar 4. OSP (no match, but at least practiced in the club) 5. MichalZ (not a club match but a match) 6. suds79 (entry posted a month ago)
  7. Do you need ‘perfect’ technique to be good at table tennis?

    From what I hear, during match broadcasts on CCTV, the commentators criticize the forehand techniques of Boll and Mizutani often enough.
  8. Do you need ‘perfect’ technique to be good at table tennis?

    Good Technique is also the cause of injuries so it is good that your coach is giving you safe technique. Safe technique is not necessarily the same thing as good technique depending on the individual. Jimmy Connors doesn't play table tennis. In fact, you hear some people mocking good players...
  9. Dimitrij Ovtcharov The New World Number 1!

    Your likes against mine, buddy!
  10. Do you need ‘perfect’ technique to be good at table tennis?

    No, great technique doesn't get bad press. The points made by "opponents" of good technique just reminds you that perfect technique may not be that much better than good technique in its output, and that other things likely play a larger role in world class success than technique despite the...
  11. Do you need ‘perfect’ technique to be good at table tennis?

    Timo Boll and Dima are the best players in Europe. Do they have the best technique in Europe? Mizutani is the best player in Japan. Does he have the best technique in Japan? Good technique has to check the boxes. But what makes great players great is rarely about their checking the boxes ...
  12. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    People just have fewer doubts and arguments about what they are used to. Everyone knows that in every sport, #1 in the world is not always the same as the best player in the world. But getting to #1 ranking is usually an achievement to celebrate regardless. When Timo Boll was #1 in the world...
  13. Do you need ‘perfect’ technique to be good at table tennis?

    I fully empathize with Tom in more ways than he will ever know. The best part of many of these youtube posts is getting to see the commenters play if they ever let you see them. It makes you take them less seriously in general.
  14. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    He beat Koki Niwa yesterday/today. Case closed.
  15. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    My arguments are not serious arguments, my arguments are because you are acting like anyone saying something about Ma Long is the devil. Take a chill pill. Dima hadn't beating Fan Zhendong before they played last month, so whose fault is it that Dima hasn't played Ma Long this year? Before Ma...
  16. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    Since you are a Ma Long friends and family member I am sure this post is your obligation. Dima has beaten every player he has played this year. He cannot apologize for not beating players who are injured or not playing or who are protesting or players who are not playing the events he is...
  17. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    Isn't it painfully obvious?
  18. World Tour Grand Finals 2017

    I love this post. It is important to keep this perspective. When Ma Long was #1 before 2012, many Chinese legends felt so what, he wasn't the best player and that Wang Hao was better because he had no majors. Dima has won one of 2 majors played this year, most of the top tournaments and still...
  19. Tips driving against short pips

    This is misleading. The most important thing is to practice against the pips and to get a better idea of what kinds of balls are generated in response to your incoming shots by reading your misses. The game is too fast for intellectual understanding to suffice and the level of this player is...
  20. More power/speed from LIGHTER or HEAVIER blade?

    I personally play better and hit faster shots with a lighter blade. Where a heavier blade helps for me is actually in blocking and decelerating the ball. I also think that there is a feeling of solidity and dwell that comes from using a heavier blade. But my swing speed and ball quality in...
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