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Timo Boll and Mizutani are also lacking a good forehand according to this standard, no?

You have improved a lot. The only thing I would say is work on taking the ball earlier. The stroke adaptation you need to make to do it consistently will help your overall game. You are letting the ball drop way too often and it is not allowing you to take advantage of your athleticism. When...

Would like to add one comment to this: it is a common mistake amongst adults working on their technique to believe that you develop powerful technique by swinging at the ball hard all the time. You don't learn to swing at the ball hard or to time the ball better by swinging at it hard...

People don't understand what it is like to be at the top of your sport in your country, but to try anything to beat the people you can't beat.

In the first game at 5-4, there was another point which I felt that LSW won where the ball also hit the edge but no one noticed. In the end, these errors are part of table tennis. If we introduce reliable replay, let's use it, but if not, let the umpire's decision stand.

What he probably means is that people have said that there is a slight handle heavy balance in the Boll ALC vs the head heavy balance of the Boll Spirit which some people say makes the Boll ALC easier to use with heavier rubbers like Tenergy. It is a relatively mild thing and not enough IMO to...

Yes, but corkscrew is a kind of sidespin - not lateral like hook, but more deviation - but the key is terminology. That's why it is important to look at video and stop speaking past each other. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O2vrVwjqktg&feature=youtu.be&t=35 Some people still call hitting the...

So how many loops in this video are not "hooks" of the type that ade14212 is describing? It's language but the point again is that many "topspin loops" begin with contact on the side and are hooks with minimized sidespin. You see it most clearly in the loops that ZJK is hitting towards the...

On the blade question, using a slower blade never hurts especially when developing aspects of your technique. That said, it does take time to adjust in either direction and the time taken to adjust must be accepted.

With all due respect, you can only speak about ratings and what it takes to maintain them with some confidence when you have actually achieved them. 1800 and 2100 are like night and day, I tend even when I am losing rating points not to lose to 1800 players who are not actually playing at a...

I was a bit disappointed to see LSW choke again. But hopefully, her day will come again. ZYL baits you into off balance attacks so LSW needed to stop taking so much risk. ZYL is one of the best topspin defenders of all time Zhang Yining style.

Lol. The answer is with regard to all strokes. His technique is more hand speed dependent on all strokes than other players.

Miu Hirano needs to go to the gym - couldn't loop LSW's push.

3rd place : Miu Hirano vs Cheng I-Ching

I'm not skeptical at all. I've spoken to pros about this first hand.

Yes, but in addition to the control issues you have already mentioned, the fact that his toss is not high and his motion is short means that some people will follow your logic and assume his spin is not that high. That is the kind of deception I am talking about. And he is in a unique position...

Actually, it's the other way round. The low toss serve allows him to deceptively generate spin that people do not expect. The issue is that he is often borderline on legality. Boll has exceptionally fast hand action so it is not something that would work for everyone. But it also makes toss...

My game isn't precise enough to care about these things. As long as the topsheet is fresh and the rubber adheres to the blade, I just loop the heck out of the ball. Vega PRo and other 2nd gen tensors are going at a great price these days. Loving Tibhar Genius now...

You should get power from your core. What is not obvious in that video is that I have bad knees so I do not get as much from legs as I would like but I get enough from my core/hips to do my own stroke. That video is also 2 and a half years old. The arm should be relaxed but the people who...

Here is my stroke self hitting. I think I used to use and probably still use too much arm and forearm and not enough bod on the forehand topspin. But I post it mostly to give whocares an idea of my sidespin and my contact point. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4aPh10ClZfU&feature=youtu.be&t=274...