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Deuce takes up a lot of time. People take more time to play multiple points given the impact of the points. So it is an easy way to shorten the game - avoiding those points. For time constrained events with TV broadcasting limits etc, this is important.

You are hitting the proper sweetspot of the blade. There are people who will tell you that carbon blades have larger sweetspots than regular blades. The truth is that the reason why my backhand is so good is that I have always hit the sweetspot with it even when I was 1400. You see the marks...

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Traditional European style vs close to the table Asian style. When most Europeans see it for the first time, they always complain "no one in my club plays like that!"

Variation in serve return is a must for any advanced player. If you do anything the same way all the time, it makes advanced players faster and faster. In fact, FZD's coaches have worked hard on getting him to improve his short pushes.

Cai Zhenhua was a shakehander. But you really mean two winfed looper and while there were a few others who didnt win WTTC, yes, KLH and WLQ were leaders of a new school.

You just want her to get a flexier blade. Garaydia is very stiff. It might sound crazy to you but for me, Viscaria and ZJK are too stiff. I keep hoping it will change so I hope I will be wrong some day.

Yes. Her.

Well, soft hands is not as critical as proper hitting or blocking technique but both can go together especially if the player holds the bat too tightly in general (I like to believe that my hands are always soft). So yes, try to replace the stuff she currently does with proper blocking...

It might sound funny but I never thought of KLH as a forehand dominant player.

It is addressed to the level of player who is asking about the problem. You are asking why everyone doesn't do it which is a different question with a different answer.

It all depends on how you define old school, but it seems that yes, Ma Long is more forehand dominant in his overall play than ZJK or FZD, and is also more likely to push more balls back than FZD (ZJK not so much), but is diverse enough to play almost any style.

Practicing blocking is not as easy as it sounds. Many people thinknthry know how to block but they really don't. You have to work on eliminating the urge to spin and keep her from lifting the ball. In other words, she has to hit the ball relatively flat with her counterhit. It's...

The thing is that too many people learn to topspin without learning to block. It is possible but difficult to develop a close to the table topspin without a proper understanding of a close to the table block. She doesn't know how to play a forward topspin and she probably thinks it is a good...

The thing is this - I understand what ttmonster is trying to do and there is no guarantee it will work, though it can. As a coach and a player, these are experiments that I consistently do and find helpful because they open my eyes to aspects of my game that I usually like to ignore and I can...

I used to believe that carbon blades have larger sweetspots but it is not true. What really happens is that stiffer blades do not vibrate as much when you miss the sweetspot and there is a consistently higher rebound in most carbon blades. That said, if you don't learn to hit the true sweets...

This is going to be interesting. Let me know how it goes. I think the Viscaria is likely to be a mistake as Koto is a hard outer ply to feel unless you have good contact depth and Hinoki is 95% about the feeling. She definitely won't feel more spin with a Viscaria even if she gets it. The...

Last major thing I got from a high level coach. The backhand loop as an opening shot is mostly good vs shots which are regular and predictable. While you can train your backhand to improve against shots that are hard to time, the limited range of the backhand will never let it replace a...

The biggest thing is that you will have many more role models and people to follow. My biggest role models for backhand play with my current strokes are this guy (for obvious reasons given my height and the fact that I don't grip switch) and Kreanga. All of this guy's technique are a beauty to...