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My feet are on the same line (I don't put one in front of the other) - so both are on the same line, but one is looking at 10 and the other is looking at 2 or more likely 3, hence the time 10:10 or 10:15. But I try not to put one far behind the other.

Foot positioning. My feet are relatively parallel. It is just how they point.

It is correct. I am more like 10:15. Some people would advocate 10:10 but for me, 10:15 is more stable. I try to play all my shots out of 10:15. Unless I bias myself to play a power forehand or backhand to end the point.

BTW, Dubina is not recommending a specific stance. He is saying that your stance should be able to support forehand and backhand to all points on the table as you get better in order to play faster. This is related to what Takkyu is saying. I used to argue with my coaches for a long time...

My precise assessment as well. When I learned to beat such players, my game actually got better because it enhanced my ability to read and eliminate certain kinds of balls. I also suspect that he has major short game or in and out issues that can be exploited if you build out that skill set...

I don't feel that I play any differently from how Dubina describes. I just do it with the right foot pointing slightly outwards. I rotate over my base and I don't bend my knees as much. I try to play my backhand out of that stance as well as much as possible, even down the line, by moving...

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I can't really understand what Takkyu is saying either, but the one thing that Brett tried to explain when he was here was that if you are a backhand player, you can often struggle with balls that are suddenly played to your wide forehand. That's why he worked a lot on cross step and pivot...

I personally find it more difficult to play a forehand if my right foot is not pointing to the side. Both my feet are always pointing outwards at about the same angle to each other. But I will try to give my best explanation of what you said the way I understand it.

The same motion that produced the serve will lift the ball, you just have to get lower and avoid driving the ball unless you have confidence in your swing violence. That is why I serve lots of no spin - getting low is too much work and at my level, if you don't put the ball past someone, it...

Well said. The real issue is technical competence when serving. I had decent serves but only a deceptive backspin no spin thing when I first started working with Brett. My game went in the last two years from serving to get into rallies to being unable to win matches if my opponent returned...

Suds79, It is good that you are figuring some of these things out. In general, it is the kind of stuff a good coach shows you if they know what they are doing. By the way. There is absolutely nothing wrong with serving flat and underneath the ball to get heavy backspin. You just need to...

Turn down the apin and have it hit into the table as if serving to reduce the spin further.

The blade construction and design will account for these things.

There are Hinoki ALC blades, why not spruce ALC?

My apologies I sometimes develop tunnel vision.

I haven't used ALC-S but there is something about the thickness of the ALC that is off putting.

Sure, but we are trying to figure out who Matt was referring to, not list all the good players in the USA. Gacina played as if he wanted Kai to just miss and Kai doesn't do that much as Westchester. He plays 50-100 pts better at that club than he does outside of it.

If you watch closely it is fairly obvious. A lot of CNT are Viscaria users if not all ALC users.

Nah. Junhan Wu is from Matt's club and had only lost one match on US soil. Different level from most players we see here, most of his competition is on the west coast.