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Be careful of plugging your social media links in every post you make here or you may lose your audience fast. What is the reason you ask about what level to aim to be before the tournament - are you trying to win medals in those events? Just hold your own against the competition?

That guy's serve routine is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen but the serves themselves are bad and the toss probably isn't giving him any advantage. If a guy serves everything long top spin to the same two spots for an entire match you have to be able to actively receive it.

That's great I'd love to see that too. But who is providing those numbers comprehensively? Victormanriquey?

I think everyone knows that the brand measurements cannot be compared cross-brand and that they are not truly objective but they are just meant to give customers a point of comparison. Maybe not. But I think this is common knowledge. You say there is absolute no way to compare products cross...

Are you cutting a mattress to your personal body size and then expending most of the product's useful life during a 100 day trial period? No. You would be for table tennis equipment. TT brands also provide clear information about their products and how they compare - most of them give you...

So in some cases you are recommending your customers equipment that you have tried for 30 minutes maximum? And people are letting you borrow their rackets for days and weeks at a time?

Comparing the impact of shoes in football to the impact of rubbers and blades in table tennis is ridiculous for obvious reasons. Exploit model seems a bit dramatic too, unless all product marketing is what you consider exploit models.

So if you've been playing for 8 years how many of the blades and rubbers that you recommend to people have you tried for long enough of a time to get an accurate assessment of them?

I thought you were saying something else. No doubt that there are lots of people out there who wrongfully blame their equipment for their lack of progress, you are just catering to one end of that demographic with your blog and paid "equipment consulting" service.

What is the hard proof?

Yeah for sure, many different valid coaching methods for different types of students. For those who are being taught to take bigger all body techniques as you mention, I would agree that a relatively slower and less reactive setup would be a good idea (y)(y) I wouldn't go so far as all wood and...

As the game has changed with the current ball, I see over the last 5 years that professional coaching is moving away from the all body strokes you mention and more towards fast and compact strokes with an emphasis on speed and recovery, as the game has moved that way as well. This is also why...

Complete and utter guaranteed domination by the Chinese is over. Supremacy, probably not.

Wow 80% of people you know are frustratedly lost in the EJ jungle and on the verge of quitting huh? We must have very different experiences. To me, most people not receiving coaching are just playing for fun and not expecting massive progress, and are aware that their lack of progress is due to...

What about super slow setups that don't give you the feeling of solid feedback when you play a strong topspin or flat hit, leading to fear that your contact was incorrect or that your shot will get returned aggressively with ease?

What do you mean by the big ball body motion stroke?

Fair enough that you can't compare development between those in professional training programs and those who aren't, but the point I was trying to make is that if reactive/fast equipment was the massive hindrance that common forum wisdom holds that it is, you wouldn't have people consistently...

Mostly depends on if the hypothetical beginner is working with a good coach or not. If they are, starting off with reactive blades and rubbers isn't as devastating as most people insist it is. There's a post a while back that was an old listing of the equipment of the ICC junior program's...

Smart idea. Also, you have mentioned cost before, I hope you know how expensive training at 888 long term will be unless you are maybe 2500+. Or whether it will even still exist by the time you hit the minimum rating required.

This person would probably never consider Zyre and is likely to stay with their standard ALC blade, but good to know