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I went back to the same club today, this time brought my regular racket. Near the end of the session played some singles. First against a guy who's been a bit better than me, I think I beat him once 3-2, but lost a few times 3-1 and 3-2. I beat him 3-0 this time and it felt pretty easy. I...

It's probably timing that's messing you up the most at this point. When I came back from my leg fracture I felt that was the most difficult. I had my first couple sessions just against my robot, felt I got the timing back, then I went to the club and it was another huge adjustment. For every...

After the recent weeks of practice, I think I'm starting to get pretty good with the whole BH stroke. I can whack the ball pretty nicely now, with solid timing, footwork, and overall form. When I do drills with the robot I would start by just pure hitting, it's kind of like if you were to...

We sure are! I just had a super long session at the club, 5 hours, starting with a 1 hour coaching session. I always spend most of the time working on the basics, there seems to always be some room for improvement. On both sides I tried to work on a slight grip change mentioned in my previous...

Had a training session yesterday with my now 2 training partners (they come to my place back to back). On the FH side I worked on using a smaller motion mostly. I also tried to fine tune my backswing a bit, load my right leg a bit more and rotate to the right a bit more. It took a bit of time to...

At the clubs where Butterfly tables are used I usually don't get a good warmup either, so that might contribute, though the balls I have the most issues with is probably the opening up. Sidespin especially destroys me as they curve so much more than I expect on the sticky tables. Tomorrow I'll...

I haven't been able to play much lately. Had a week of vacation in Korea, caught a cold there so was out of action most of last week. This week is gonna be busy at work and soccer is starting back up. I went to a different club this weekend after being invited by a club mate. The level of...

Not so much boos, but they started laughing when WRB said "first of all, I'd like to thank TH", then again when he said "he's a great player", thinking that he was being sarcastic, I suppose. Both times WRB shook his head indicating that he was being sincere.

They probably would root for anyone against the Japanese players right now. Too bad for Tomo (great match though!), but I'd still take Miwa over Kuai Man.

I predict the Harimoto siblings winning the finals. It's about time but finally 80+ years later Japan and their Chinese collaborators conquer Chongqing! :ROFLMAO:

Butterfly blades are pre-sealed, plus many Butterfly blades use Koto outer which doesn't splinter as much as Limba, the material often used on DHS and Stiga blades. Butterfly's glue is also way too strong, it destroys both the blade and the rubber way too easily. Luckily for the OP, you...

Hmm I hadn't thought of that. I've always predominantly served short backspins. At lower levels that tends to devolve into pushing matches for many people, and I'd take advantage with my superior opening loop. I'll try serving predominantly short topspin instead. It'll probably take some...

Oh for sure! I'm a pretty methodical guy when it comes to problem solving. I like to break a complex issue down to simpler components, then lay out a plan to attack them one by one in what I feel is a logical manner. When I first started TT, I figured that every point starts with a service and...

Have you tried playing without hitting into the sponge? That's what a lot of players do, and for that purpose H3 is very good as the difficulty in hitting into the sponge becomes a positive rather than a negative. With other rubbers, you may accidentally hit into the sponge, causing catapult...

Thanks, I haven't really explored that topic before, gonna have to look into it a bit more. I've noticed that my off hand is a bit "droopier" than pros. Maybe I'll try something like guiding the ball in with my off hand or something, see if it can help my timing and footwork.

Ha, in a drill perhaps, I'm far from that in matches! It's getting better, my club time these days is mostly spent trying to find any disconnect between match play and training form, then finding ways to bridge those gaps in practice. Coaching sessions are mostly for me to refine the base...

So here are some clips of my coaching session today showing where my technique is at right now: We worked on a number of things: FH: Most recent improvements are in more effective energy transfer from hip rotation to the arm. Next up I'll be trying to load my right leg a bit more, and try to...

I'm not saying slow, spinny loops are easy to deal with, they certainly present their own difficulties, just that people need to be a bit more careful about talking about spin and speed as if you can only have one and not the other. He did it against block, BTW! As for blade frequency, it...

So, I think my current BH technique may just be good now? After incorporating everything in my previous post over the past few days, my BH is feeling just fantastic! Even on softer shots I'm getting the feeling of solid contact and a bit of hold-and-shoot with the ball, and I can actually...

Yes, I believe Zyre is indeed very spinny. My issue with Zyre is that it just doesn't give you a lot of feedback. You don't really get that feeling of slinging the ball forward with Zyre, it kind of just bounces off. Two other points: 1) I agree with @canonFH re: optimizing for current...