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It's more significant than anything else, e.g. all-wood blade vs a slab of marble, speed glued eurojap rubber vs no speed glue/boost Chinese tacky rubber. Nothing was more significant than a blade with 1 rubber vs 2. Is that significant enough for you?

Objective testing has shown that they're not the same.

It should be significant compared to 0X LP, and the Tieffenbach study did show that the only thing that really matters to speed with a hard hit is the weight of the setup so there could be some advantage to it.

Brush loops are always slow, but slow loops are not always brush loops. You can go slow with a more hitting motion as well. In fact, when I have coaching sessions that's all my coach would allow me to do, slow regular loops. Nothing more than maybe 40% of my power, and no brush loops unless I'm...

You're always welcome! I'm gonna be working on some things and see if it makes a difference as well. I'a bit inspired by the TTD video with Annette Kaufmann and Spinsight. The whole TTD team managed 110's to 120's in the BH loop vs backspin, similar to me, while Kaufmann was consistently in the...

No hidden message really. I think the overall message is just to go back to the basics, the very basics. A lot of shadow training when you're not at the club, and when you're there start with the absolute basic shots like the FH drive or loops against the slowest, least spinny topspins you'd...

Believe me, I know what you're going through. I think @Takkyu_wa_inochi knows as well and despite your differences with him I believe he both laid out what needed to be done as well as set the appropriate expectations with his best intentions. He is right in stating that if you want to overhaul...

Well yes, there's a lot to think about, because there's a lot wrong with your form. You need to correct all of them if you want a better form. Did you think it was gonna be easy? Be prepared to go back and forth on all these aspects for at least 6 months as you progress on one aspect and...

The backswing, not the forward swing. You were talking about how when the ball is fast you don't have time to rotate your hips. Again, if FZD is not using his hip then it should be going backward. If it's not, then that means he's using his hip. Try to keep your body (core, hip, leg, feet)...

Still, work on your hip-based backswing, make it faster and it'll be easier. You can also take a small step back after your first loop to give yourself a little more time. Even modern pros who play close to the take back off a little bit usually when the rally starts. And lastly, as you've...

No, you should brush forward, think of a very backward to forward kind of stroke. If you're having trouble with that, you can start by sending your whole arm forward. Ideally once you get a hang of it you should shorten the motion. Your issue right now doesn't strike me as a spin misread...

You're right that his serves are primarily sidespin, the top/back spin variations only have a little bit of top/back in each. The sidespin is what messes up your timing. You messed up the service receive at 31:37 because the ball was farther away than you expected, so you contacted the ball...

Yeah I saw it, and generally it looked good. Don't worry about shortening the stroke, it's natural when the pace picks up. So long as you don't lose the essence of the stroke you'll be fine. As for the feel, everyone is different. I think what you define as flappy noodle is actually good...

But I think he and perhaps you as well are missing what's different and what stayed the same with Samsonov's motion. Samsonov kept his elbow close to the body (i.e. adducted at the shoulder more), but he did not tighten up in the internal/external rotation aspect (i.e. the clapping motion)...

He does, but it sounds like he thinks it has to do with his elbow positioning relative to the body (i.e. farther vs closer), but it's more because he was keeping the shoulder looser (i.e. opening up the forearm more) during one and tighter during the other, along with keeping the wrist bit...

I've watched some segments of all your videos and this one has the best technique. I think having a little time in between shots really helps you maintain the technique. Next step is to be able to execute it in loops vs block, where you'll have far less time in between shots and have to adjust...

Then why does everybody else feel the same way? The feeling is immediate to everyone, even my new training partner who's not big on equipment and changes his rubber maybe once every 6 months to a year. The timing just feels more difficult to get right when blocking.

Had another training session today with a new training partner. I spent a good amount of timing working on my BH, while he focused a bit more on footwork. I think I've gotten the BH loop/drive now! It took me a while to get the feeling, but it's definitely the best I've ever had...

I had a coaching session last night, first in a while as I've been pretty busy. I feel like my FH is pretty decent now, just need to work on some minor stuff during movement and transitions. It's interesting how doing sessions on low power helps. My coach wants me to use only 30-40% power when I...

It sure is pretty hard sometimes (all the time?) to decide to train the boring parts instead of just going to the club or to play league, and I'm someone who tends to love training! I think you actually kinda got lucky with COVID! :ROFLMAO: Most folks here probably don't read Wuxia novels...