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I think the fundamental question here is: what is the goal? Is it to improve the FH technique, is it to land more FH shots, or is to play better? None of these things are exactly the same. @Zezima states that the goal is FH technique improvement, but at the same time he's lamenting his lower...

I'm not sure if it's about defending or generating spin. I don't really know how to describe it, but when watching your matches what strikes me is that nothing really seems to bother you. When I play, it feels like there's an infinite number of ways I'd be made uncomfortable and my...

Mine has been somewhat as expected, as my FH is clearly much stronger. I got my spinsight as well and only got to try it out against the robot thus far. My regular BH loop vs backspin is usually in the 110's. Interestingly when I really try to add spin by brushing hard it's still in the 110's...

Elbow out with loose wrist that snaps at the end gives you the most powerful shot!

Nm, I see you already translated it.

Oh so many steps! I usually start by varying the timing, taking the ball a bit earlier as well as later, then varying placement, then change the spin from heavy back to heavy top to everything in between, then add footwork, first left/right, then in/out. Those are just the basic training, and...

Tried it out today (Thurs) at the club, the new form is already making a pretty good difference. Just 2 days ago in a practice it was really only useful in service receives, and now it's useful in games, and I didn't even have time to practice the stroke beforehand. I'm constantly amazed by...

I haven't found the boost effect relate much with play time. I've boosted (well, re-boosted) one before and didn't play with it and it wore off after a few weeks anyway. Topsheet will look bad very quickly, but actual play quality can last a good while. This does correlate with how much you...

Good point too. I've been on a similar journey as @Zezima, and I'm pretty clear about what my goal is, which is technique improvement. There are many steps between improved technique to improved match results, and if you don't work on those then the improvement in technique won't translate to...

800 may be a bit too low to practice with you, but I would think a 1200 TTR player would be able to give you some good practice. I largely agree with @NextLevel's points, but even besides that, it's no use to stress over something you can't control. Best to try to make an omelette out of a...

Perhaps the difference is in personal coaching vs. online tutorials. You can observe your students' motions, recognize that they're moving their elbows but not at the point of contact and OK it, thus they continue with the correct motion even while not executing your instructions to a tee...

I think if you practice any motion as much as Anders Lind it'll probably feel natural lol. A lot about TT is unnatural IMO. For example, if a ball flies to your right and you mean to catch it, your first reaction would be to reach out your arm/hand. In TT, you need to avoid reaching and your...

I don't think we really need to debate the elbow position any further. Anyone with eyes can see where the elbow is in one picture and where it is a moment later. You're not gonna gaslight me into thinking it's just some sort of optical illusion. The illusion in fact is the idea that it...

I largely agree with you though I think the described action of the Lats is a bit incomplete. The strongest action of the Lats on the arm is that of extension (i.e. pulling it backwards), so what it essentially does is making the forward going elbow quickly decelerate and transmit its power...

Well, if you can't accept that the elbow moves a lot after looking at those 2 stills then there's no point debating this particularly point any further. We can just leave it at that. I agree with just about all of the rest you're saying though. You can indeed improve someone's BH by...

I personally prefer that motion as well. In real matches you oftentimes just don't have enough time to have too big of a backswing. I griped in the post just above that higher level coaches not knowing how to train adult learner to learn new techniques, so let me tell you a trick that helps...

All of the power comes from the legs, it's just physics. Ultimately the delta in momentum of the struck ball is balanced by a delta in momentum elsewhere, and that elsewhere is the earth beneath which we stand and the body part that conveys that momentum is our legs/feet. That, however, does not...

The elbow joint should be relaxed, but the elbow itself often moves a lot depending on the incoming ball. See the FZD screenshots in my previous post.

Watch the FZD video again. I took 2 screenshots of his BH stroke when looping backspin, tell me the elbow doesn't move a ton? If a coach is good, you shouldn't need to "guess" what he meant. I know exactly what he means. Yes, you move the elbow forward/upward (can't do one without the...

Language is only a dangerous thing when used imprecisely. I know exactly what Vlad meant, and his (as well as others like him) imprecise description of the BH technique has led me as well as I'm sure many others astray. ZJK makes many of the same mistakes when teaching, but he did get it right...