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For those who are not tech savvy, a discord server is like a Skype community, where everyone can chat through voice or text. I am on this discord server, and it’s basically similar to the daily table tennis chit chat thread here, except we have it separated by category (general, video...

You say you look underspin perfectly fine, but you say you can't do a topspin. That's contradictory. You should post a video of yourself, so that we can give more accurate and specific advice. What do you mean by, "it doesn't seem like a topspin"? Do you find yourself not spinning the ball? Are...

Where are you not improving? Or do you just not know? You seem to be a new player, so you probably don't understand what you need to do. You should ask yourself some questions if you want to improve: 1. Are you learning any new techniques? If so, keep practicing it until you feel confident in...

You should never be standing too far away from the forehand corner. Make sure you are able to cover your forehand corner in 1 step (when close to the table) or with a cross-over step. Also, don't let your opponent get the opportunity to give such a wide angle. You can try to make your forehand...

Haha, too much praise, although I do admit that my serve is at a higher level than my actual playing level (you're lucky I was only serving one spin :P ). shhhh don't tell anybody else about my secret weapon I notice that Kenny is giving you multiball in CCCF. That backhand looks good! I look...

You don't know how to loop a top spin serve? Go learn. Looping topspin is how you reach higher and higher levels. Without that skill, you are limiting yourself to lower level play. Either way, if you can't read the serve, you have two options. You can gamble and try to attack the serve (with a...

If you know that passively returning it is a problem, then stop doing that. Looping serves (if possible) is a much better option. You can loop it really slow and high if you want (since your opponent is playing anti, it shouldn't be that big of an issue). However, in the end, you have to...

Step 1: you have to be confident in that you won't miss. Step 2: consciously try to use in in practice game scenario. do practice points over and over again and use it every time, even if you miss Step 3: consciously try to use it in a real game Step 4: keep doing it until you don't have to...

Your backhand seems to be the punchy/blocky kind. It's pretty good for your level. Your forehand needs work though. I'd say you should work on looping the ball and using it more when you play, since it is a much more reliable attack than hitting. Also, as a left handed player, you should try...

Are you guys talking about Mark Berg?

Oh you missed me. I am usually in the city on weekends, but I play at NYISC, which is a short bus ride from the Flushing train station. You'll probably get to see 42andBackPains as well

If you know how it works, you can use this for pretty much any sport or game that uses points to win.

I made a calculator based on the your probability of winning a point. Obviously, table tennis is not that simple, but it's a fun toy to mess around with. You can save it and use it for yourself, but for now, I made it so that anyone can edit it (hopefully, none of you mess it up). You only need...

I made a new document that has a correct percentage in row 3. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S5RJjMXYZyyY4PdtYwFawC3Vg_7-ftWgZDz_mjViyNo/edit?usp=sharing I highly recommend that the forum members check out the data for themselves. The real percentage of winning when serving is 52.61%...

Usually, I don't involve myself with feuds like this, but I'm curious. Atas Newton, can I see the data that gives you the stats that you are referrring to? Or at least, a source? EDIT: I think Ma Long is a special case and an unfair example. Ma Long has always seems to be a player that didn't...

I'm thinking about what a rule like this would mean for professional play. So here are my thoughts: There are two new possibilities with a rule like this: a serve that almost touches the net and a serve that almost goes out. Let's discuss the serve that almost goes out. Your original post...

Maybe I was wrong about myself :P It could be 50-50, but there's definitely overlap between the handle and blade. Here's a close up of my grip Here's an alternate of Xu Xin, I think both ways will probably work, but I'll have to test out the effects of forehand and backhand later today

In my opinion, I don't think your tip of the index finger should be on the handle. I think it should be between the rubber and the handle. Here are two examples of me, Here: And here: https://goo.gl/9ko6Ky

When I'm feeling lazy or tired, I go for the He Zhi Wen game :) except instead of blocking, I go for the counterloop on to the opposite counter.

All right: Lefty here. I understand your problem because I've had it myself. We are used to serves that curve towards our elbow, so when normal right-handed pendulum serves come to us, we are used to moving the racket towards the elbow. When the other sidespin comes, it will be curving away...