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I don't think they have any trouble serving short and low. The opponent only needing to cover half the table is where I think the disadvantage to serving in doubles comes in.

Tony, thank you so much. You are a tremendous gift to this forum and I really appreciate you taking your time to explain this in detail. I did not know step #4. All my weight goes onto my right foot and the left slides forward weightless. Then I jump out pushing off the right foot. I can...

Okay, she is simply a better player than me. I move the way you describe but can't shuffle back and be in balance.

Hi Tony, Maybe we agree but are thinking about different balls? It's hard to see from behind but it looks like a medium feed to her bh so a comparatively short reach. She is not that tall. So if the ball was quite short to her fh, would you still advise stepping in with one foot? Or would...

I briefly owned an acoustic and acoustic inner, and have been playing with acoustic outer carbon for a few years now. I can also compare to TB ALC but not viscaria or zjk alc, although I think those three are pretty close. The normal ALC blades are too metally feeling to me. No feeling, like...

Not sure if this is a useful addition to the thread but there is still plenty of empty space on the internet so here goes. Doing some random four-person practice in the club last week like this: One guy feeds short underspin from halfway down the sideline, receiver flicks or pushes, a third...

Unless you are really tall with long arms both feet should step in, left - right for right handers. Good luck getting out on balance to play a fourth ball counter topspin if you step too far under the table with one foot. You better crush it with your flick.

If your body can't do something it just can't. There is no alternative way to move and play strokes that is more efficient, or else young players would already be doing it. Can you get into good enough physical condition to play like the kids? Vossi39's idea is great since you clearly want to...

Seriously, just buy exactly what you have already played with many times and like very much. To do anything else based on random internet wisdom would be silly. I see that blade is very thin for a seven-ply, less than 6mm. It should be perfect for developing your technique.

Tabletennis11.com would build you a custom all-Neottec setup for less than 50 pounds. Neottec magic control all+ 5-ply blade and two sheets Neottec katana 2.1 rubber. You could change the rubbers later yourself and keep the blade. Or a clubmate could glue them for you. It's very easy.

Here is a complete setup from TT11. If you don't like this one they will have a new batch of sale items on Monday.

You could leave an extra mm all around the edges of your TB ALC. That's what people who glued used to do to allow for shrinkage. You'd have to be careful not to hit the edges though. The length is not a big deal, you could easily put the rubber 1mm up from the end of the handle. But the 2mm...

You could make the setup more controllable either by changing the blade or the rubbers. As NDH said, the blades you are considering are all about the same, so you won't notice a massive change there. How do you like/want to play? If you want to get more control by going slower then move...

Great highlights video. Your sportsmanship is excellent, love to hear you saying Good! to your opponents.

Really nice backhands. Don't get frustrated when you can't equal this consistency in matches. We won't be blocking it right back to you, or we will have junk rubbers or whatever. You also don't need to make five shots in a row to win most points. I'm curious what your coach's next step is...

Yes, I do. See my post above cause we crossed in the mail I think.

I don't know that this is true in its hard form like olduser stated. From my feeling there is some overlap between composite and wood blades where say a clipper is stiffer and gives less feedback than an acoustic carbon. And a soft carbon like ML or Waldner senso is even more on the woody...

Keep the Korbel and lose the H3?

Serving topspin is kind of hard to learn and easy to attack unless/until you can really make the ball kick. However serving no-spin is dead easy. If you have time practice a half-long no-spin serve that drops just off the end. Players who love to open strongly against backspin sometimes...

Short pips players tend to play fast, very close to the table, and early off the bounce. Twiddling with those early timings is maybe more risky for you than for your opponent. I guess that's why you see long pips players twiddle more, simply more time for them.