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You have 10 hours of private lessons a week? Nice! If you can find a way to play more it would be very helpful. Every professional player from China who has trained at the club I am at has said they played 6-8 hours a day, 6-7 days a week as a kid. With that being said, I would strongly...

If I were you, I would find a coach who can actually help you improve and stick with that one coach. Each coach has their own ideas and you might not know which path to follow if different coaches tell you different things. The coaches might get upset with you because you are listening to...

Agree 100% with NextLevel. A player could get away with a weak backhand ages ago. Now after serving if you have a weak backhand, the receiver can cause you massive trouble with a banana flick if they want to. It is physically impossible to cover the table entirely with the forehand these days.

Reisman was not like Mauser, at least with the interactions I had with him. He was definitely an eccentric character and he might try to win money playing, but he seemed like a nice guy. He was also liked by quite a few other players in the area who had good things to say about him.

For me, during practice you can act like an idiot and be angry to some extent. Just direct it towards yourself and not towards anyone else. Getting mad at your practice partner and showing it is not acceptable. Getting mad during a tournament and showing it is also not acceptable.

I have no idea what the rating system of your country means skillwise. However, if you didn't start playing seriously before age 9, and you aren't training 6-8 hours a day, 6-7 days a week, you (like 99.999% of the world) are playing for fun. So the only way to answer your question is: Are you...

What? Tony was banned? Not a good move IMHO.

Since this style is forehand dominant, it is better to do a pendulum serve from your backhand corner. If you serve from the backhand side with a backhand serve or from the middle or forehand with a forehand/pendulum serve, you are going to have to run way way way too much to loop the return...

1) Develop a good serve and forehand 2) Loop anything long with your forehand 3) Keep any short serve short when returning 4) Block with the backhand The pros to this style are that you can beat up to 2200 level quickly this way. The cons however are the following: 1) It is exhausting and...

I am not sure if people gamble on ITTF/WTT games. However, on lower level games, I would highly recommend not gambling on them. That is all I will say on the matter.

Welcome to the world of table tennis! I have played a lot of sports and table tennis has by far the most negative people as a percentage. They are a lot of great people in the sport but for some weird reason table tennis attracts unpleasant and somewhat insane people. Before I went to China...

When I trained in China, I was able to maintain a great sleeping schedule. While training in America, my sleep schedule was terrible. Practice in China ended at 4pm at the latest. In America practice might end at 10pm and I am up all night. I wish there were some sort of simple solution...

You just need to play more. Usually the difference between a 2000 and 1800 player is that the higher rated player's serve and serve return is better. They also make their 1st attack more frequently. However, knowing about YOUR background, quit worrying about your rating and play as much as...

As far as people who would be in the mix for GOAT of the modern era, I would say Ma Long, WLQ, ZJK and Waldner. Out of those, I would say Ma Long would be the best choice for GOAT. I dismiss head to heard arguments as if player A can beat player B but player A can beat 99 other players and...

Obviously look at the motion, the contact, look at the arc of the ball, look at the label and make a judgement. There is one thing the top people do and think about that the average player completely overlooks. A professional player who has beaten a former #1 in the world in an important...

FZD can indeed speak Cantonese from what I have been told.

I found the grip switch part of the video really cool. I wish someone would ask Dima about his backhand push technique and why he does it. His grip for the backhand push is unlike anyone else in the world. He has an interesting technique there and I would be interested in him explaining it.

Over the past few years Kanak has gotten WAY BETTER than he used to play (and how he used to play was still world class). I think given more time and practice Kanak could break into the top 10 of rankings.

One thing to try to help you enjoy things is not to think about winning or losing. Just try to play as many league matches as possible. Your focus isn't about the win, it is about the volume of play. Try to play as much as possible, then the more you play the more you will naturally improve...

Do you like how your racket feels and reacts? If the answer is "yes" then stick with it. If you are 1400, you need one thing: MORE PRACTICE! Lots of players from beginner to pro use that setup so there is nothing wrong with it in my opinion.