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Even though I kind of know why, I've always wondered why people are so obsessed with equipment. I would say that a majority of the threads here are about equipment. I've always been a person who has said "skill over equipment." If you lose to someone, get better. Refine your skill set or learn...

Recently, I got hit in the face by something called a "job." I don't think I'll be playing ping pong anytime soon.

Just training. http://www.lilyttc.com/ go to their website and scroll down. It's usually a bunch of teens and kids who enter the training camp. You get to train with a bunch of coaches from China.

Ohh, I'll probably be at Lily Yip's around July 8-12 for their training camp.

I'm a violin player too (since I was 8, now 18)! Also, the thumb is just as important for the backhand, it just gets less attention. Keep reading. As for the other fingers, they have to be slightly bent. They are there to sort of act like shock absorbers or springs when you do an RPB stroke...

I don't have time to make a full length video tutorial. It takes more planning and editin than I thought. So for now, I'll just give you an example here. This was a high toss serve. My service swing is a lot smaller and quicker than yours. Small and quick movements also make it harder to...

The title says Advanced Long Reverse Pendulum Topspin. I'll take my words back for the short and underspin. Sorry. Since your goal is deception, I'll let it slide. Also, you should only serve that down the line, since you plan on using misdirection. But I'll just point out that if I was...

Xu xin does this with his forehand side. I'm also a lefty penhold and I've done it a few times myself. It happens almost automatically when you see a righty pendulum sidespin serve that you were about to push, but then you realize it doesn't have much underspin, so you flip instead. You can...

To be honest with you, your reverse pendulum serves don't look spinny at all. They aren't short either. I'm not seeing any short serves, nor any underspin reverse pendulum serves, so I'm not impressed. You aren't really gripping the ball. They're all just long serves with some spin on it. Not...

It's done with the backhand side of the paddle for shakehand players. It's just a sidespin return. It's just something to surprise the opponent.

If you want to control the trajectory of the ball, start out one step at a time. 1) use less and focus less on spin and don't toss the ball too high ***The high ball toss is probably the biggest issue. 2) use a smaller swing and more wrist. 3) add more spin all while keeping the ball short As...

Hello, thanks for the invite Archo. I'm a fellow penholder and serves are my forte. As of right now, you are putting a lot of spin on your serves. That's okay. HOWEVER, there are a things that you aren't noticing about yourself. 1) Your swing is really big. Since you are only at the...

transistions are about the same. i know some of this been said quite a few times over the internet, but I will say them again. Advantages 1) better feeling for short ball, because of the three fingers behind the paddle. pushing is also easier because you are pushing with the same side of the...

I don't really see any major issues. Your technique is better than most casual players. For your backhand, your elbow seems a little high. You should lower your elbow and your backswing instead. We need to see your drive the ball. Looping sort of hides a lot of technical issues. You cut a lot...

Fingers should control the paddle and should not hinder or limit wrist motion. If you have any more questions, ask away. There are only a few penholders with RPB out there.

I don't pretend to understand what I don't understand either :) Hey, Lefty penholder here! The thumb, index finger, and the middle finger play huge factors in the penhold stroke. The ring finger sort of merges with the middle finger. For this post, consider the middle finger to be both the...

Over time, you will be able to unconciously predict will the ball will go. You will slowly become more familiar with these shots. Just keep playing. In this sport, we generally do not want to be surprised all the time. Then, we would really have to rely on reflexes. You want to be able to...

Is excessive celebration a problem? No. But this sure would be a nicer sport if people were humble. Imagine a game of chess. If you win a game, you would feel good. If my opponent was the world champion, I would probably stun myself. If it were a 5 year old kid, you probably wouldn't think too...

I (maybe we) don't really know how good you are, so we can't really give specific advice on your game. I notice in some earlier posts that people are suggesting that you find a weakness in an opponent. The thing is, better players usually don't have glaringly big weaknesses. Also, weaker...

When you ask for these kinds of things, you should provide a video. We don't know how advanced you are (this community has at least taught me this). Once we see how your serves actually are, we should be able to provide some reliable feedback as to how you can improve your serves. The quickest...