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Goofing off for serve practice really helps with touch, understanding bat angles, approach angels and swing paths, putting the same type of spin on the ball in different ways Etc, EtcPutting paper cups on the table as Gates, or barriers that act as a path the ball has to follow.You don’t even...

Hey LDM7, way to go!!! Good match, nice and controlled on the whole!!! You stayed positive, played more open ups, moved better and played some good positive points.

Fred’s game is pretty limited, but I’ve seen him whip some good players!! If he’s on his game his flat hit FH and BH just wins points outright, especially if the ball isn’t deep enough. For whatever reason, as far as his Flat hit FH was concerned, he wasn’t ON his game. I haven’t seen him look...

Fred, never learnt to play FH or BH loops or decent topspin’s , he was taught flat hit kills. Spin on his serves are ok, not real spinny though, does vary spin levels. Shaun, plays inverted FH and LP BH, he plays in a group of players that use LP’s or MP’s , there’s 4 or 5 in the group, 3...

Friday night match Fred’s rating is 1800, I’ve played him twice before, lost both 3-0, lost 3-1 last night. https://youtu.be/YDn6iP1_55c

Match from Thursday Shaun’s ranking is about 2100, mine 1370 https://youtu.be/yxXDHSfp4cU

A quick run down of this weeks events. mon / Tuesday knee a calf we’re really tight, eased off wed/Thursday. Match on Thursday night, back and knee were surprisingly good considering how they felt after coaching on Tuesday evening. Match Friday evening, back and knee were good, moving slightly...

HI LDM7, interesting that you mention watching the ball leave the bat, this also ties in the what Der was saying about continual improvement, regardless of age etc. I caught a clip, may have been on Ping Sunday, with Ma Long improving his FH !!!!!! like it needs improving!!!!! 😂 but there's...

Is penhold 'Pocket' smaller than a shakehands??

Grand Master Ti Long does some really good stuff !! If you haven't already, check out his vids where he replicates some TT stars serves - Ma Long, Mima Ito Etc.

Hi Wrighty, Great that you have posted some footage!! Great comments from Der, BRS and NL!! One thing to remember is that using legs hips etc is also relevant to serving, well just about any TT stroke!!!! This is something that gets left by the way side when people serve. Getting the body and...

Sometimes when I’m helping to coach players of a higher standard than the youngsters I’m usually coaching. We may set a routine such as, short backspin serve to Bh, long push to Fh, slow FH high spin open up then play out point. I have to keep reminding them to serve a ‘ match’ quality serve...

In the past, a FH side spin loop was used a lot v Penhold players, as BRS was saying, to try and get them out wide to their FH side, try and open up their BH side. Then switch to attack their BH wing. This tactic was used back in the day by Joyner and other players against penhold players that...

https://youtu.be/60VWuid7U0c Adam Bobrow vid, exercise 1 !!!, some other good exercises as well !!

The 1/2 long serve, needs a lot of practice (symmetrical) the 1/2 long un- symmetrical serve even more so,!!! I watched a few matches this evening from the WTT finals and a WTT tournament from a couple of weeks back. I saw only 1 over the table loop to a 1/2 long serve, which was done by Ma Long...

I’m no way an expert on LP’s, but I thought the whole idea behind them is to use the opponents spin. The LP’s should have as frictionless characteristics as currently allowed, this has been reduced in recent years, which means they are very very slightly more grippy. LP’s don’t generate spin...

Agree with Lazer!! Clean with water, and cleaner occasionally, restorer if needed. I always cover my rubbers, either with non tacky protector sheet, or something like a larger sandwich bag, the type with a plastic zIp. Large enough to get whole bat in and zip up. Mind you, I’m a bit lazy and use...

Hi Carl, Yeah different folks different strokes!! So, personally I find Rakza Z has a higher throw, ie when I play a FH topspin v topspin ball clears the net by a larger margin than some other rubbers. When pushing I have to open the face more, like Kolev.. Rakza Z is pretty tacky, and one would...

Hi NL, PPP, Der and LDM7, Many thanks for posting observations and recommendations, appreciated greatly!! Please keep them coming in future, hopefully you’ll have enough time on your hands to do so!! Cheers.

Yesterday I got a memory card for my phone, so now in a better position to record more matches without stuffing the storage on my phone!! Good idea to do a match every couple of weeks, we’ll go down that route. Pre match warm up - if at ‘home’ venue, we arrive early, set up and warm up, the vid...