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I'm sure it would, but somehow I think there's a good reason why NL doesn't bend as much as he "should".

@UpSideDownCarl That makes sense. I swear I do a better swing if I have a mirror and I take it slower, and I'm pretty sure I'm not using half this effort in games. I think I will try to take it 50% slower in shadows and just work on getting the core to do the work. I "know" how it feels to...

I felt that something was terribly off in my power delivery, but now it's clearer. Of course everything else is a bit screwed up as well. What's weird is that my game strokes in the last game video I posted appear better than my shadow strokes. It could just be the angle though. I'm not gonna...

Actually, it's not like that. I just wasn't seeing it. I took 20 or so takes now from different angles and I see it. I'm gonna need to seriously rework my forehand based on this. For one I am far too sideways for what my arm is doing.

@UpSideDownCarl My followthrough is fine for all I know, and it ends above my eye level. My arm just drops back down to reset. That's not what I want pointers on. What I care about is if something like this in terms of whipping movement is technically correct in the first place, or if it will...

@UpSideDownCarl When looking at the Killerspin reference video, and mine, I noticed that in the Killerspin version, he slices in a slight arc under the ball. I go mostly straight at it and bang into it a bit. Maybe part of it is the rubber, but I'm somewhat sure 90% is my contact. However I...

Interesting. I won't stand a chance, but I'll take the challenge. If you have the time, could you give me some pointers on the above video?

Today was quite a good day. I was well rested and more relaxed than usual. I'd been trying to let my arm go more lately, and today I finally succeeded somewhat. I did some of the best shots I've ever done and my killshots were much spinnier and stronger than usual and consistent too. I couldn't...

@UpSideDownCarl Now I can make some noise, so I recorded it. Bloody shaky right now, but I don't think my best is much better. This is not the absolute first take: my rubber had dust on it, and I figured it wouldn't make a difference, but I cleaned it and filmed again, and it seems to have...

That simply means you're playing with the right kind of people. ;)

Crap, I nearly forgot about that. I'd film it right now, but I have to keep it down in the mornings. Apartment rules. I've been doing the ball bounce trick Shuki posted, and the one you posted, so it's probably about time I get to it. If I don't forget again and don't fall asleep in the...

No, it's not that. Your problem is that you take too many things I say literally and seriously. :rolleyes:

@UpSideDownCarl I thought the :rolleyes: made the sarcasm apparent.

@Shuki Quite the way to think about it. Clearly the advice given here has been but a detriment to my game! I should probably stop asking for advice lest my game get worse... :rolleyes: Today, or well, yesterday, (My sleeping/waking hours are screwed up right now) I did some drills with the...

I'd have to also be on the lines of accepting that the only things from here that have really helped me actually improve my game is the feedback based on videos, and of course equipment advice. Everything else I've read/seen here reinforces the learning process, I'd hope, but the only way to...

I've got quite a few interests you could probably list as "passions", but probably the biggest source of casual enjoyment/time waste nowadays is video games. Everything else I do is somehow linked to learning skills, or bettering myself in general, but gaming is nowadays mostly a casual social...

While I have to agree, when I play at a venue like this, it basically is a recreational fun time activity. Otherwise I'd be at least in sweatpants for the slightly added comfort and movement. Besides: less time spent changing clothes is more time spent playing. :rolleyes:

@NextLevel That's a good point. I actually have the video uploaded, so I could have just linked timestamps to both of them. Perhaps then I could have received feedback on what I could do better on said shot(s). If you put it like that, then my apologies. I think in the next video I film, I...

So the main point about this series is very high control while maintaining quality? How exactly does it achieve that?

I'm sorry if I'm not allowed to post my personal impression of someone's technique, and how I've noticed something similar in some of my own strokes. :rolleyes: I'd much more so prefer if you actually just said "First of all, circular backhand strokes are standard good technique, the larger...