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To imply that I would literally do something would mean that it's true. You've been talking about this for days now, and I still don't get it. Did I make a joke some time back and you took it seriously? EDIT: I'd also have to question if this is debating technique. I think this is just...

Huh? In the video, a few months ago, I was not exactly looping. I didn't say anything about yesterday when I claimed I wasn't looping. I said I was looping to my partner yesterday, but I corrected myself, because it can't be a loop if there's not high spin. The contact is still a fine...

@Jabugo How did you deal with reading the ball if the topspin was so high and you'd never seen it before? @UpSideDownCarl I didn't really consider it looping then, but I don't consider it looping now either, definitely. The shots in the latest video I've shown are completely flat? EDIT...

@UpSideDownCarl Yeah, I guess. That's true, about my contact. I didn't really consider myself to be looping in the latest video I showed, either. However something has changed in the past month or so. What used to be my absolute max amount of spin for a full body shot is now my normal amount...

Then we're talking about the same thing. Just not as much spin. I'm actually really curious to know how my spin level stacks up against experienced players. I know for a fact it's not very high because I can feel that the touch is not exactly there to really grab the ball, but maybe there's an...

I don't really know what to call it, apart from "loop". :rolleyes: The kind of shots I give to people when I train with them aren't really loops: there's not much of a strong grabbing feeling or high racket head speed. But there's enough spin to make it a deadly shot against much lower level...

Hey, it's nice to see you here. Your English has got a little better. I think you should give us video of yourself playing, then we will better know where you are coming from. It's important for the player to trust their coach.

Today was a pretty nice table tennis day. Didn't play too much and barely practiced serves, most of the day went into working on my form in self hitting and coaching/blocking. I worked on a first year's forehand loop today. The same guy who I was feeding backspin to. I tried to make him...

Well, here's the thing. I don't want to be naively confident in my technical ability. I'm not teaching super advanced things for obvious reasons, but I still fear that my advice about arm mechanics and body mechanics could be incorrect for someone. I'm pretty sure my understanding of basic...

@UpSideDownCarl I only really call it multiball because there's, well, multiple balls. In reality, I've only really done "one ball at a time" style drills, but to different placement at a normal pace. We need a multiball kind of feed for that to work. 20 - 25 balls is somewhat low, but it sure...

@NextLevel Just based on the sound alone I'd reckon that was a pretty good shot. I didn't play much today, but I coached some first years. I was feeding basic backspin to one first year, working on his forehand. Another comes up, lower level than the guy I was working with. My partner was...

@UpSideDownCarl I used to have a total of 20 - 25 balls at my disposal, and I just shoved them in a spare racket case and used it as the "bucket". The reason I was reluctant to do it was because my partners didn't like doing multiball and would rather play games, and it took a good few...

What's the usual rep/weight range for table tennis athletes? Looking at the legs of pros, most likely for mass. But I might be wrong.

What's the general opinion on squatting with weight?

It does make sense. I think I've caught onto something. I don't want to talk too much: the video will show if anything has really changed. All I know for certain is that I don't strain on my shots as much as a month or so ago. @OSPH Something like that makes sense. I will just have to...

I can't give you any advice at all, but I'd like to know what kind of job you're doing that involves playing table tennis. ;)

I think you nailed it. I usually play people who are worse than me, and my game can force their game to be very predictable. They move the ball around, but not in the way that much better players do. They hit forehand, backhand and middle, but it's always the same forehand, backhand and...

I don't think my stroke is too long necessarily. I can get my bat properly into the backswing, and I can even hit the ball. My problem is footwork. If I am forced to move to a ball, I will be able to put it into a better striking zone than if I am not forced to move to it. Forced meaning that...

Now when my opponents are getting better, I've been getting into forehand rallies with some of them. Looping their loop, or their drive. I've noticed I don't reset properly after a stroke. My initial strokes might be okay, but it gets worse. I need to add a small hop or something into my...

The way I understand it, tack actually decreases spin as well and not just speed. Energy needs to be put into releasing the ball from the rubber, which could otherwise be put into spinning the ball. Is that right?