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Really that doesn't look bad at all. Maybe what people are seeing is that your bat is very closed (parallel with the floor) at the end of your backswing. Great for looping, but you can't hit like that, the ball would go into your side of the table. So you are rotating your wrist at contact to...

Kids who get coached typically use "fast" setups from very early. Tb alc + t05/64 is probably most common I have seen. Yet they develop into advanced players fine. Equipment isn't the main factor in improving or not, coaching is. If you get quality coaching often as a beginner, especially if...

+1. It's very cool that you are a perfectionist and make the captions like a simultaneous translation, but it's not essential. I love reading what they say post-match. Having the Q&A on a black screen inserted into the video would be 95% as good, with maybe a lot less effort by you.

I love the post-match interviews. Thank you zeio! They all talk about the opponents as a problem-solving exercise. Something to emulate, and unlike their athleticism and technique, might be achievable for amateurs.

The biggest club in Florida runs teams events several times a year. The format is best three out of five, two singles, then doubles, and the reverse singles pairings as needed to get to 3 wins. A lot of teams are unbalanced (like in the U-4200 a 2300 with an 1899) so the singles will go 2-2...

Thanks zeio, these translations are great. I sent a contribution for your h3.

So the original question was what points handicap would take the win ratio to 50:50? Some one said 5, I said I think less. If T2 gave women a 3 point per set handicap, then we would get to see more different matchups and more contrasting styles. If 3 isn't the right number, it would be easy...

I wasn't replying to you. Did you read mrk's post saying every top 100 man would crush DN easily because they are all stronger and faster than her? That's what I was replying to. And I suggest you stop mentioning logic in your posts if you can't tell the difference between an assertion that...

Yes, and strength and speed are everything in table tennis. It's not some girly sport where skill is the most important thing. That's why for example a 14 year old boy could never in a million years compete with grown men who are twice his size .. oh, wait ... never mind.

Obviously I didn't make my point clear. ML would toy with every single player in t2 apac, male and female. He is so far ahead of the field right now that basically only FZD makes him play his best. That's why I said ML was not a good comparison to use. More applicable would be something...

Do you have any personal experience with handicap fomats for table tennis competition? IMO, the 11 point game makes them extremely effective. I doubt more than a five point handicap would be needed to make the outcome 50-50 between men and women in T2 APAC. There are also formats where the...

When you get these kind of hypothetical matchups in other sports (major league baseball batters vs women olympic fast-pitch softball pitchers for example) it is isually the men who are too gentlemanly (i.e. scared) to participate. It would be relatively easy for t2 apac to find out by...

So what was he doing in the 11 points you lost yesterday? Wasf it 11 different things, or a few things a lot of times. The first part of tactics is being aware of what is really happening during points. Sounds easy, but it isn't, not when you are playing and just watching the ball. Much...

There is a constant debate in the US about why TT is a fringe sport, and what would make it grow. One thing people often say is that until an American starts winning worlds or olympics, nobody will watch or care. Now the England men are doing really well in internatiinal comps, but I read...

Spend on rubbers and use a cheap blade. Unless you get serious coaching and have great control and footspeed, a more expensive blade could make you play worse. Try a sheet of t05 on your primorac and see how it feels. It will be spinnier and bouncier than rozena, but not a drastic change and...

There is a difference between blaming your failures on equipment and testing something moderately softer to see if you get better results. Maybe r50 is just too hard for you, even if your texhnique is good. Changing equipment does not make anyone a pro, but using unsuitable equipment can...

Leftys seem to mostly hook their forehands to a righty's bh. I don't get to play too many but I don't associate them with down the line winners. Rightys who pivot do often go for winners down the fh line of another righty. I do this a lot (too much) myself. It's not surprising so much as...

Maybe at some point, but given the OP starts with 'I'm new to the game...' faster than real play speed doesn't sound like a great idea.

So I bought one after reading this thread. I went to the wally site long ago but I think they were closer to $400 then, and I ended up buying some robots instead. Big mistake. But anyway, my Wally came today. I didn't have time to set it up until around 9:30, and I recorded this short clip...

This is the same as saying you don't know how to play. If this is true, I suggest you visit an alternative TT forum and watch the entertaining video called 'Ryan got scammed $282 usd.' It's cool that you posted match video. Lots of people never do that. It would be great now to see a short...