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@brothercain , if you want real advice , I would strongly suggest you post video of you playing matches ... and specifically point out shots that you think you needed power and you missed ...

.. the gift that keeps on giving ... I reread the original post ... wonderfully explained ... completely agree to what you are saying .. you made me think of my early forays into table tennis when I used to flat hit side spin balls loops off the bounce pretty consistently, come to think of it...

Happy holidays Suga !

Completely agree with you ... especially true for adults since its difficult to have a ridiculously high level of footwork that is demanded if you have to play the loop drive counter game ... hence I also try to keep learning the backhand loop and trying to find a common thread between my loop...

Very nicely put NL ... @OSPH : the reason I did not put Brett Clarke's video is because in the beginning of the video Brett shortens the tick motion and from the side angle it looks like he his swinging purely horizontally but actually the tick motion is still there and its subtle because...

to add to what NL has shared ... I felt this might help you as well .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4w0J-8xzEU

Merry Christmas OSPH !

... coupled with that the very fact that she is a left who has a great forehand and seems to be truly excited to have somebody who already has such good strokes as a student , NL's backhand is going to only become more and more strong ... can you even think what kind of nightmare that would be...

... which means don't take so much pressure ... a lot of table tennis is about having loose muscles and firming them just enough at impact to transmit the momentum ... if the mind is too anxious and the muscles get tensed up even before the stroke execution its very difficult to do optimal...

Thank you david !

I agree with Next Levels plan , his swing plan is too horizontal and will be susceptible to top edges the moment he plays matches and is not able to take the ball early enough ... timing will always be an issue because the sweet zone in the stroke is much less compared to what Next level is...

I understand what you are saying , my emphasis was on the "in time" part .. .but I guess the argument against it would be that you need to be able to read the ball early enough ... what I was trying to say is that with the wrist approach on the backhand it might be possible to read the ball...

While I can relate to the general principal , like T I am also not convinced it can be a effective technique on the backhand side , not talking about Chiquita , but how will one handle long fast serves with heavy spin , will it be possible to generate enough whip in time with the forearm alone ...

oooh ! can't wait to know more .. is NextLevel and Dan going to North Pole and run the sledge around the Table tennis world this time around .. are you the red nosed ... Der_echte :P ?

What the ... !!! Dan and NextLevel !!! .. I saw the good news from Dan on Facebook , whats NextLevel up to ? !!

Can somebody please translate the commentary in the aforementioned portion

Great that you are feeling better ... merry christmas and happy new year Der_Echte !

Thanks you Michael ! Merry Christmas to you too !

Get well soon Der_Echte ... and spare us the details ...

Wonderful observation from NL , the other thing I noticed is may be your left shoulder and arm is not relaxed ... you will know it better than us ... looked a little tight in the video ..