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I practice to hone my skills. I play matches to test myself. How I notice if I'm improving is through matches. Where it counts. Not just about wins & losses. Are you starting to play someone closer who normally beats you easy is another measure. etc. I point that out because I think it's not...

I think it's just something that is developed with time. I've seen 60 year old+ jpeners, who probably have been playing that style their whole lives, show some of the softest hands around and can block power loops for days. Over & over. I think it just comes with time. In the meantime, if you...

So Shinshiro, you're basically going through EXACTLY what I went through for years & years. Back when I played Jpen, I made a video talking about the traditional penhold grip and some adjustments I liked for the TPB I made that worked for me when blocking those spiny loops. Here's the video on...

Yep. To the OP, I particularly like to watch Satoshi Aida who is chopper with duel inverted. Don't sleep on that BH because he will loop sometimes. There are several videos of him out there. Here's just one. While he might be on the extreme given there are so few players of this style, I...

As someone who has spent too much time switching in the past, (penholder who used TPB so put long pips on the unused side for twiddling) you will find at first and vs lower rated players, it gives them fits. And you'll get a good chuckle every now & then. But then after a while they adjust and...

I'm a big art fan. Do a little pixel art myself for fun every now & then. This drawings are really good. Do you draw them on paper & scan them to to share with us? Or are you drawing like some Wacom tablet. Just curious.

Thanks. It's just one aspect of my game that I want to work on. But I don't want it to define me. I like the off the table big sidespin loops that being left handed curve away from right hander's BHs. It opens up a lot of possibilities. I'm just looking for more consistent steady play close to...

Hot damn hit great over lunch today with my training partner all primarily over 2 key fundamentals. So for some time now I was wondering if I, at 38, simply am getting too old to play with or beat my younger 30 year old training partner because it felt like I always lose the close to the table...

When it comes to price & performance, I just don't see anything topping the DHS D40+ ball. Particularly from Nittaku which historically has had some outrageous prices for their balls.

I'm FH dominate simply because I have more time on it. Played penhold for years using an old Jpen and learned TPB. Sometimes wish I could relearn the game all over again because now I play Cpen and use RPB. And just like my shakehand early days, I think my BH (just done with RPB) is sometimes...

It's always a challenge and the hardest thing to master in the game... At least for me it is. Just takes years of practice. Thankfully, or maybe this is a bad thing, I would say most players I run into I would say are not very good servers. There are a lot of players out there who like to...

My fav shot is that strawberry flick. The misdirection, the speed. It's outside of the box and it was perfect. While the effort was great, I'm always a little surprised how much Timo's diving shot gets play. Great effort. But he lost the point if I remember correctly. I mean come on. It's a...

Got a tournament on 1/20 so no switching gear just yet but I've come into some C-mas $ and yeah looking to make a switch. Miss my Chineese non-tuned tacky stuff. Have tried MXP & FXS and the sponges are nice. But IMO the tunage has well worn off after 4 months and the topsheets I feel have...

As one who has played plenty of both. Duel inverted & combo bats, just like anything, there are pluses & minuses with both. I enjoy the freedom to play aggressively almost any shot with dual inverted. At the same time, I like turning the game into a more tactical thinking game that pip play...

I didn't see anybody reply to this but there's an easy fix for this one. First off, doing a short double bounce with some version of topspin on it isn't easy. I'm talking about in matches. A lot of people tend to send those just long when the pressure is on. Still, if you're playing people who...

If you're a beginner, just practice that RPB almost exclusively. Do yourself that favor and get use to it now. Note any young penholder you'll find around. They all use RPB.

Personally I don't see it in a flip. On serves with the wrist freedom in the pendulum motion? Sure. But on the FH flip? I honestly find FH flipping a lot easier with shakehand. That's because I can bend my wrist back more and almost windshield wiper like come over the ball motion. With penhold...

Right you've got it and get the concept. I suppose you have options then for what you're going for. 45 probably is a more natural feeling nice blend of side & top. Then for giggles yeah you can really try to go for that close to 90 for some extreme bend when you want it. :) If you get a ton of...

I hit the other night vs a buddy rated a little higher than me. His off the table looping game is a lot like mine in that he has heavy, heavy hook on his FH. Although for his BH, he has hook there also. My RPB tends to be more straight with little to no hook and I'd say I have good power back...

You know everything you need to know. It's what my opponents did to me back when I played LPs and I'd bump attack underspin serves. It's light topspin. That should be one of the easier balls for you to attack first on. If someone gives you relatively slow (because most LP users are either OX or...