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@NextLevel Thank you for the insight. I hadn't thought of it in some of the ways you expressed. I think sometimes when I think I'm brushing the bottom front, I'm actually brushing the bottom. I will try more and take more video to get a better idea of what I'm really doing. I'll also keep in...

@NextLevel Alright, I will keep that in mind. I think I tend to bang slightly into the ball from the bottom-rear. Need to work on brushing the bottom. However I don't understand exactly what's going on when I do contact. I feel like something's going on that's taking away from the potentially...

@NextLevel Yeah, these are in a confined space, so they're probably more like bed serves. I didn't think that maybe it's not too bad to follow through like that. I freeze-framed the video, and the contact happens before the opening of the angle, so it should not influence the serve? I also...

@UpSideDownCarl Yes, you're right. Sorry. I just thought now: why the **** do I not post my floor serves? I have filmed many, many videos of floor serves, but I have never shown any. The technique should be about the same, no? Here, a short floor serve video. What's wrong, what's right? I...

Ah, that's very true. There's no way you can know specifically what's going on with my serve. Could be anything. Well, let's put it like this then: What is required to produce a heavy short backspin? How does it feel compared to a light short backspin? @NextLevel I'm not exactly sure how I...

Today I produced a few really nice backspin serves. I was watching Samson Dubina serve in the morning, and I tried to keep that feeling of acceleration in mind. I had also changed my pendulum grip, by moving the thumb slightly more outwards, to even out the natural swing angle. I think my...

I've slowly learned that the only thing that matters in gauging players against each other is long term results. If you go 11 - 9 against someone for 50 matches, and never win, chances are they're much and far beyond your level and just taking it easy. I think after some time you would...

Serving? Cheap tricks? I can kind of understand his point from a learning perspective, but isn't the entire offense vs offense game based around serve, receive and 3rd ball/denying 3rd ball?

@NextLevel That happens to me as well to an extent when people try to "block" the ball over the net too late, but it's more of a fall than it being propelled. Does it really launch the ball INTO the table with some speed? That sure sounds like something.

@NextLevel Ever since I saw people netting your serve, with that short movement of yours, I've wanted to have a go at pushing it myself. Somehow I'm sure it'd net even if I chopped into it.

Carl, you still haven't caught onto the fact that sometimes I exaggerate my bullshit to provoke a response. If I would have talked about the time when I got more confident in my backhand opener, it'd have nothing to do with the subject and nothing to do with why the player I referred to...

@NextLevel @OldschoolPenholder If I may ask, could one of you link said match? I don't know what match you're talking about.

Somehow I knew from the title that it was gonna be Siva. :rolleyes:

@NextLevel Thanks, this is what I was trying to figure out. I'm sure that as the spin level gets higher, everything gets more complicated in terms of reading the ball and actually getting bat on ball. Not just how much force needs to be applied to overcome it. I will just need to play some...

Why's it funny, Carl? I specifically stated it was my first experience, and that "heavy spin" is pretty relative in that context. It wasn't *that* heavy. However it was heavy enough for me to net without producing a good enough brush contact on it to overcome the spin. It was a great learning...

@NextLevel I remember my first experience flicking and backhand looping heavy backspin. Well, heavy by my standards. I kept netting it over, and over, quite pathetically. I gave up for some time and just resorted to pushing, but I was determined to make it work. Later I noticed that my wrist...

Why is he not attacking those pushes? Are they too heavy, or does he simply lack confidence in his backhand, or lacks a backhand entirely?

Didn't play too much today, had to leave early to get stuff done. Perhaps not as a surprise, I couldn't produce my new forehand form in games and reverted to my old form. Big surprise. However I did implement more lateral movement in my pivots so that I am more balanced and can do a better...

A drill I used to do when I could not loop and was learning to was to just stand mostly straight on the edge of the table, roll the ball slowly off the edge and then try to make brush contact on it softly when it rolled past the edge. Now I can do this easily, but it was very difficult back...

I've been doing shadows based on the feedback I got on my last video. I didn't really understand at the moment what everyone meant with trying to muscle it with the upper body, but I think I get it now. I couldn't really notice just how soon I engaged the arm, but a lot of video review and a...