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My main problem is elevation. I could prop my phone against something tall and stable easily, but all the seats and benches and whatnot there are just too low and the only high desk there is in a terrible angle. I can't find any boxes or anything to stack either. A cameraman sitting on a chair...

Today was quite funny. In the beginning of the day, I could barely bounce the ball on my bat consistently. Let's not even talk about proper strokes or serves. Later in the day, when I had played 4 or so hours, and after a lot of repeating the mantra of "Be like a rubberband" followed by...

I get your point, but no one wants to read this if it's all just one big paragraph of ranting.

Lately on some of my regular shots that I perform, I've been able to know if the shot is gonna go out or drop short based on the feeling on contact. There's a bit of a doubt sometimes and I might be wrong, but the feeling is usually right. Visuals and sound play a bit part I'd reckon, but I'm...

As a young person, when you're supposed to be doing something "important", any little time spent on things like sleep, fun or rest might feel like a waste of time and like you're slacking off. I think we young people stress these things a little bit too much and fail to see the big picture of...

@Boogar, I wish. It could be. I can't remember his name, but Pongfinity has a player who represents Finland IIRC.

@TareqPhoto The way you talk about the game makes me doubt you're what you say you are. You indirectly give tell tale signs of a "somewhere near 1000 USATT" player, but you talk nearly as much smack as I do. I think an honest look at yourself would do you good. On the subject of tricks: I've...

NL, hah. ;) You'd think I'd be disappointed or something at how bad I am, contrasted to what I've been saying, but actually, it's a good feeling knowing there is so much more potential for improvement. If the game is fun now and I'm tensing up like a mofo, I can't imagine how it is when I'm...

Hah, I can believe you. I'm usually not absolutely terrible in serving short backspin unless it's actually very spinny and low. A little worse quality short backspin is good enough for me currently and it's more consistent than not consistent. I still want to strive for more, of course...

@Der_Echte Should my arm feel completely limp and relaxed during the swing? Like I'm swinging from my abs and not my shoulder? I think I can do what you're talking about in shadows and self hitting, but it all goes out the window with live ammo on live targets. I will try, though. Maybe if I'm...

OSPH, it's a joke. To me it's evident your technique has improved, but you claim you haven't improved at all. People tell me I have noticeably improved, but I can't feel it, so I'm not too sure how true the claims of improvement are. You see, we are always in the process. We are, hopefully...

@OldSchoolPenholder, it seems like no one feels they have improved. ;) @Boogar What specifically do you like about the bat angle? Is it consistent, good backswing, good followthrough, good recovery or switch to forehand?

Maybe. In my eyes, guys like JeffM, Boogar and OSPH have made way more progress in their technique than I have in the past months. It's even more considering their higher level. Improvement in playing the actual game is another thing. I don't know if I can even talk about that let alone...

NL, that was talking out of my ass. I thought I had improved A LOT more than what I had really improved. Of course I had improved up to now, but I'm pretty sure that the reason I look better on cam now is just simply because I played better on cam. My shot quality and technique hasn't exactly...

I have been doing a lot of work on my technique, so maybe it has payed off. I just personally had not noticed a huge change in how it feels. Carl, when I was playing, all of these shots felt like drives, completely flat. I know they have a little spin on them based on how they react with the...

Shuki, I think I know why I do this so much. I play during the schoolday at times, and there are people in the halls. It gets quite cramped. I do not have any actual space to pivot properly, so I do this kind of pivot. I should probably stop doing that entirely, because first off the pivot...

@Shuki Oh yes, I think I get what you mean. Sometimes when I play the penholder and he pushes spinny and long to my backhand, I will rotate and be too close. Then I will not be able to get the ball over the net or just miss it. I think even against players of this caliber, I should be able...

@UpSideDownCarl I didn't think I'd improved much at all. Good to know. I noticed that I am REALLY not moving enough laterally to play my forehand: I am very cramped and I can only lean on my left leg and not rotate. I think I can produce a good stroke once in a while if I give myself enough...

@suds79 That's hilarious to me because I used to be a huge "Chinese forehand" fan and I wanted to loop like Ma Long. Lately, I've REALLY been into the technique of Kong Linghui, Waldner and Timo Boll. I noticed that my forehand was getting more and more Timo Boll like, and I just accepted it.

@UpSideDownCarl @NextLevel @OldSchoolPenholder @Shuki Here is some video. I think the angle should have been more closer to the table but I will correct it next time. I cut some parts where either the cameraman pointed at my opponent or he was talking for 20 seconds, because I don't want to...