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Shuki, your local table tennis samurai sounds quite vicious indeed. Do post any video if you acquire any!

Something like this or more back? Is it angled too much towards the FH? Like this? Won't the cameraman be blocking the opponent's BH corner a little? Or does he stand farther forward?

I was just thinking now, what's the most preferred angle to film video from if both players are not in frame? In front of the subject, at the side of the table some distance away laterally so as to not hide any wide angles or the legs?

In my own experience, trying to imitate top players without having the coaching and training to supplement it will just produce a lot of delusion and false flags. How long have you been playing? Do you have perhaps video of your game that you could share? More information can help the better...

@ttmonster Hah. A "jackoff" is someone who essentially jacks themselves off when they talk about themselves or anything closely related to themselves. I'm sure you agree it'd fit me, so I used it humorously. ;) I get your point, however I was getting upset over the fact that I'm not even...

It's not too encouraging to get made fun of when you're trying to be humble about the one thing that you don't feel the need to be a jackoff about and have actually practice enough to know just how much you can't do.

Carl, don't have your hopes up too high. I'm hoping that I get at least one truly heavy backspin serve on cam. I'm wholly inconsistent in producing the ones that are actually good. I usually serve lighter spins, but short and with deception and placement instead. My semi-heavy serve is heavy...

NL, I like your style. There is no shame in simplifying things to such a degree. I found it very, very difficult to start timing my backswing correctly on serves, because I was used to starting the backswing as I threw the ball. I had to do exactly what you're talking about, for months, to even...

Thanks, Carl. I think I'm on a pretty good road now, nailing down the basics. I've been playing with the newbies on some evenings lately, so I could probably prop up the phone again and film from the same angle, or if we have company, make one hold it up. I don't think they would mind, if only...

OSPH, what I mean is that you look like you're on track to landing shots consistently. To land shots consistently, one needs to have a consistent and relaxed technique first, no?

OSPH is looking damn good based on that video. Somehow he looks more smooth and in control with his body movements. I guess he's getting it back, eh.

@OldSchoolPenholder Yeah, I get what you mean. I do small hops between serves like you'd do when jumping rope and try to capture that feeling during the point. I've made it a habit to also hop in place, not off the ground but on the balls of my feet, between shots and when I receive serve. I...

@OldSchoolPenholder I used to not really understand what I was doing right or wrong in my footwork. Not too long ago. Since then I've done a ton of footwork exercises and drills, and it's starting to make some sense. I used to just chase the ball basically, or setup very rudimentary plays, but...

Played with some newbies today. Let them use my blade and gave some tips: we played 3 - 3.5 hours or so. They improved a bit. Personally I am proud that I could consistently reset well with a hop after my serve and after my opener, and I was more decisive in moving against balls to my middle...

Unsurprisingly, but quite disappointingly, I didn't play that well today. Maybe the sub 3 hours of sleep had something to do with it. :rolleyes: However I felt a lot of stuff that I could improve. I think I am really homing in on a reliable way to produce good topspin and I feel a ton of things...

I was just sick, and now I'm going to school on 2+1 hours of sleep after a horrible miscalculation on an urgent task that I had to stay overnight to complete. Knowing my previous track record concerning low sleep and athletics, I should play some amazing table tennis today.

5 out of 5 rating for Allround Evolution My first proper blade. This is a beginner's view. First off, feel is quite good. I have nothing higher end to compare it to, but I can feel when I perform a bad stroke, and I can feel incoming and outgoing power more or less. The flared handle is...

Isn't sidespin generally pretty hard to push low and with quality, anyway, so he will just be more inclined to hit into it?

I think NL is 100% right on this. It sounds like no tactics will help you until you have the ball quality to limit his options as much as he is limiting yours.