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I know wang hao somewhat used this serve as his main for several years but as far as I can tell, this serve is SO much easier to execute with shakehand rather than penhold. with shakehand, i always felt like it was a tomahawk motion like serve just done almost behind your body and by your...

NL, Appreciate the insight. That's completely fair & correct to say you really need a match of me playing these guys. Unfortunately, I missed club last week and the week before they weren't at club. Long story short, I haven't played them in a while or have taped any of my matches. I will try...

@Takkyu Good advice throughout. Your first paragraph from an overall approach kinda echos what I've been saying recently where I believe that largely anybody under USATT 2000, the more consistent player wins. So it's something I'm ever trying to work on. As far as more specific tactics vs...

What do you guys think? Help me beat my club mates. Point out any potential weaknesses in their game. Piotr & Ben. Piotr is a pure defender (inverted & LPs) who is slowly learning to attack. He's usatt 1901 after playing 25 matches at his first tournament. It might not look impressive, but he...

I'd say yes. Particularly on the 2nd one. Ball jumps quite a bit on the bounce.

Now there's a way more interesting question thanks to you Lermanator. Who has the worse backhand?.. Among pros obviously. It pains me to say this but I'm going to say Xu Xin. Quickly try to think when you've ever seen him in a backhand rally more than 2-3 hits in a row? I swear it's never...

A lot of people will still call it sidespin but I'm convinced it's distinctly different. In this video you'll see sidespin at 34 seconds in. Then they show corkscrew at 41 seconds. The difference being side spin curves & reacts off one's rubber. Corkscrew reacts more on the bounce of the...

:) then you'll be 1 of those 4. I have a couple of new posts coming out in the next few days and this weekend I'll take some footage breaking down how twiddling works for me. Stay tuned.

I hit with my buddy over the lunch hour yesterday. He typically struggles vs my serve but today even more so and I think it was an adjustment I made. I'm always trying to find ways to improve it. My pendulum serve typically is either side/top or side/back. But yesterday I did several...

I've ordered from them twice. Everything went normal & no complaints.

that's significantly more expensive on tabletennis11 compared to ttnpp. I know there's probably the cost of importing them so you'd have to be pretty vendor loyal to go that route IMO.

Listened to the podcast. I've never had anything like this happen to me or have done anything like that. That being said, it's an easy story to believe and I don't necessarily condemn someone as being a weasel. I don't know the guy. Maybe he is. Maybe he isn't. But it did seem like it bothered...

For years I think Kreanga was/and still is kinda the reflex answer. It was great for sure. But the BH now also includes the over the table loop which is something most players didn't do say before 2000 or whenever that came into fashion. So you have to take that into account. For my money, FZD...

well damn that's exactly what i'm looking for. And on ping skills no less. SMH. I should have seen this. Thanks for the tip. Will get out & practice, practice, practice. Thx.

Does anybody here have a good, fast down the line serve? If so, what do you like to do to execute it? My situation might be a little different given I'm a left handed penholder but my main setup is based on the HeZhiWen style of point. Main Option: (side/top & side/back variations) Option...

Hit with a buddy this morning and was my first hit with the new DHS ABS 40+ 3 star ball. Our club currently plays with the Gambler 40+ 3 star seamless ball. I did a spin wobble test. Perfectly round. Honestly, we played and everything felt normal. I'm perfectly happy with the Gambler ball...

Hit with my modern defender buddy this morning. I've beat him a handful of times before but I would say he wins 80% of the time. Today I was up 10-8 in the final set and had 3 good looks at point enders but each time the ball missed the table by a hair. Lost 12-10. While that's pretty...

Hmm. As a lefty, I've found everyone I play with likes having a lefty as a doubles partner. The rotation is easier. Everybody gets to just hang out on their side and hit forehands. That being said, I guess I do hate it when I play with a right handed backhand oriented player. Maybe they hate...

Oh that looks like that didn't go well. yeah those thin OX LP sheets will do that. That's why when I play OX, I really prefer Xiying 979. That base sheet is so thick, I've glued it on my bat with rubber cement. No joke. Just one layer on the blade, nothing on the rubber & stick it on. It won't...

Simply the best players make it to the top 300. It's not that coaches are seeking out lefties to coach in hopes they'll become a world class player someday. It's different and something most players (righties & lefties themselves) are not use to. For that reason, lefties have some sort of...