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My brother, who is 9 years older than me, tried it once and said he hurt his elbow. So he's never tried since. I learned it probably when I was about 32 or so. So that's not exactly young for learning something new. :) So I wouldn't let age get in the way. I think it's just like anything when...

How much longer after a point are you allowed to touch the table? Are you ever able to touch it? Even after the point somewhat? What's the rule on this? I was watching this match with He Zhi Wen and he clearly touches the table at this point. Go to 8:00 I tried linking directly to that time...

The wall of text would have been too much (you guys would have killed me :P ) So I posted my latest findings on my blog. http://chroniclesofgossima.blogspot.com/ Check it out if you want. A New Discovery: Part 1 & 2. You guys know pretty much all of part 1. Maybe except the last couple...

Had a hit with my co-worder, who also attends club every now & then, over lunch. Was hitting just okay. Had a moment where I felt unsatisified with my inverted FH and thought "why am I banging my head against the wall trying to spin everything." So took the next couple of hits and just hit more...

If I was going to go that route, I'd definitely try the Nittaku Sou. IMO there isn't a sexier blade around. You can pick it up from TableTennis11.com http://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/nittaku-sou-mf-r-pen Plus Nittaku makes excellent blades. But that being said, for some reason I've...

1) Yes I do. I kind extend it and slide it down the neck of the paddle on the TPB. It can't stay curled or tight around the neck like normal as i wouldn't be able to close the face of the blade enough on blocks. There is this one youtube channel featuring this one player with one of the best TBP...

Thanks for the feedback everybody. I will take all comments into account. Club is Sunday so I will try to record some singles matches and post them fore review. Win or lose. Appreciate the help.

Okay here we go. Again a little background. Spent the last couple of years or so primarily playing the short pip/long pip twiddle game. Want to move to inverted/long pip for better attacking speed & spin plus it helps out the RPB. I do have experience playing inverted. Just been a while...

I use it as a rare change up. I generally believe that you should pretty much swipe or attack all backspin balls with LPs but that can be dangerous if the opponent starts to expect this and they've hit with you enough to adjust to the off speed nature of the attack. Given this style only...

Seems to be that among the pros, Tenergy is still king. But its price is ridiculous. My training partner recently switched to the Tibhar Evolution series and couldn't be happier. I believe he has stated that he feels they're about the same and a fraction of the cost. Certainly playing against...

Question about when to use the different type of loops. For a while now, I've known about and been a big proponent of the soft loop. For me, I always just classified it as a power loop and soft loop. This video talks about an between stage. I like to use the soft loop on serves off the table...

I just realized by your description under your pic you use LPs OX. Do you use those on the RPB side only I take it? Ever chop with them? Chop-block? Soft counter drive? (yes that's an option too) Does any of that give him problems? I am kinda working with NL (he seems to be willing to help me)...

OldschoolPenholder, I'm curious if when playing your defensive partner if you've tried, or had any success, vs him resetting when he's presumably off the table chopping. My training partner claims to have been doing this for years that he likes and in practice, I think I can see what he's...

okay sounds good. I will see what i can do and try to get some video here. I probably could first post some technique practice vs robot then club matches, etc. I think that'll help. Appreciate the help. Always wanting to refine & get better.

Those are some great videos and I like the insight of further defining or explain whip. Yeah Daniel is the most technically sound. He has received professional coaching and is going off the top of my head 2050 USATT. In watching that video I could see the difference. Although my interview the...

Our local news did a story about our club. Kinda fun. I'm Steve in here BTW: Side note: NL: I certainly can see the similarities in that guy's style. I like that he will look to attack backspin with his LPs if he sees it. Kinda surprised he serves with his LPs as much as he does. I have to...

I hear ya. Truth be told from a feel & power prospective, I prefer the fingers extended approach. I do mine simply from a twiddle prospective. Well that and I like it more for a FH to TPB transition prospective. Anyways, Yeah I would say my serve is legal. The angle in the video isn't the best...

Holy smokes another fellow penhold twiddler. That is rare. i don't find many others to converse with. So the LP swipe vs backspin in my experience doesn't actually do much for deception. Perhaps you can get your opponent to hesitate which is good but I do it simply because it's easier for me...

Night of Ups & Downs: Mostly downs. So recently I've been trying to consider a style switch. I was considering more of either - Penhold Duel Inverted - Shakehand. Modern Defender. Basically trying to play a little further from the table, bigger spin, more modern approach. It largely failed...

I had decided about a month ago that I was going from penhold to shakehand. I was for a long time using short pips (sometimes inverted)/Long Pips twiddle game. It was fun and gave some players fits but others (particularly my club mates who see it all the time) not at all. Had a tournament a...