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You missed the point entirely. :rolleyes: Here, let me spell it out to you in a more clear way: Let's say a very good player posts video of himself serving and asks "Help how do I improve my serve?". He is serving very good sidespin pendulum. He will get all kinds of advice on generating...

Perhaps I can pull a Siva and become a serve jugaadu master who cannot return the spin that comes back but can definitely generate it. :p At least I actually know something from real experience when talking serves. My serve level is perhaps even over 1000 USATT! Hahah. I was going to post...

I think I should probably forget the sport entirely until I've moved to a place where those are even remotely possible. You'd be surprised what kind of niche table tennis is around here. I wouldn't even post here if I had a regular club and trained 5 times a week: getting me out of the club...

Those sound good. I do 1 and 2 constantly. I THINK it's starting to show some small results. I will just keep working at it, it'll eventually click. However I'd really need a partner who wants to advance to a high level, like NL says. I don't understand why other people can't see what's so...

Shuki, my self esteem doesn't need a boost. People trying to bring you down simply means that they're trying to bring you down to their level. There is no reason at all to impart a burden on your fellow man's shoulders: for his back is already at it's limit. Besides, all my life I've got...

Oops, brainfart. I guess "Why would you have thought" would have been better. Interesting. Are you sure it's just experience and you won't hit a wall eventually without good coaching? You do need to remember that, if I've understood correctly, your coach is very good and you're being trained...

Carl, you're looking way too much into what I said. I simply stated that my body can perform the needed action. Nowhere did I imply that I have good footwork, or that I can do any of it in real time proficiently against a moving ball. I know that my legs don't place themselves correctly at...

Wouldn't a 2000 USATT player giving advice to a 2200 player be even more ridiculous than a 1800 player giving advice to a 2000 player? Or are the fundamentals at around 2000 USATT considered to be solid enough to be applicable to higher level play?

I've punched solid things too, but I'm generally against it. If you ever need to punch an armored opponent's armor, you're in the wrong fight! :p I think I'm just naturally tense, or I have some kind of issue. Either way, everyday I work towards keeping my shoulders more down and my body more...

I'd read Tao of JKD a year or so ago, maybe more, but I never got around to reading more of his stuff except The Art of Expressing the Human Body. I should probably get around to reading the other JKD book. Funny thing is, my straight punch is actually solid. However I hadn't punched...

I have a copy of "The Tao of Gung Fu" next to me on my shelf. :rolleyes:

I think you outlined the important things. At least I am working on them now. I am quite tense really. I CAN be more relaxed but it's difficult. I think I have a fear of the paddle flying out of my hand or something, but I'm slowly getting over it. It's new, so it won't feel right until some...

So, what's on my mind right now is: backswing timing with footwork. I know that when you're doing a pivot around your backhand side to hit a forehand, you want to more or less start the backswing immediately and somewhere when the ball hits the table and your rear leg is well on the ground, you...

I'm gonna have to like your post just for that.

Although I can well understand why NL hates my guts and doesn't want to waste his time explaining things for free, it is a shame that no one else will hear his thoughts, I guess. NL's footwork is deceptively good and I've only really started to get that recently, so I have a lot of respect for...

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Carl, your idea of a proper swing might be different from mine. A proper swing for me is simply a swing that's hit when I'm not moving, and it feels like I'm rotating around my center. It feels a lot better if I get those right, because I usually don't. Sometimes I make a misjudgment and I...

Hah, I guess there is not much alike. I was just pointing out the similarities that should be there. ;) It does make sense, the intercepting thing. In drills, or otherwise a very controlled environment that I'm completely comfortable in, I can do a good stroke. There is no real practical...

The nearest club is in Helsinki, and it's not much of a club, more-so a training center. Although there might be one or two clubs in Helsinki that I just don't know of. The expenses alone would bleed me dry. :( Although I'm pretty sure Der was expecting the pop up, there's no reason I...