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cool trick! I will also give it a try

Yeap, I think his flashy forehand has made many fans enthusiastic about him and too much hype than he actually deserved, which Im sure it created some pressure on him. Good aesthetics does not necessarily mean that you are the greatest or deserve to be world champion. Wang hao's short game is...

?eap it was a whole different game, the hidden serves the spin and speed of the ball made it almost impossible to always attack the serve. Besides with so much speed from the glue, it was essential that you back of the table and play mid distance loop

I saw all of them, actually was a great fan of gatien! the smaller ball had big differences, there is no comparison, still zhang and fan have better rallying abilities CLOSE to the table. Kreanga is a mid distance looper and gatien a one shot killer. Gatien's footwork though was ahead from his...

Yeap zhang has the most effective technique close to the table. No weaknesses whatsoever, the rallies he has played close to the table are phenomenal and only him and fan zhendong can display such a perfect technique and explosiveness without getting off balance. One could say that zhang is the...

lets say 40mm ball produces 100 rotation and 40 + produces 95 with the same rubber. If companies manage to produce rubbers with better grip or if the balls are much harder than before then maybe we can have same spin with the 40 mm ball. All of the other factors are the same, same tangential and...

The plastic ball is softer than the celluloid one. this means more energy in deformation of the ball so less spin. The bigger diameter plays a role also . The quality is increasing though lets hope it will increase even more. The first plastic balls I played 1.5 year ago were pretty crappy...

Well the greatest of all time is just a big word thrown away by journalists. In terms of total titles no one can surpass waldner. But in waldner's era the game was much less physical so we cant compare really. If wang hao had better mentality he could be compared to waldner no matter how weird...

hhaha I dont know if anyone else said this, I heard this quote somewhere else I think. The funny thing is that the MMA fighter and current champion Conor Mcgregor repeated this quote in his interview after his win against Jose Aldo for the UFC title (its similar like a world champion in mma...

Marcos, although you have shown tremendous improvement over the past two years and put up a good fight against the chinese, it seems that they find it rather easy to get you off balance or destroy your footwork patterns backing you off the table. Is it because they have trained for years in the...

It is on the umpire's personal decision. There is no specific amount of time by the rules. For example if a long fast rally occurs the umpire should not call the players to play immediately, they need to take a good breath first and relax. Ma lin took advantage of this "grey" area many times in...

Adam Bobrow the ittf commentator pointed out some weaknesses in XX game against FZD. It was obvious that XX does not trust his BH against the other 3 players and at that level of play the other big 3 smell that immediately. He still prefers to pivot and play FH instead which is deadly mistake...

Well in the end we are describing the same thing with different perspective. You say it was just a rally, I say it was a pre organized rally. Ma long choked at the end, played it safe to win the one point needed and he knew that FZD is prone to make mistakes when attacking and the tempo changes...

ma long has not achieved a grand slam yet. just wait. in terms of big titles under a short period zhang has achieved things no one has ever before. wang liqin 3 wttc but no world cup and no olympics, waldner 3 consecutive wttc finals and one olympic and 1 world cup but in a much longer period...

wow dude , that's a pretty interesting theory I always like the psychological mindgames during a table tennis "bout". I believe you are totally right, in fact I bring to my mind his face expressions when he loses or gets outplayed in an explosive rally his faces is like "omg my game is not...

You misunderstood something , I didnt mean that ML was so relaxed where he even noticed par gerell. Check the slow mo of the last point and u will see. Ma long blocks, gets ready for a FH with his hand and small torso rotation to the right, his feet stay on the bh side in c ase the ball comes to...

I explained the trap, I dont know what you didnt understand Blocking near the endline is not viable for ma long cause his bh block is not so good near the table and its risky. The weak points for every player is blocking near the endline as you said, and as close to the net with a "fading" ball...

Actually dima is really bad at fast topspin exchanges. He always gets out of balance and has slow recovery, changing the pace is a good way to win against the chinese, kallberg and fegerl didnt win with explosive game.. the chinese are far better in this field. He struggles against mizutani who...

the last point was for a table tennis lecture. ma setting a trap to fan pinning him on the BH side and patiently waiting for a bad attack to counter it. in the slow mo you could see ml always getting ready for a FH exchange and then switching to a slow BH block landing low and near the net as...