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I haven't been able to touch a table in weeks. So I've been doing shadows. Mostly just forehand loops vs block for weeks now. I've found out a lot about my form. My swing plane is better, and I'm starting to really understand what you wanna do just as your arm starts moving. Mainly, I've...

I tried to subject myself to a full game of Szocs. I just couldn't. It's impossible. Harimoto is just a kid. It's good that he doesn't seem to care what the audience or other players think to the point that he'd stop most of his celebration, and he is just expressing himself, but he's also...

I think if you're going to step around to do a forehand on the serve receive, you make a decision beforehand and you go hard and fast as soon as the ball leaves the racket. It's risky, but being wishy washy doesn't seem to work. If you've trained enough, you can catch a sidespin serve into the...

1:52 in the 1'st video is nice. Tried to pull some rubbish on you but it didn't work, heh. 2:08, I used to have that problem when I played my "smack the ball really hard" game. Waiting and looking at it. Make it a habit to recover immediately and expect a fast block. Train that sequence with...

"My wallet's saying no but my body my body is telling me yeeesssss!"

Most likely your reflexes are fine. You're probably not innately slow. As you play more, your ability to predict and see the ball will get better. You'll start acting sooner. I'm sure if you compared the moment when a pro player starts to move vs when you start to move after an opponent's...

I suggest doing the Kamen Rider pose and yelling "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" every time you score a point.

Here, we go by hourly fees. Do you always have people to play with? Here there's a policy that you need a partner, although some places like the place I'm looking at are more like training facilities, so they do have a lot of people to play with.

Jesus, that's pretty expensive. Do you feel it's worth it?

Of course it's not a problem. Not everything has to be a problem, these days. Now, it IS a little annoying, but at most the players just embarrass themselves. It will get less as they get older.

Carl, it's what I said. 20eur per month at it's absolute cheapest, if I go most of the way by bike. They have a pay by day option, but coincidentally they also have one free training session available. I might go and check it out some day in the near future to see how long it really takes and...

If I'm eligible for it, 20eur per month for train. Otherwise anywhere from 100eur per month to 10eur - 20eur per trip. I doubt the public transportation is much faster than me on my bike, so I would travel there via train with my bike, and then get off with the bike and travel the 10km there...

Yeah, that's what I think too. They have a free session that I could check out and then make up my mind for sure. The playing costs are DEFINITELY not too high. The travel costs could bleed me dry, though. It won't be worth it if I can't keep it up for more than a month or two.

We do need to remember that he's just a kid, so of course he's going to be a bit overzealous because he's been told his whole life that he's the shit. Probably later, the young players will pipe down a bit. The Japanese have bad national self esteem in general, so they seem to be making up for...

Would it be worth it to pay 60e/month for 6days a week training with a pro coach/I presume free play as well (Unspecified hours) + 20e per month travel fee for a roughly 2 hour trip there with train + bike? Mind you that this is with the absolute cheapest options possible. If I'm not eligible...

pgpg, that's a really good price especially considering how close it is. Always someone to play with for under 37eur a month is great! For me, it's not even so much the price itself for the clubs, which are pretty reasonable, it's the travel costs. They're abysmal because one company is...

Chuck, yes, that. Generally, what it costs you to play regularly. 5 dollar session fee? One hour? I can only dream of such a low fee. :eek:

Hello. I'm interested: just how dry do you guys bleed to be able to play where you play? :p List your distance traveled and average cost for a trip there and back, and also how long it takes + any additional costs there might be, like vehicle maintenance per month. I'm asking because I found...

A handful. Samsonov is the only one who doesn't break any rules that I can see, while the others who do throw it properly like Ma Long break every other rule, so it really doesn't matter because there's no spin on the ball. I'll take someone who doesn't throw it 100% perfectly but doesn't hide...