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Please don't. This thread is nearly half a year old, and I was a moron half a year ago. Well, still am. I don't suggest you start pretending to be Mr. Expert like I did, when you're just a beginner.

Whatever you do, don't listen to me. I think I belong at the children's table. ;) On another account, exactly what kind of satanic ritual was performed to resurrect this beast, and who in their right mind would will it?

Do keep in mind that Guoliang's serves are absolutely ham. He could get heavy spin with a block of ice.

Yes, because after praising the gentlemen for their achievements and actually expecting more based on how good they look compared to me, I still don't appreciate how bad I am. :rolleyes: Boogar, your videos are private.

I know it well enough myself. These guys just look so much better than I that I expected their quality to be much better, but I guess it's just not possible unless you're a genius or very intensely coached. I don't remember applying for an online coaching license. Does it include free...

You looked absolutely amazing for your playtime, in the drill video, but in-game, it's more realistic. Still, very, very good for 1.5 years. I expected more spin, though. Your strokes are still inherently a bit flat, like mine are at 2 years of playtime. In 6 months you will spin the current...

These are better than I expected. Not bad. Masaaki Yuuasa's Ping Pong the Animation has probably the best table tennis art I know of. I should really do some pictures like that some day. I'm not any good compared to actual established artists, but it's passable for decent art. All I'm...

As soon as I read "and also that of my hair", I knew someone would post something like this. ;)

NL, what is there to laugh about? Those pushes and blocks are great.

Carl, as "a player trying to learn without the help of a coach and trying to figure things out for himself" I can safely say that the simplistic thought of "CNT is better because they swing bigger, stronger swings" comes just from a low level hitter's experience, where bigger IS better, up to...

The rest were easy, but Xu Xin is looking like a hard one. I think it's him, but I'm really on the verge. His hair is so important to his face. ;)

Perhaps the style is not necessarily the ideal end result due to the training, but just the preferred means to the end when the athlete undergoes such training? In other words, Ma Long and Wang Liqin play as they do just because they train as they do. Surely, there IS a performance increase...

Carl, I must apologize, you're right. For a bare beginner, learning first with 45deg is probably best. When do you think someone should learn to do a serve with a more horizontal racket face, then?

I think you've got your players mixed up.

Carl, isn't the idea of learning to serve with a horizontal racket first to A: Avoid banging the ball into the table as every beginner does with a vertical racket and B: To develop said timing? Sure, you can brush more reliably if your timing is off if you use a very open racket angle: but...

The slow-mo is good stuff. Really surprised at the quality of the video. If you look at your serve, I think you can see that you're hitting into the ball. To brush, you're going to need to pull/push along the ball, right? So, how are we going to accomplish that? First off, I think you should...

There's one really good top player who plays like this. Janne-Olle Wagner or something was his name.

Carl, would you suggest using the special blue cement with my special blue sponge for maximum spin?

What, using Friendship 729 wouldn't be enough punishment for two years? :rolleyes:

I'd suggest leaving this kind of glue for furniture. ;)