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No, Carl. I haven't implied any of those things. I've just implied that I've actually improved a bit, but I'm still not there. I'm a lot more "there" than on the very first video I posted, and I'm a bit more "there" than the 2nd video I posted, but not yet. I'm definitely not brushing...

That's what I thought. But my technical level surely isn't high enough to say "That's it, I've reached a sensible stage of spin and can stop trying to cause a huge increase now", right? Logically, you will need to move the ball when you increase spin. Unless the ball is pinned to something and...

Doing what he has told me has improved my faster shots, though. I figured it out on my own before, but I did the same things he's recommended and they worked. Getting the same level of spin for slow brush shots is what is proving very challenging.

I was figuring I'm just not getting enough spin, but by all logic I should be able to grab onto the ball and spin it just by grazing along it, if you simplify things at least. In reality, perhaps I do need to sink the ball into the sponge, otherwise it'll slip off even with a tacky rubber.

Definitely. There's a reason I really prefer playing close to table fast attack penhold. I don't do so because it'd really screw up my spin game, though. I can make up a lot of "flat hit penhold attack" and "bashing head into wall" analogies, though. ;)

What degree of angle opening are people talking about? I'm starting to think that you simply can't loop no-spin balls effectively with a more open angle. 80 - 90deg, that is. Would anyone have an example of what that'd look like?

I'd not have a problem going through scrutinous 32 hours a day, 9 days a week, 6 weeks a month and 14 months a year training with Der_Echte until I can beat him 4-0 in a legit game. Someone call the goon squad, quick. :p

Thanks, Carl. Someone had the nerve to stop bullshitting and spell it how it is. Do you suggest I only make threads with questions? They've been quite fruitful to now. I'd like to continue the brush loop discussion instead of getting on people's nerves.

I didn't record anything because I was out of battery and also time, but I'll get something next time. It's very similar to the last video I posted, for reference. I'm just trying to spin more. I think I'm just simply bumping into the ball and not rolling it over the topsheet. Is it...

I'm not sure if you understand my writing properly, but please pay attention to the bolded text: Don't take what I said as given, though. I don't have very much experience playing choppers, or in general. There might be a scenario, especially in lower level play, where you might want to pin...

You know, I have a pretty simple problem. I'll just describe it here. Whenever I brush loop anything that's not a respectable amount of backspin, it'll go out. The arc will be okay for the speed, but it'll be too fast and it'll have a huge throw angle off the rubber. It feels like I'm...

How clearly do I have to spell out "This is not my idea, I'm just bringing it here"?

What is it that I am doing?

Don't take what I said as given, though. I don't have very much experience playing choppers, or in general. There might be a scenario, especially in lower level play, where you might want to pin them to one side and feed them a certain kind of ball. You might want to push more, and not risk...

First off, your text is hard to read as you can probably see. Go and change the color. What I've heard from people who are good against choppers is that you don't want to pin them on one side necessarily: instead it's supposedly good to play shots right into their middle, and to their wide...

I can place slow loops very well and they have quite a bit of arc with this new setup, too. I still feel they are not too spinny, though. They will travel back towards the wall and they will pop up violently off a racket that's not closed, but they won't travel too fast and they don't pop up at...

We're so used to each other that even with variation we can return low and fast, or very short and spinny. The new rubber has helped: my heavier pushes stop right in their tracks 3/4 down the table. On a normal point, we will be attacking each others' pushes, and we've got quite a lot better...

Perhaps you've not considered that the idea of MI + A is NOT to figure out the student's MI + A, and then just implant your own MI + A for them to follow. The idea is to guide them towards a better one. For example, Ross had a driver who was always exiting a corner on an oval circuit too far...

NL, you probably missed the part where I said that I'm just basically reciting the method Ross mentioned in his book. Please don't make fun of every single thing I do: especially if I've not actually said anything myself. You're essentially laughing at an idea by an actual professional coach...

I actually just ordered some Joola Spinballs which quite clearly show spin in the air. If the ball nearly appears to be one color in the air when it has two sides with different color and a black line separating them, is that any good spin? Should it be 100% completely uniform in color to be...