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The analogy to jazz is striking. There is tons of theory plus techique to master over countless hours but when it comes down to it, when it gets real, you dont want to be thinking about your technique. You are thinking how you can sound good with the other musicians. But if you dont put in...

Reminds me of a nasty old piano teacher I had as a kid. "You must never change one note of what was written by the masters!!!" (All of whom were dead by 1830). Thank god later I got to study jazz. Sometimes I wonder how many talented kids have had all sorts of good stuff coached out of them...

Cybernetics hierarchy of the system???? Ha ha ha!!!

I would suggest not serving into the net. Nevertheless the Table Tennis Gods have indicated another Supplement is needed owing to essentially criminal behavior of some humans. To whit: Supplement 8. You are not allowed to apologize to your opponent for his or her errors! And note again...

The Table Tennis Gods have passed their judgement. Supplement 8. Ba'al has spoken.

yeah but you don't want to be thinking about it when you are playing. It has to come naturally as a result of LOTS of training your forehand in all sort of situations that force you to MOVE to get to the ball.

Supplement 7. If you are thinking about buying a blade on ebay and the price is 4,500 dollars, euros, or pounds sterling......... don't do it. Take your family on a vacation instead. (Consider the kind of person you would be dealing with who would even contemplate listing it for that...

I get that it is really rare and that one is in very good condition but anyone who buys it for that price is either nuts or someone who is rich enough that its is more less like small coins they find on the floor of their car. I have a black tag Viscaria (FL) that is unusally good and about...

Clearly the truth lies elsewhere (meaning someplace other than the wrist, at least on the FH). So what do all these great players do in common? It is revealed in the the bear video posted above.

Ping pong depot in Canada.

Good luck Andre. I wish long life to your rubber sheets. By the way, 1/2 inch edge tape very much reduces occurence of that kind of damage during play. That is 1.1 cm or so. Gaffers tape from Amazon is awesome for this and dirt cheap.

Rule 6.

Somewhere buried deep within Igor's quoting of various ITTF technical bulletins (twice now) is some hidden message about how the OP might repair a tear in the edge of the topsheet of his new and expensive rubber. Normally one would simply suggest a glue. (Possibly something like...

And videotape yourself before you try to make any changes (maybe what you do is ok). If you are not careful you will end up thinking too much about mechanics and in that direction lies madness and futility. Finally, Rule 52 (at least the small part of it that was serious and not meant to be...

Ba'al has spoken.

I always liked that bear video. Here is another way to visualize it. If your body rotates properly your arm will certainly move by centripetal force. The blade is an extension of the arm It will move through the air like the wing of an airplane. You can use the muscles that move (or tense)...

Our building has an office suite for Canaanite Fertility Deities. Moloch and I share a secretary. The Gods of Table Tennis are just down the hall (a much smaller suite but they are not to be underestimated).

You should be quite cautious about some of what EmRatThich puts in his videos. I want to put in another vote for pingskills. Good information from people who actually know what they are talking about. The TomLodziak ones are really good too. As you watch those, make sure you sometimes...

Supplement 6. Attempts to mess with your opponent's head will mess with your head.

Move your body and your arm and wrist will follow. Just don't tense up like a robot.