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http://imgur.com/a/Z878c It might look like I'm not pinching it, but that's probably just due to the huge handle and my short fingers. It's hard to really show what you're talking about when you're talking about grip: a video is better because it's the feel that counts. In fact, I developed...

I think grip is one of those things that you shouldn't really try to change by itself unless you simply don't know how to hold the paddle. What I've heard from very high level people is that you will eventually train yourself a better grip if you focus on not being so tense and being able to...

If you hate playing some style, or think it's stupid or un-fun, change your mentality to "I really love playing x style" or "Beating on x style players is really fun" and you might end up becoming really proficient at playing said style. Same thing goes for learning and performing some strokes...

I've done probably at least a few hundred hours serve practice in my short time playing to now, so I can see things like this. ;) The serves are good for a dead rubber. I know how hard it is to consistently produce good spin with old and worn rubbers. New, modern rubber feels like cheating...

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A bit unrelated, but what rubber are you using to serve and are you actually serving heavy? I was serving with a really dead bat a few days ago and I could get the ball to roll back into the net with some good pace too, like in the heavy backspin video. Came back into my hand if I did a ghost...

I think now would be a good time to remind everyone that the ITTF needs pro athletes, but pro athletes don't need the ITTF. Hint hint.

You should be watching some professional games every day, but more importantly, you should be watching what people at and around your level do, so you can do better. If you can notice that the other person responded late and you noticed where the ball was going before they moved, you can be one...

Ratings are absolute nonsense. The only somewhat useful comparable statistic I can think of would be a spring frequency and spring constant rating for the blade's speed, but that'd not be entirely accurate either and really going into scientific mumbo jumbo territory. Let's not even get to...

You twiddle as a chopper to be able to chop from a wing, or to attack from a wing as you choose. Compensation is the point, you can't ever have everything.

You'd best ask a high level chopper, though. To find out why they use pimples or not. I'm posting from my impressions. Also, as a sidenote, you should be able to twiddle, so you can play backhand loops from your backhand if you just twiddle to your forehand rubber. I think if you change from...

I believe as your level gets higher, the spin you have to deal with tremendously increases. You can theoretically chop better with inverted, but I don't think that's actually viable at a higher level, where chopping correctly into someone's topspin is incredibly hard. Thus you need the assist...

You know you'd want to carve out an MP5-K shaped hole into it, for James Bond points.

NextLevel has a good point. Banana flicking at low amateur level and top 10 level is completely different, there's practically nothing similar, but it's still banana flicking. If you can flick low level serves, you can better flick higher level serves later on, even if the old technique and...

Oh yeah, be prepared to lose a lot if you want to actually develop yourself. Even if it feels like it's not working, try to incorporate your practice skills into your matches, even if you get your ass handed to you on a plate. It'll pay off when it starts sticking. Of course, this also means...

As will probably be said a billion times, but a video would really help to diagnose anything that might be making it very hard for you to dynamically play the stroke on a ball that changes spin and placement.

Reported for breaking thread conduct. ;) While I'd like to entertain the possibility of just not acting in a way that you don't like, that's pretty funny.

NextLevel, do you have amnesia? Last time I posted a video, you said I had a surprisingly clean game with none of the major de-merits of a late learner. So, I'm just an idiot? ;)

That's actually a good one.