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Keeping in high form regularly esp. vs worse players Hello. Perhaps my biggest problem right now is consistently playing at a sufficiently high level relative to my own max. It's not that I keep losing all the time because of my laziness, more so the opposite: I know I can win against the...

Good video. 1:30 has always puzzled me. That's what I do when I can't return half-long backspin serves aggressively, and I've always considered it bad form, but I get away with it and can win. If such a high level player does that, then I guess it's a valid technique. Must be the...

Did you teach the technique from scratch? A lot of people have this idea that the BH flick is a super advanced shot that shouldn't be taught until someone is, I dunno, a world champion. :rolleyes: I personally think it can be taught shortly after the BH loop.

Well, if he was trying to miss them, surely he'd know better how to miss them than I do.

While I'm not one to jump onto a conspiracy theory, I must say that Ma Long's form was awfully wonky in that match. It really looks like he was trying to throw his loops long.

I only really BH flick if people offer me a kill. If it's easy and I can get to it, it's over. Otherwise, I'm going to alternate between fade looping to the left from my POV, or half looping half flicking hard into their backhand corner. Of course, if the opponent has some weird weakness, I...

That's a good one. Always nice to see people standing there flatfooted when you flick because they don't think you're gonna get it on the table. Even better when you do. ;)

I guess.

This is correct. Only lower level amateur players play with the pace of the opponent: higher level players will force their pace on the ball. This is why ex-pro or current pro coaches will advise to serve fast short serves, also because you can disguise a short serve as a half long and vice...

The rallies at the Kuala Lumpur WTTTC sure were in-tents.

That ball spin exercise is probably the only reason my serves are as good as they are. I do it all the time, whenever there's a bat and balls at hand.

I think mental imagery should also be mentioned. I can't give an accurate breakdown on mental imagery in a single post, but mental imagery is imagining doing something, with the look, feel, sound, taste, everything included. Ideally you would want to do a form of mental imagery pretty much...

Good thing we're talking about letting the ball drop and bounce first, then. :rolleyes:

Carl's point about coordination and the importance of practicing it off the table is a good one. I recently coached a friend of mine, working on his forehand technique and basically redoing his technique completely because he had never received any formal training nor had he ever been...

You'll look strange, but you already look strange, so it's no big deal. I stopped getting weird looks after becoming essentially a table tennis legend at my school. :p

I don't understand this idea of a "control" rubber or a more "forgiving" rubber. Sure, some rubbers provide more feel, and respond to inputs more intuitively and fitting to your style, and are perhaps more consistent in the minute differences they produce between otherwise identical shots. I...

While due to this, I can also perform strong and spinny loops from below the table with my bodyweight extremely low, I really don't recommend practicing it below the table. Your contact point will become way too late and low, then. Get a piece of wood or something to place on the ground...

I can't really suggest anything more, because we're in essentially the same situation, thus the drill. :p I do long serve backhand flick drills as well with the same method, just throw (more so drop) it lower and closer. This drill is not really made for gauging how well you perform the shots...

Last time I saw Kreanga, his forehand was larger than most Chinese players. I guess it's adaption to age.

I was going to suggest my method, but, yeah. It was here, by the way.