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I still find it hard to get my mind around it. It is not the mental picture I had for months. But it is true.

OK. I see now. And I agree, with rules like that, it is hard to imagine we will see much of ZJK in the coming year. It doesn't matter how talented you are or how much you have been training, if you haven't played a significant tournament in months, you are going to have problems at any...

So here is a question. How many male people remember the strength and athleticism they had at 14 compared to at 18 or 20 or 25 for people who stayed active throughout those ages? Harimoto is going to get a lot stronger pretty soon. Even if he is getting taller now, he is still a kid. And...

Pretty close, depending on where the people in China are that you use for the comparison. Here are some things I found with a little searching: The DNA sequencing picture that emerges today shows the central Honshu people of Japan to be genetically just a little closer to Sino-Tibetan and...

I saw them first hand at the WTTC in 2017 in Germany. It was not pleasant to be around them. They were not particularly interested in table tennis.

I think this is a good point. I need you to explain the new CNT policy though. I have not heard about it.

If he plays badly as I expect it gives us something else to talk about. If he is as good as before or nearly, even more to talk about. Win win..

Things are more interesting when he plays for sure.

These days pros return serve so well that maybe they just let servers do it because it doesnt matter. Especially with 40+ balls it is possible to be a lot more agressive returning npw.

Or: I am still struggling from the change away from 38 mm balls.

He has gotten better but this tournament was a big step backward. You don't need to talk all the time. It is not radio. We can see that shots are great. We only care about TT. Enthusiasm is great. Insight is greater.

Your serves are terrible. No other word for it. They are not tricky, they are not spinny, and they are going to the middle of the table and no matter what your motion seems to be there is very little variation. Your return of serve is weak. You can't read deadball. When he hits even a...

When England wins some Olympic medals, preferably gold, it will change. See for example road and track cycling over last 15 years. Right now they are not in that league in TT.

It helps if you can do it without sustaining injury. Also if you try to bend so much that it feels totally unnatural, it will backfire. So there is an optimum. Won't be the same for different people even of the same height.

Wow. Interesting. At least people care. One thing I admire about Japan is people admit their mistakes. This is true even when going in the reasons for their decisions were pretty sound. We could use a lot more of that in the US.

He was in a big flame war with, of all people, AgentHEX. The search function at MyTT is a bit clumsy for me to take the time to find it, plus I would rather not revisit it. He does occasionally show up at MyTT still. Usually, his comments begin with the sentence "earlier today I wrote on my...

I do think the point that whether something is trolling does depend in some cases on context. Lightzy gave an example. I don't think the definitions I provided suck (I certainly didn't invent them). And I do think his was very inadequate. But some is in the eye of the beholder. That...

You make a good point. But I still think your definition is not quite inclusive enough. Also, people can go off-topic without intending to sow discord. I guess it comes down to intent, but it is hard to know someone's intent when they are anonymous on the internet. For all we know some...

Here is the standard definition (from Wikipedia): In Internet slang, a troll (/troʊl, trɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting quarrels or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum...

Very true. The accuracy of such a label can only be ascertained over time. Tropical, I don't know what some have said, but you are not a troll. You post comments on a wide range of subjects, including (these are just some that I remember) the mechanics of table tennis equipment, technical...