Search results

I mean I don't think Waldner necessarily thought he would win, just because he was a legend. If anything he probably expected to lose eventually. I mean of course Waldner's technique and everything isn't great, because he isn't used to playing hardbat. The fact that he can adapt his game that...

man i suck at playing hardbat, its so different, you have to alter your entire game. And I especially hate playing against hardbat players. I play so much worse against them, because shots that i normally would hit back go into the net because they don't have the same kind of top spin that i am...

The best general tip for players, who are just playing for fun, and to get better, ie, not to become professional players, is just first to study videos of pros. Concentrate on understanding the 4 main basic properties of each point. 1) the serve: here, from videos you will see that most...

It's true that they train insanely hard. But to say it even approaches anything close to breaking the law, or even as his revised wording stated, unacceptable, I don't agree with. China's table tennis program is structured in a way that there is no chance you will be playing for the team past...

No offense, that is complete bullshit. All this ingrained western propaganda. Against the law? what are you talking about? It's Chinese parents who put their kids in table tennis lessons, often because they themselves played table tennis. Asian parents care way more about their children than...

I really suggest this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0991167/ It about table tennis, but not as much as the posted movie above. But its really really funny. Also, there is the movie Balls of Fury, but I haven't seen it, and it looked kind of stupid, though the actress Maggie Q is super...

I am going to have to agree with some of the people in this thread, and say Wang Liqin is the greatest player ever. His level of dominance from 1998 or so to 2007 was unbelievable. There was a period of 3 years where he and Ma Lin reached the finals of every tournament they went to, with Wang...

Part of it just comes from experience, but honestly like most people say, you just have to remember to take a few deep breaths, if you watch the pros in big matches, after every point, they kind of walk around a little in their half of the court. It gives them a little breather and is a good way...

Yeah it was just something I found with a google search, pretty decent quick overview

haha awesome interview, he really gets into some great detail and gives a lot of interesting insight. I love when he says Austria, and Europe need more Schlagers.... haha I do agree with his statement about who has the most technical skills though. Ma Lin's style has a level of spin that no...

Here are some sample videos that show some of the random training methods that they use

Do any of you do training that relies on weights at all as part of your general training? in several videos that show the Chinese team training you do see them use weights in some of their exercises, though most of them tend to involve more unorthodox methods for training. Wang Liqin seems to...

Thought I would post this just for info for anyone who wanted to know. Both the sponge AND the topsheet determine the amount of spin generated by a particular stroke. "Mechanical spin" means that the ball gets its spin from the underlying sponge and not so much from contact with the topsheet...

Is there any point in arguing which color he uses, if atm we don't know what each color means, and how it affects his game?

Hmmm, well despite them maybe switching different components around to make custom rubber, is there a general principle behind the difference between orange and blue rubber. Like one is harder? One is better for X, while the other is better for Y? Like why does, Zhang Jike use blue, while Xu...

Also, out of the players we do know, I think Fang Bo has potential, also Zhou Yu, and Lin Guoyuan. The latter two lost to Song Hongyuan, but watching their games, I think both of them have bigger upsides than Song. They playstyles have greater potential. Lin and Zhou's backhands are pretty...

Yeah, that was weird wasn't it? the fact that of the 4 people who represented China in the world junior table tennis championships, 3 of the 4 were all lefties.... Anyway, I don't think you have to worry about penhold disappearing. The Chinese National Team wants variety. They don't care which...

rofl, are you a 4channer ttFaka?

What about the difference in sponge color? I assume its not just for the sake of which color you like, but that the color represents either difference in thickness or hard v soft.

OK, this might be a total noob question, my understanding of paddles and rubber is pretty beginner, but is there a difference between the color of the sponge? like how several of the players listed use H3 Neo, but then have like blue sponge, orange sponge. I went to train for like 5 days at...