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Yep, the same can be said for Hao Shuai. Even though he is relatively strong when the Chinese team plays trials, he just has more difficulty dealing with the best non-Chinese players. Because of that he doesn't get to play as much as the others I guess and his ranking stays where it is. He's...

Funny to see as well that China has so many more gold medals than silver and bronze, while for other countries the total number of medals is more divided between gold/silver/bronze. It is a big increase indeed, I think the change of China in the past decade has had a big influence on this as...

Gergley looks like a young version of Samsonov's coach :D

Yep, you always have to keep in mind that the return of your shot will have to be returned by your partner, not you. This is why in Chinese doubles (and maybe more) the player who doesn't serve indicates his partner what to serve. In other doubles you often see the server indicating what he will...

Well the vid is about gatien, so it only shows his point. I know this uploader has a similar video from Oh Sang Eun and more tt players. His channel is really worth a visit.

I think so :) The trophies were given to the 2 that gave the best contribution to their team I guess. The best thing for me was watching Maze in action though. His performance against Gao Ning wasn't good, but his game on day 2 was way better! It is amazing how he manages to give us some Maze...

Yeah pips should only be used by people with basic understanding of table tennis as a whole and spin in particular. As for growing the sport I think you need hero's. People relate to them, more people join the sport, more heroes will come. It will help to make people consider table tennis as a...

It had to happen at some point that Timo got injured. He's been doing so much (if not too much) this year. Will ITTV stream this? Anyone know?

It is in any case unreasonable to quit within a year because you lose to players who are less athletic. Regardless if they use pips or not. And I agree with you that there is no reason to change the topic of the discussion to wether you are ranked correctly or not. :)

I agree with this. Many players semi-quit or quit the sport in favor of their study or work when they are at the point to choose wether they want to go full-prof or not.

My club plays in that yellow shirt ^^

Very true haha, but I think for Koreans and Japanese it would be more convenient to create a similar place overthere ;) Although a lot of them live and play matches in European competition.

Haha you should train him at FIFA to play other top players as well ;) Looking forward to the interview!! Ur doing great work man :D

It might also be hard for a pips player to understand what he does with his pips when he hasn't learnt the basics with 2x smooth rubber. When learning with smooth rubber you get to understand what spin your opponent gives you and only then you can start to use pips effectively I think. Besides...

I like Jun's bat swing before he serves. Try to copy it and the serve will fail miserably. I don't know how he gets that into his serve routine as a casual move haha. This thread reminds me of Joao Monteiro's serves. He tosses with a super stiff arm. But when it comes down to ugly...

Amazing work :D I'd love to see the Zhang Jike docu subtitled xD.

Europe's hopes really are on the WSA. The best of the best in Europe should just start to live there and train every day with each other.

You don't see him too much around indeed. But when you see his name in a YouTube-vid, watch it! His style is really cool and his chops are tight :D

I don't think Ovcharov has it. He has his special serves and a good backhand, but that is not enough I would hope. All in all he has his limits, he often outplaces himself because he makes the choice to go for a BH-winner from any position and his pushing technique is the most horrible I've ever...

This type of serve really hides the contact point of the ball in some situations. Especially when it is right-handed vs. left-handed. The contact point is often behind the body, for many people who use this type of serve. In those cases it should be called illegal.