Search results

Zagreb contender semifinals are what Zennihon 2024 could have been...

Guess we're stuck with them

Hirano's first round opponent is Li Yu-Jhun who stretched her to a decider at Taiyuan. She's scheduled to meet Szocs in the quarters which will be an important match for Olympic seeding considering that only Szocs and Shin stand in her way of the 4th seed now. Shin has a tough road to the...

IMO Chen Xingtong deserves the Olympic P card and all the opportunities that have been given to Wang Yidi. I think she's 100% against JNT this cycle and only lost to Ito once last cycle?

China and Japan are probably breathing a sigh of relief. The bronze medal winning Mukherjee pair are not going to the Olympics. https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympics-india-table-tennis-team Women’s singles: Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula Women’s team: Archana Kamath Reserve player...

Had a chance to apply what I've been practicing at a weekly club tournament this week. This club is a bit far from where I live but worth the travel because they have an ELO ranking system plus you get to play against new players nearly every single time. Games are best of three until...

Boll has been played in every Olympics since 2000 and Ovtcharov since 2008. It's a bad sign for German table tennis that they're both still playing in 2024. The only chance for Franziska to make it is if Germany exercises their P card.

One point deduction is huge when you're playing to 11. The focus should be on getting umpires to enforce rules evenly.

I think Ito played really well. First time in a long time I've seen her outrally a chinese player on backhand exchanges. Considering that she was leading 10-7 in the third, she acutually suppressed Wang Yidi in five out seven games. Just didn't take her chances. Also quarterfinals in two smash...

On the advice of longrange, blahness and the others I dedicated one of my recent sessions to working executing the right forehand technique while incorporating lateral movement. Obviously my technique isn't the best but I honestly can't figure out what's wrong exactly. The only thing I know is...

How's Fransizka not going to the Olympics?

Completely open bottom quarter especially given Batra's record against Hayata If Hirano or Miwa can stop Chen Meng, Japan will have a good chance of having one representative in the final. Unlikely but the team needs a breakthrough especially since other Szocs and Samara have already beaten...

Thanks for the feedback and timestamps! By pushing lateral footwork, do you mean working on 2-point/3-point drills? I generally enjoy doing those drills but some of my practice partners don't because they find that most match rallies don't last long enough for them to apply the footwork. I think...

Very mediocre practice match today with few rallies, I suspect mainly because I was too focused on winning after being on a losing streak recently + being overall poorer than my opponent on service and receive. Told myself to lower my COG and release shoulder tension throughout the entire two...

What's Wrong With My Backhand? So I managed to get some training today, unfortunately the match footage ended up being really ugly because I didn't bother checking the camera between each game but one thing I did note is that my forehand accuracy increases significantly if I activate my hips...

I did try to incorporate the X and H drills into my routine, but I realised that I still don't have good enough fundamentals yet and things end up being a mess - in the sense that while my partner and I can generally keep the rally going we're compromising on our fundamentals, so right now my...

That's interesting. I've never really thought of my service game as strong. If anything I always feel like I'm telegraphing too much of where/what I want to serve, spins are too obvious and most serves drift long when I want them to be short. As for the forehand, there have been matches when I...

Really appreciate the detailed feedback. BH loop is definitely one of my best shots but footwork doesn't allow me to pull it out as much as I would like. FH smash can win me some matches that I shouldn't but also lets me down in tight situations. I'll definitely work on syncing up body and arm...

Thanks but it might just be because I'm playing a familiar opponent. Definitely have a weakness receiving quality long serves all across the table.