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The ball being behind the player (as opposed to besides the player) means the receiver will have to move to see it throughout the toss. Serves that depend on where the receiver is standing for visibility are considered hidden serves. Logic and geometry do play a role in understanding the...

No they arent, the best argument you have made is that many players use illegal serves and he isnt necessarily worse than others. But as I have pointed out, many people can review how TTR has been applied fo Wang when it approves him and see that in many of them the ball was plainly behind the...

The rule is that the ball should be visible throughout the toss. Keep that on mind when making any arguments. Blatantly legal and visible serves are visible to both net posts and do not require the receiver to move to view contact.

I am 1900-2000, not that high level. IT's just that when you learn older, the things that are gaps in your game at the same rating level are not the same as kids with a few exceptions.

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I feel the rubber is bouncy for everything, I just can't get any extra time to play shots that I could play and control comfortably with D05, D09c or any rubber I remember. Tronix ZGR was the last rubber that made me feel like this lol.

Level difference shows up in many ways, but if a player is close to your level, the most important thing is to not let the player use fake or misleading cues to take your focus off the ball. Usually, I try to use big body motions to serve slow dead balls for example, because I want you to...

Well, a lot of TT learning is really exposure to scenario and adaptation through some mix of trial and error or coached feedback. So just facing serves will answer your question to some degree but here is the logic: To serve really fast, a serve has to come fairly low and fast through the...

Since you are asking, it is likely to be relative to amateur playing level. The earliest time to anticipate is usually the first bounce on your opponent's side well before it crosses the net. For a serve to be really fast and deep and push you back or rush you, it needs to hit really early...

It is really funny and pleasant to see Tokic still playing after a retirement ceremony was held for him and we haven't seen him on tour in years. Also interesting that no (relatively) young talent in Slovenia is currently strong enough to take that spot. Is Hribar injured or just not in form...

One of the annoying things about TTR is that only one thing gets reviewed whenever a serve is challenged. The ball goes clearly behind his head but that is not under review.

He explained it was something Waldner showed him if I remember correctly (or maybe it is a Bobrow story i misremember). It is just an alternative to flicking and for some serves and spins, it is more comfortable to push witj then the backhand out of that position.

A few comments: Some of the TTR reviews of his serves that were approved as clean were extremely dubious and I would argue that the TTR review got the call wrong but if we are to stick to the standard of passing the rule, then you are on decent ground. Thankfully we can see the video reviewed...

Yeah, people serve exactly the same way every time so all you have to do is look at one serve and there is nothing left to discuss. Genius I tell you....

So the singles portion of this just ended. Nigeria couldn't get a player into the semis. The Finals were both all Egypt affairs. On the women's side, a bigger and fitter Hana Goda beat Dina Meshref 4-0. If she can maintain that level of physicality and add consistency, she will impose her...

This event is not being discussed here - wonder why... Went through the results for the first time today. Why did the French women's team mess up so badly? Before I reviewed the results, I saw a video in my Yotube Feed with Pavade saying they did what they had to do and I was thinking they...

I used to think so but I am not so sure anymore. I look at the tools and look for the path. He has better power but the gap between what his shots do to Hugo and what Hugo's shots do to him is night and day. But Hugo is top 5. To be top 10, we would need Kanak to be a better version of Qiu...

Hugo reveals all Kanak's inherent limitations. It will be interesting to see whether Kanak can develop consistent solutions for them.

Kuai would have been 18 then. I suspect Ojio Haruna also had a positive record against Kuai Man around that time and a lot gets invested into CNT players when they make the first team and are in the 19-21 age range or are consistently first team players. But by all means, it does say Hashimoto...

Mostly because fans project positive on Hashimoto when her opponent hasn't played her, in reality, the CNT is bringing the threat bsck into focus and as Wang Yidi showed their results are alread improving. Hashimoto is a much stronger defender than Suh Hyo Won in 2025 but as a first step, I am...