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Togami has been surpassed by Togami in disappointment - makes me wonder whether he isn't struggling to implement the wisdom of his coaches.

Chen Yuanyu needs a massive backhand rebuild over the next couple of years if he is to achieve his full potential.

Yeah but she won Euro Cup 2025. Just luck? It is more likely she may have had a separate physical issue here than that she hasn't fully recovered from her prior issues.

The problem with this is that hidden contact allows them to serve almost pure backspin and if the serve is heavy, you need to push it straight up.

Yeah, but she needs a truly ambitious partner like Shinozuka or Togami.

They are not on an LA 2028 timeline, at best, Odo is putting her best foot forward, but it is unlikely Yoshimura will be her partner even if she made it.

You can't return consistently and aggressively if you don't see the contact point. If you are successful with your main instrument being the bounce, you are playing opponents who don't put pressure on you with their level and speed of play.

Yeah you have to see contact point to return a serve aggressively. If you can't then you need to look at the bounce and the speed. Because it had reverse sidespin, the bounce doesn't feel the same as if you are used to pendulum serves but the most important thing to start with is always serve...

Might be wrong for me to say but good for him.

Watch the contact point and racket angle not the follow through. With serves like the hook serve or tomahawk, too many people watch the follow through (especially when the serve is hidden) and miss the contact point. You have to hit the side bottom of the ball to get heavy backspin but you can...

By all means, improve your strokes, even players with perfect strokes need to work on improving their strokes. You have the problem statement laid out, you want to be able to attack more balls with your forehand. I am just saying that don't make this about how the stroke "looks" but figure out...

It's often a mistake to compare strokes unless you have something very specific related to the stroke in mind. Different physical builds, different sources of strength, different focuses on balancing two-winged play etc. all affect the stroke. I would encourage you to just see whether your...

In reality,, Lily outperformed and won a game. Given her struggles against choppers, the expected result was 3-0 so winning a game was huge for her and well above expectations.

I liked the video but there is nothing special here, this is forehand topspin vs backspin 101, the student just missed a major lesson in his initial lessons to loop backspin. When looping backspin, it is important to fight the rotation of the ball and this is where the wrist is extremely...

Tony was joking, it is almost impossible to blast the ball past a pro if you are drilling with them, so he was saying that if you can even do it, they will be impressed. But I know your main point is that your power is not going to impress pros, it is your ability to control the ball and keep...

This is true at all levels of play, especially those that are above USATT 1800. But for some reason, aspiring players don't understand you don't impress better players with your power, you impress them with your control, accuracy and precision.

Also, looks like his Tibhar issues are over, wonder whether he changed rubbers or it was just a matter of time.

Like father like son.

Miwa's tactical play and quality too good for Hashimoto. Not going to lose to her anytime soon.

This is common sense and I said some of the things you said, but when someone cites doubles ranking as a way to support an argument that a team is not that strong, and gets his argument totally destroyed by actual results, he should at least be able to say that he was wrong. I would. The...