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I used to have bets with a friend a commitment device to keep me using the same equipment. If either of us changes rubber/blade, then we have to pay for two new sheets of our friend's rubber. Now I am pretty much Butterfly blade, Butterfly rubbers and just try to use them more and more...

You are on your own here. Thanks. I can't compare the issues of a guy who has already won his national championship to a guy who is not even close. Feel free to make that case.

He is the Japanese national champion. Did you really forget forget that?

The problem with the Teams events regardless of format is controlling the time to play the matches. I don't like this mixed team either but I guess 8-0 matches will help things move along....

Don't underestimate the value of strength training especially physical therapy to keep the right muscles working.

He likely challenged the 2-2 point, I didn't see the edge that was given to Sun.

My issue has little to do with age, much more to do with pips, on the age front, I am pretty patient, but let's remember that Yuto was also a beast as a junior. Sun Yang is still clearly in development, my issues have little to do with his results. I am focused much more on his competition...

Obviously, that's the problem. He would have to be a really special talent and stop chopping so much to make it happen (either hit with the pips more or twiddle a lot more on attacks). And developing those skills takes time and there are only limited training hours in a day to spend on...

It almost always means a point was counted wrong previously and missed by the players until they looked at the score board. You just have to look over game 3 and find the point.

No one doubts that. But not as a Frontline player. Ask all the girls that used pips.

You have to have a minimum commitment of 6 shots to win the point when playing with slow spin - anything less is a lucky point and you will take it, but be willing to grind. Be willing to back up and reloop if they are mostly blocking. Learn to add sidespin to make the blocks harder. I...

Good luck with that, especially on the CNT.

Placement is always important as is service when playing opponents where nothing seems to be working. You need to find out what happens when you make them move and create new angles by putting the ball to the short forehand or the wide backhand. Means work for you as well as for them, but at...

Play against him more and more, the problem is universal. The biggest thing is that the tactics he uses against you will tend to work against him. The most common area of weakness is the very wide forehand of both players, lefties are just more adept at finding it because they play many more...

Youth and the defender's curse. The game is too fast now for you to be floating balls to your opponent and hope they miss.

FZD is hard to beat, headband or no headband.

A lot of table tennis is invisible (mental) so while you see the players hitting the ball, you don't see their anticipation and preparation as much. The anticipation and preparation is the biggest thing that distinguishes the levels of well trained players and is why it is very hard to...

The CNT is so efficient that people underestimate how good the people who even threaten them are.

I'll have what she's having...