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They are probably being formally evaluated at the tournament. This is what tends to happen at events where formal evaluations are taking place.

I don't know quite how the club settings in the UK work but at my club in Philly when I started playing, there were a few very strong players 2000 to 2200 USATT, who were very aggressive ball bashers, and could generate balls loaded with spin. But they couldn't attack everything if you played a...

Table tennis is so mental that you have to continue to find stories that keep you relaxed or at least in the best playing mindset. Why tight when you have stepped up a level? Unless you play your best TT when tight, you need to reframe that better.

The truth is that at the amateur level, just about everyone's serves are somewhat dubious if not illegal, they just don't know it yet. And the reality is that many illegal serves don't really interfere with anyone's enjoyment of the game at the lower levels unless one makes it an issue in which...

Hi Wrighty67, I don't have a great bedside manner today, so forgive me. Your blocks were really so bad that you can go back to square one and do much better if you just practiced a little bit more against slow heavy topspin with your coach. It's a very simple fix and one that should improve...

Wrighty made a similar complaint about his game and progress a while back and as a fellow adult learner, I will tell you the same thing I told him. A lot of footwork is tied to anticipation, and the way you reduce anticipation demands is by 1) understanding the angle of play and 2) hitting...

Getting good at drills doesn't translate to matches unless things are done in the drills that simulate what is giving you problems winning points in matches. If you are returning serves like crap and getting your returns killed, having great footwork isn't going to help with that. It is the...

Yep, that is why I called for a return to *some* separation by association in the other thread.

Bring back separation by association, please... maybe a weaker form... something, please!

Teams event is separate in ETTU and hosted in alternate years, Sweden hosted and won last year.

I answered my own question, they lost to Chile with Daniela Ortega crushing Amy Wang 3-0. Would like to know the story behind that one, though Daniela looks like a serious player.

Did the US women play??

It is hard to see backward tosses away from the table from the camera perspective shown on most serves, and this was the issue the umpire was faulting her on - it is easier to see backward tosses side on from our perspective, but harder for the umpire to gauge them without having a feeling for...

Alexis Wick!

That was the highest level of table tennis play i have seen in a single day of table tennis ever. Alexis was unplayable today.

He was just spitting facts. This is not even a case of opinion. You could see it in game 3 and the aftermath.

He is just pointing out the favors the draw did for Sweden and I fully agree.

Failure in life is rarely permanent unless it is only one tike you get to do something and in my experience, there are transferable benefits to one-and-done failures when you have put in reasonable work so even those failures are beneficial with the right mindset. Many people don't pass an...

Shows all that Craig Bryant stuff was working lol. Time to go find the money and time to work with Craig over the internet lol.

I was up till 3am doing school work yesterday (Friday) even though I had an event for 9am today (Saturday). I wasn't sure i would play because of my injury, then I was reminded by the TD I hadn't entered after it was obvious I was playing table tennis regardless of injury. So I put in for one...