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So I managed to go to a club today to hit for a bit. Thankfully. there was someone to hit with so I hit for an hour. On my other paddle, I had replaced the Skyline 3 with Dignics 05 as well and wanted to try whether I could play well with the H3 BS combo and Dignics 05 (I played Skyline 2 and...

When you no longer trust your equipment, it is a good idea to renew it.

Can't agree, but everyone's taste is different.

There is clearly some editing but the woman looks a beast that could still dominate players in the top 50 today.

It really wasn't anything specific to nationality, it was just the original comment made it sound like the problem was Europeans, not the ranking of such players he faced at the feeder vs Cho Daesong's true strength. He is likely top 20, there is nothing surprising about him winning feeders...

You played reasonably well then. Posting only the highlights you like is a personal choice. I am pointing out though that such image conservation doesn't really have value for improving your game in my experience. I am saying that it isn't obvious you did but that it doesn't matter when you...

IMHO, being embarrassed by your play against a player 500+ points above you (likely closer to and possibly over 1000 points) is a waste of time. If you got more than 3 points in any game that was an achievement. There are things I like about your stroke form (your elbow stabiliry still looks...

The key is the coaching. Ultimately, if the player isn't bring tested with the right experiences and isn't adapting to their equipment, it won't matter. But people often focus on what happens at the start of the process and not on what happens over time. I am an adult learner and started...

Dima completes the job as expected.

So I have had this discussion or something like it in various contexts with many people. While some might consider this a "strawman" argument, let's remember that there was a time when backhand topspin/looping was considered a stroke for advanced players and wasn't really taught learners to...

I was wrong - please see my correction.

The interesting thing for me at least is that Jang Woojin and Lim Junghoon might play doubles with Cho Daesong playing the double singles role in Teams. This would make Korea pretty formidable. When your highest rated player doesn't play the double singles role, that says something special.

Olympics has no waiting period internationally, any such waiting period is from the national federation, not ITTF. It is more likely that Ma Jinbao is not a citizen, the nation you play for in WTT tournaments is initially the federation that approved your application to the tour event, not...

What's wrong with the Innerforce ZLC ST? You should be able to make your own fairly straight handle with Sandpaper from that.

Dignics 09c is for people who want a rubber that is fast enough to play like a Tenergy or regular Butterfly rubber but is controlled in the short game. Hurricane is for people who want to generate their own power and spin on just about every shot and have the technique, footwork and...

Great article, too many things worth reading. Just a taste. ≈======= What was the factor that allowed you to be positive? Coach Ooto　was replaced by Coach Sakamoto (Ryusuke), and our mentality has changed. I think we were able to beat our opponents in matches because of our mentality, so I...

This is a year early for WTTC 2025. But Sora clearly messed up this one. It might have dire consequences if he cannot qualify by ranking. But he is in prime position to do so do it might not matter in the end.

Ton Lodziak discussed this in a video with Lois Peake. Maybe you should check that out and see if it gives you any ideas?

Job hunting at the moment but for some reasons, I can train a bit more TT while doing it. I had a friend from NJ visit me for Juneteenth and we went to a new local club with a couple of other friends and played matches. I switched to Dignics 05 on my backhand, an old rubber that I had in my...

Train against a good righty backhand pendulum serve it will give you some of the same benefits.