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  1. WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024 06/11-16

    Saw it in my youtube feed
  2. Beginner looking to build a solid racket

    I know a kid who started with a faster blade and ended up USATT 2300+. I know another who was on that path but not sure whether he is still playing because covid affected a lot of things including bis interest in the sport. Their coach worked with them almost from day 1 though. What I am yet...
  3. JTTA: Selection System to be Revamped for Paris 2024

    It is weird that Shin maintains that good ranking though she has some events she will have to switch out coming in June and maybe July. But I do not see how Hirano can cover it. But Miwa will overtake Shin for sure before Olympics.
  4. WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024 06/11-16

    Pistej beat Milosz... it is hard to make predictions lol.
  5. Beginner looking to build a solid racket

    You can adapt technique to your equipment as well, it is a two way process. And for a beginner, this is somewhat more important in the beginning, it is the advanced player that focuses more on adapting his equipment to his technique as his technique is them established and he has a better idea...
  6. Beginner looking to build a solid racket

    It ia better to just buy something reasonable and get a lot of good instruction on how to use it than to think that whatever you buy is more important than the instruction and coaching you need to get to use it properly. The instruction and coaching is way way more important than what you...
  7. Beginner looking to build a solid racket

    Not necessarily. It is like saying that one needs to use do way more pistol squats with your favored leg than your other leg because your favored leg tends to be stronger. In reality, developing technique is a process, in fact, depending on how you want to develop, there is nothing wrong...
  8. WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024 06/11-16

    Tough draw for Kanak. Beating Milos will take a miracle.
  9. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    My coach felt that if you could loop no spin with quality then your loops against topspin and backspin would automatically improve so he liked to use short pips, long pips and anti spin in his practice quite a bit. It is part of the reason my game is so heavily focused on spin and much less on...
  10. Skyline 2 vs Skyline 3

    I am still in the honeymoon phase. I have two blades with Skyline 3 on BH. I had H3 BS on the forehand of one and just replaced the Skyline 2 on both sides with one side on Skyline 3. I intend to play a bit with the Skyline 2/3 combination and twiddle. While I don't twiddle during points, I...
  11. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    It makes sense, more so given her age. You can't learn all the skills in TT at once, you need to get good at how you win points first, and then close the gaps with experience and training. So she will close the gaps with experience and age. Contrast that with someone like Togami who at 22...
  12. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    Just by taking a small step back and not making Alexis feel like he is playing Felix, Togami might have enough to make a change here.
  13. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    Two great athletes but one just has a far better understanding of creativity and variation.
  14. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    I think it is easy to underestimate Hina's rallying ability when you focus on her scores against CNT and forget about just how hard it is for her to miss when she is on fire.
  15. Any attempt to play in an competitive environment ruins this sport for me (rant)

    One last question ‐ does the club or someone in the club gain in reputation or funding somehow by having teams that perform oe participate in leagues? As an aside, there was a recent kerfuffle between an African top player and his national association because the player wanted to select his own...
  16. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    These are opponents they know and balls they are familiar with. They are supposed to take those risks. Making it about Paris is wrong IMHO, this particular match is the focus, they can work on Paris 2024 against other less familiar opponents.
  17. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    Yeah. To wait until 10‐9 to put it on your backhand and then do it against a ball that risky was just clearly him trying to take risk but he just didn't have it.
  18. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    The match showed a lot of progress in Harimoto's game but it was a lot to ask of him to play all these matches and against an opponent who knows him so well and is just the better athlete. Harimoto still doesn't have the level of athletic aggression to take on such high risk high reward players...
  19. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    Once it went to deuce you know Harimoto was done.
  20. 2024 WTT Contender Zagreb, Croatia June 3-9

    Hari-boy is gassed but to a lesser degree so is Togami. May the person whi can maintain his form at this level of intensity win lol.
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