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That dodgy tomahawk serve. But until it is investigated, it will continue to work.

Great rally at 1-0, 6-7 in the Gauzy/Lebrun vs Kao/Chuan match.

Deep breathing can male nervousness worse. That said, breath control is an important dimension of self-control and I would encourage anyone to study books about breathing like the Oxygen Advantage for insights into how to manage anxiety.

I watched it earlier today and agree, Lily actually won some pushing rallies which is fairly ridiculous.

Isn't Shin the defending champion in Lagos?

2-1, 9-5 though...

Lily beating a defender should not pass without comment lol!

Quek loses from 10-5 up in the 5th - amazing...

She is becoming dangerous like her sister.

That's the thing, "just thinking about it, has worked into my head and he has won" is not true for everyone. In fact, just thinking about it and acknowledging it is not going anywhere means "I just have to deal with it" is a path for some. Unfortunately, some people believe "see no evil, evil...

With respect to your last paragraph, I reemphasize that finding your optimal approach to table tennis focus in the face of external slights is a journey. I have lost matches because I complained about an opponent's serve, there was no umpire and lost my ability to focus (or maybe not, serve...

No, but if that is what you seriously got from my post, so be it. Going through a mildly tough time, can't really get into stuff that isn't fun.

Learning theory is a broad topic, so let me give you a very incomplete skeleton of an answer. So I, like you and many others, worked with a variety of coaches over the years. The two most influential coaches were one at the amateur level who taught me a lot about how to hit the ball without...

I am mostly asking these questions to encourage looking at things with a wider perspective - I don't want to push this to a point where it comes across as point scoring. Harimoto's screaming still has its detractors despite his stated intent that it is about himself not about his opponents...

The main point about talking to the opponent and remaining 100% focused is a key point I agree with. And that is why it is often recommended that you learn to ignore such things because your focus should be on the match. Where I disagree is that there are in my experience players who play...

This isn't necessarily true. Why do many players who hardly celebrate when playing their matches start celebrating when their opponents celebrate? Are they immature because they are choing in response to their opponent? Do they now forgo the right to complain about the opponent's loudness...

I think that is one perspective for sure.

Telling them to stop is is not necessarily a negative reaction and for some people is part of the process of getting to acceptance. Who knows, maybe OP is now ready to not react "negatively" because he has finally reacted after keeping his annoyance pent up all this time.

Bode cares more about his son playing for Portugal than anything related to his career but I am sure he could and would have have contested this had it made a difference to him. He doesn't play tour events for the most part so he doesn't care. But yes, if he cared, the same arguments should be...

If your best play is a mindset that requires you to take things seriously, even if a club setting that is not serious, that is your best mindset. Whether it is balanced with other things is another story, but sometimes, it is by raising the stakes in practice that you get better at dealing with...