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It's all expost justification nonsense. Reserve player is not the only sparring partner on an important team, though the person has the most player access other than actual players. The real issue is whether Ito wants to do it because it is without glamour for someone who has already played on...

Congrats on winning an event! You might not believe it but some players never win an event. What I told you about saluting/finishing position is what makes his strokes look more professional than yours. He also starts more with the body/legs and finishes with a whip like motion of the arm...

Yes, martial arts and broad sports mechanics (with some limitations due to playintennis requiring recovery in close to the table points) transfer reasonably well to table tennis. There isn't any single answer to developing a player IMHO. That said, with the new ball, there is a power...

Of course, obviously, the team needs to want you and travel and earnings can be a concern, but while I am not familiar with the details of registering and playing, for the most part, if you are an EU citizen, you don't count against the international quota. There can't be more than one...

Maybe for adults. The main thing is that most people do not know how to use their bodies efficiently unless they are trained athletes. This is regardless of how compact the stroke is. So they try to get power by winding up the upper arm, which *might* be okay if as part of a need to throw or...

Stroke that doesn't overly engage the upper arm. Motion is driven by the body. A large stroke can be somewhat compact if the upper arm usage is largely driven by the body like the Chinrse do, but in most amateurs, it is driven by using the upper arm/shoulder joint excessively and this makes...

LSW and LGL have ITTF/WTT roles so I suspect there is some choice about level of involvement.

Not just in the US but in any part of the world. It is normal to come into the Bundesliga in a lower division and play your way up on merit while learning the league into a higher division. And between being a foreign national (limited spots for players who are not EU citizens) and...

She will have her chance to earn that rankiing this year in the events leading up to the Olympics.

TPE has to buy stock in DHS. That is the only way.

The problem is that they have already given a team spot to such a person and injuries happen, and then just giving it to someone who will shoulder the future (if I am understanding her correctly) may hurt the present. That said, the JNT is not hurting for reasonable replacement options.

It's still China, then Japan, Korea, Germany, India and then everyone else.

The difference between CNT investment and normal countries lol. For CNT, even past coaches are available in various capacities for pep talk in stressful situations lol!

I think he has humility issues they are working through. But he is also likely in Korea, without knowing, I would place more money on him being a practice partner than the alternative.

Yep, the FZD was so recent that I forgot to register it lol. That was a great match.

Lin Shidong/Ruibo Wen: Hold my beer.... More seriously though, that has always been tough and was likely over with the ML, XX and FZD era.

Franziska is probably the only non-Chinese person to have beaten Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin. Also one of the top players in the TTBL (he and Jorgic lead Saarbrucken and it isn't clear who is ther #1). He is admittedly an underachiever of sorts. Regardless, his loss to Kao was a huge...

For no spin, my approach is to treat it like underspin when I start the stroke, but make the stroke plane like topspin with a Calderano/Lin Gaoyuan straight arm type finish if i want to backhand loop drive the ball. Usually, I lift no-spin off the table but when I use the underspin contact...

Beating someone you are 3 to 4 years younger than is pretty normal even If you are close to the same level. The issue is whether those are things that can be addressed as you get more experience and training or not. After all, Fan Zhendong had a far worse record vs Ma Long at the same time...

And the ELO system takes into account injury and inactivity? It takes into account stakes? Does it rate only ittf matches or does it rate matches outside the Ittf? The ELO as a playing strength measuring system is usually designed to be more accurate at measuring playing strength, but it...