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Not really. If you press the thumb, you close the racket more on the backhand and push into the ball more. If you press the forefinger, you open the racket more or pronate more on the backhand. What she was saying was that for a backspin ball, she was hitting and pushing into the ball a bit...

Thumb and index finger usage and theory means different things to different people. Some coaches don't teach it, while some teach it to activate/enhance pronation (index finger) or supination( thumb) during strokes. If such things help you, keep doing them. In the end, anything you try for...

This will be interesting, I can't play with a T5000 racket with hard outer veneers like the ZJK. In fact, this was why I bought the Mizutani SZLC, which is better but still has its issues for my playing style. For me, I either need such a blade to be innerforce or have a dampening composite...

Here is a video where you can see what Liam is doing as his base multiball technique in slow motion. It isn't that different from what KJH is teaching the difference in wrist usage (which is the primary tool for the supination when the stroke is more advanced): This is not the only good...

The light is fine, I have never heard a player complain. The visuals have more to do with the cameras. Timo is live now vs Jang...

The videos are there for you to see exactly what the experts recommend and you can discuss them to your satisfaction. Explain what is happening in the videos and why the coaches are wrong, and then, just then, I might dignify you with a response. The link below is to the time where the...

Without video, the biggest thing is the preparation. 95% of high level backhand topspin vs backspin preparation is in the squat. The squat makes reshaping the stroke much easier without major swing changes. Dropping your arm excessively to drop the racket is far less stable and gives less...

I posted two videos of high level player coaches taking about the need to supinate and press down through the stroke. You come with your low level advice to keep the racket angle constant. This is the entire problem in a nutshell. Someone who has no clue how to play a high level backhand...

So here is the KJH video. Just like the Coach Hoang video, he emphasises the requirement of supination. But while it isnt obviously looking at his technique, he is advocating making solid contact with a more open blade face and supinating it through the swing . I teach doing this with the...

The beauty of the internet is that people can make posts like this without ever having the responsibility to back up their posts with evidence they know how to hit the ball or have taught someone how to hit the ball. But this is not a special problem with just this poster, so I will just let it...

I have seen players I respect use Mark V. But the style was not modern offensive I put their balls more in the net than I do off the table.

I have played good players who give me trouble using rubbers like Mark V and Flextra. And of course. Short pips, which are not extremely spinny nor necessarily fast. are used by all kinds of high level players. So I know players with certain styles can use them. But if your style is based on...

Mark V, I don't know about that, it suits certain styles but no professional offensive player is going to be using it as is for sure.

My USATT 2200+ teammate at the NA Teams played with a Gergely. He had an off the bounce countertopspin style. I also remember a 2200+ off the table looper playing with it back in 2017 or so. it doesn't feel good to all styles but if a Primorac Carbon is still playable, a Gergely definitely...

I hear you, sometimes if the opportunity exists to pay the right coach even if the coach is expensive, it is worth it. But I hear you 100%, some coaches don't really invest anything in teaching adults proper/better technique. They think it is a lost cause, though sometimes, adults can be hard...

A coach will take you through a thought process and give you real time feedback. A really good coach can also take what you naturally do and make it better rather than install a foreign approach that is entirely new to you if you already have something worth building on ( though a coach might...

Most of my use of hips when playing backhand is in the backward and forward direction but it is more bowing and straightening. You can try that and decided whether it is weight transfer from left to right. I used to twist more.but I found it too slow for fast backhand rallying and harder to...

You don't finish your strokes in "salute" or traditional finishing positions. The salute or traditional finishing positions on forehand and backhand are required to learn optimal whip mechanics and direct your spin and spin efficiently into the ball. Right now these circular motions without...

If every use of the body becomes called weight transfer, weight transfer will become a meaningless and confusing term to specific learners who want to use it to gain insight into how to use their body to play strokes.

Good to see your progress. A couple of comments that I might expand on later: Neither your forehand nor your backhand are truly textbook. They are both viable for what they do, but they have limitations for generating truly heavy spin because you are playing too much from the shoulder and not...