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It has been interesting reading these "debates"/"arguments". One of the things I learned pretty quickly when I trained table tennis was that if the hips/legs do not result in a significant movement of the chest/shoulder in the purported direction of movement, their contribution is debatable to...

So how many number one picks are there? Only Harimoto? Since there is at least a #1 pick every year in the NBA draft where 64 player are selected every year to join the 450 in the NVA, you mean that out of lots of TT players that play in the ITTF tour, Harimoto is the only #1 you can list...

One of the unstated assumptions is that there is nothing in inverted setups that could be used to play these hitting styles maybe in thinner sponge. It might be correct, but it might also be wrong. People shouldn't assume that banning these rubbers means that the users will go to fast inverted...

It's hard to find an analogy for Harimoto in NBA - a great player as a junior from whom great things were expected, but who hasn't won a big title (yet). Maybe Anthony Edwards only because he is young enough to not have a clear future? At this stage in his career, I would actually compare...

My opinion is that Harimoto had clear issues even when being developed that he will have great hurdles overcoming but that he is working hard at trying to overcome them. I honestly don't know what his full potential would have been had he been born and trained in China. Just because he did...

I think you are correct. I would argue that 95% of this follows if you get your arm backswing into the proper shape and let it move over a very short distance with whip mechanics, so I just focus on making sure the arm mechanics are right and then let people figure out the body on their own...

The comparison shows the level of delusion but whatever... whenever assessing Harimoto, it is important to point out which non-Chinese players are doing the things you claim Harimoto should be doing. Chinese dominance is the real theme of recent times, not Harimoto failure.

Talented people, assuming they are accurately evaluated whatever that may mean, fail to maximize their talent often and it is not a big deal except to the clever dick hairsplitters who make it a big deal. Morevover, anyone who had tried to seriously improve at table tennis knows that losing...

At a certain point, replying to TensorBackhand is more a luxury than a necessity, his one track approach to argument ignoring facts that don't suit his narrative is well documented. Lin Yun Ju almost lost to Sora ad well, Sora is clearly a good player but Harimoto is clearly the Japanese #1...

I don't think the matchup will help him but I think being able to out backhand Liang Jingkun is good enough for me.

Not something to be taken seriously.

The thing is that there are also many backhand topspin techniques. What I consider the classic one that most people who just want to spin should learn is the one that coach Hoang teaches here. If you can do this technique, then you can evolve to other variations later. But if your backhand...

It was more like the shots that were winning points in the last match kept coming back and that Miwa had to deal with game 5 Sun Yingsha from the last match all through this match. It didn't look like a bashing but the scoreline just showed it was.

Very ugly for Miwa... Looks like all the enemies of China are being crushed underfoot...

The differences are not worth making a big deal about, JYS could probably imitate that backhand if asked to, and Fan can definitely imitate JYS backhand if asked to. JYS takes his backhand a bit earlier and more for speed than Fan, Fan is practicing controlled backhand looping vs block in that...

I have taught many people backhand, so I clearly disagree. In fact, from a conceptual standpoint, I teach the backhand in my head the same way Pitchford teaches it, I teach people to hit the ball solidly off center (on the side) and then supinate around the ball either upwards for backspin or...

I'm also talking about the one's in zeio's video. Those are almost all off the bounce countertopspins played with different degrees of spin and speed/control. As I explained, he was trying to explain the use of the hips and the legs similar to how one plays the forehand, but claiming it was...

Harimoto now a training partner only at this event lol...

wow... down goes Harimoto....

Fan Zhendong cs Franziska on table 4. Way to promote the sport though to be fair, it is still on TV.