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Their loss in doubles and the way they accepted it as matter of fact was telling.

The Chinese already built it and I remember it being tested at a tournament once in China - it could provide stats like ball spin etc. as well. But after it faulted Ma Long fairly often, it was never heard from again. That's my explanation and I am sticking to it.

I think Wang is in very good shape.

Battle of the planets live now...

You mean you don't notice the big head?

This is hilarious. What is really happening is that some people are used to the table and the environment more than others and are taking advantage of it.

The Hook makes serve trajectory control by bouncing the ball into the table easier to disguise than just about any other serve, so backspin can look more like topspin and vice versa.

Learning to play against pips players is an experience. The main thing you have to overcome/improve is the automatic read of the ball off the inverted looking stroke and forcing yourself to override that read with a correct read when the inverted looking read is wrong. Also, to not back off...

Am I the only one who finds it a bit deflating that after the great WTT Champions Frankfurt, Lin Yun Ju quietly loses to the Chinese #4 in round 1 of this tournament? I know we are used to this, but still... it should put the comments of notorious Harimoto critic, TensorBackhand, in context...

Okay. Don't think I agree on that one. IT was a well played match, but Felix obviously was not as aggressive on serve return as he usually is.

The Dima vs Harimoto match was the closest that one could find to that lol.

It's called "returning a hidden serve badly".

Start your stroke with your racket feeling open and swing to your finish position. It gets smoother as you follow the shape of the ball more and more and time the ball better over time. Or just do the exercise in the video to get a feel for hitting and it will translate over time to how you...

I won't focus too much on speaking for him - there are few concepts he is trying to communicate in there but my understanding of them are as follows: 1) spin neutralizing angle/contact point and swing trajectory. 2) learning to use it to play relatively flat shots 3) making your spin shot a...

Throwing, frisbee, cracking whip, saluting aggressively all work for forehand as well. Get the legs stronger - Anders Lind made some good videos on drills that will help - Forehand is essentially a lower body and footwork stroke in a way that the backhand isn't quite:

I used to do a backhand version of what Ti Long does here around 4:40 in, just smaller and flatter because it was the backhand - similar to the pancake flipping that Ma Long sometimes does on the backhand:

Yes, he is right, but I think sometimes, these discussions can be confusing when not all the variables are discussed. I almost never talk about lifting backspin, I tell people to thing of making a bigger spin circle. The popular video from Ti Long does explain the steps in angle adjustment...

Mental models and swing executions and their mappings onto each other are unique for every individual and this is what makes coaching fun and frustrating at the same time. I have seen 2200+ players hit the ball exactly as you describe it for what it is worth. They impart that sidespin and...

It can be a timing issue for people who don't control their swings independent of their body rotation - it is also easier to hit the ball cross court when you take it earlier and down the line when you take it earlier (if you look at what happens on a circular/curvilinear path, this makes...

Hit the left side of the ball much more, continue to hit more extreme points on the left side of the ball and try different follow through until you get the effect you want. It is easier to go wide when pulled wide or when you get a shorter ball.