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You obviously havent heard of things like heuristics. The timing doesnt have to be perfect to expose as much surface area as possible to the ball with a relatively open paddle (appropriately angled) while swinging at it and add a turning motion with acceleration at the appropriate moment. But...

You have a real coach in person so no biggie. Juat need to confirm this continually.

So we went through this discussion just to get you to admit that your recommendations on how to play a topspin cannot be achieved by human beings? Seriously? Let's stop the stupidity around wrapping. "Looping" doesnt happen either because the ball doesnt go round and in circles and return to...

Looks like Batta has found something to work with vs Bernie that others may copy. Get her moving to the wide forehand after pinning her on the backhand.

I have not hit a TT ball in almost a week now. I feel better that I hit on Friday last week or i would have been a complete mess. Right now I am an incomplete mess. Next time I am on a vacation like this, I will make sure there is TT somewhere or I will tell my wife I ain't going. TT is that...

Sharing video of yourself, especially on a thread like the video safe footage thread, is highly recommended if you aren't getting formal coaching. It is awesome that you are doing physical training which always helps though it is unlikely to be the biggest factor in your TT improvement for a...

I had already written my last post but since I know your motives are pure and you probably are reading things late and may be confused about the main point, let me state it again in different terms. Don't let anyone fool you that the issue is fundamentally about changing racket angle during the...

Not at all. I have found that the inability to tolerate disagreement as a form of constructive conflict can have dangerous side effects. Was reminded of it today in another context. Of course many people can perceive it as he intended it. But many people can also perceive it as saying that...

Yes, in life, such things are all necessary. But if you had made the same example with thin inverted rubbers or dead rubbers, it would have be a non-issue. But making it with pips feeds the common stereotype that many people use pips to hide weaknesses rather than fix their technique...

The problem is neither the physics or the technical instruction. The problem is that an engineer who doesnt play or really understand high level table tennis is trying to teach TT as an authority. I never used the phrase "wrapping" before this thread. All I have argued is that from a...

I hear you. It is like making the bad guy in a movie a Black man. Is it a bad thing, of course not, there are good and bad Blacks everywhere. But then some people will point out the dangers of the stereotypes and history. I usually don't care either way, but the example feeds the stereotype.

I will go further, some rubbers like Tenergy make it easier to hit heavy topspin with suboptimal technique. And even Imwhen bouncy, the Tenergy push can be incredibly heavy. Since these modern rubbers and fast blades make it easier to topspins with less effort, are they not crutches? Why is...

The thing is that they got better results so they improved their results. The growth mindset part, I get, but I have seen many people who love table tennis and chess and play them for hours every week and still relatively can't play them that well. Whether it is growth mindset or not, I don't...

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So if they can't get better the way you think they should get better and then find LP helps them play better, you think they should not use it? Let me draw an analogy. My current job plays 20k but has the potential to play 200k if I work harder. By switching to another job, I can earn 50k...

LP does work in the long run, I think you are being limited in your perspective if you say that using equipment as a crutch is wrong. In life, one must be rigorously empirical and one may not have time to play every day. Lefties take advantage of their fewer numbers to create problems for...

Hey if he has coached a 1500 player, I would take it. Developing a player is hard. Most of the beginner players I have tried to develop in person end up around 1200, often lower. Getting a player to put in the work required to take the jump is not easy. But sometimes, you can get a player who...

No matter how good you are as a motion control expert, you still suck as a table tennis player. Nothing wrong with that. But if you start out by making it clear that you suck at table tennis relative to your motion control expertise, then people will be able to figure out how useful anything...

A lot of this stuff on the pedagogy side can be tested and learned through self-multiball or hitting loops out of your hand, or after bouncing them off the table/floor. Try to play around with the ball trajectory and spin and see whether the way you shape your stroke affects the ball...

Anyone who has seen you hit the ball knows that most of what you are writing is delusional rationalization based on your low level understanding of table tennis. Post video of you executing loops if you actually believe you can loop. Let's take an actual example of a high level player...