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I haven't seen it nmyet but good to hear from an experienced player.

Afanador played really well. It is interesting how having kids help you focus once the sleepless nights are over.

Very disappointing. Hugo remains promise unfulfilled at the big events. Hoping his day comes.

Going down the line, you have two options. The lyrics both require you to face the table a big more at contact as the sidespin will pull thr ball towards the middle of the table. If you serve the sidespin or side back version, some people practice spinning the ball and letting go out and bend...

One of the things people underestimate when training is the degree to which table tennis training is a dance, not a war. There is nothing wrong with and it is actually best going as slowly as possible go start off and then getting more and more accurate and controlled as you get better. This...

Gel rockets I have but to me, their cushioning is gone since version 8 so I still use the version 7 I have. But the guys who i know play use Gel Blades. Given the prices, start with the Rockets but I think you might need to test a bit. And I don't think anything really solves concrete.

This as well. Just as important as a good coach is the right training environment. In addition to my coach when I started, I played a lot of tournaments with two Juniors who started playing around thr same time. They started beating me after a while and got better and better but a lot of my...

He gave you both lol. A good coach is what addresses this quickly and well. Because a good coach will tailor a playing style to your strengths and weaknesses.

My tournament report is long but I will try to keep it short. Couldn't get too much practice going in and that is not a terrible thing. Just hit nb on Wednesday as the last practice day before Saturday. I had deuce in the 5th games against two lower rated players and managed to still win. I...

Olah beating Kallberg has to be all about Kallberg and I say that as a fan of both. Falck I think ran into a team with good pips coaches but my memory may be wrong. The draws are somewhat insane. I looked at Quadri's draw and he is surrounded by Ionescu (who he survived in a tough match)...

The blade I broke the most while playing was the Stratus Powerwood from Tibhar. IT made me lose respect for the blade - the neck was just ridiculously flexy and one of them I broke when someone carelessly wandered into my backswing. Definitely, all wood blades are much easier to break...

In general, all contact gets to the wood/blade, it is a matter of degree. Most people say bottoming out when they are arguing that the spin they are producing from their equipment is maxed out relative to the stroke speed because the rubber is too soft or the sponge is too thin so they couldn't...

The best way to help us answer this is to show video of what you are doing when you produce that sound so we can see whether it is anything like the speed, spin and power Hugo is producing when he does that shot, In general, I like the way you pick pro players like Hugo and Harimoto to analyze...

The problem is not the blade (all of these are good blades), the problem is your refusal to commit to one. What you need is a commitment device of some sort. I usually have a bet with BRS that we both commit to a setup and if one of us changes anything in the setup, we have to buy two new...

So there are two possibilities- the most likely one is that the Viscaria is clearly stiffer than you prefer. However, what may compound that effect is that the Koto harder ply may give the ball more rebound than you prefer as well. I personally can't stand Koto outer plies, they release the...

Drive there the night before and sleep, lol.

Train aggressively, if your setup is a problem, a good coach will let you know. Softer rubbers only are a serious problem if you swing hard a lot but cannot remain consistent, or if your coach is expecting higher quality on the ball but it isn't showing up despite your best efforts. But what...

A lot of people injure themselves using the wrist (and even the upper arm) to do things in table tennis that the wrist and upper arm/shoulder cannot support - the wrist is something you mostly transmit power to, not something you actively use. And if you actively use it, you need to build up...

The ALCS blade is fine as is your current set up. G1 is a bit harder than optimal in my opinion, you need to swing hard to get the best out of it, though it blocks and flat hits well for an advanced rubber. The problem when someone doesn't like equipment is rarely with the equipment unless...

Perfectly well written/said.