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You have graduated.

At least it wasn't his left hand...

OK, I will just wait for the video of your matches then. But it is very hard to believe that one is losing 0-5 to coach and it is because the blade made a difference in how you read the game. Most of the guys I know who got good fast as athletes, they just learned to return most balls long and...

Have you tried the Tango powersponge? Though maybe the boosting there will turn you off even more...

Nah, for someone like you, it is going to take a lot more time for your brain to catch up to your body in terms of reading the play. But fast random drills that challenge your ability to read what is happening or defensive blocking drills that help you play quality shots against incoming...

This question is interesting. I am going through a version of it myself. I sadly haven't found time to upload my matches but I concluded in part that to use a faster blade, you need heavy training volume - if you *train* 4+ times a week, get a really fast blade and get good with it. I am...

Koki Niwa and Truls Moregardh have some of the best chopblocks. The guys who play the best dead balls in my club use Tenergy 05 on Hinoki Carbon blades. In the end, you become good at what you practice, equipment be damned as long as it meets some minimum criteria.

Timo Boll used to say the same thing about Chinese tacky rubbers. That's why they build D09c. Even with D09c, he still doesn't beat Ma Long and Fan Zhendong. So how do you know it isn't your stiff blade? Or your relatively less spinny shots? Or your less precise timing? Or your blunt...

I know a strong player who found 2.1mm too fast in 05 regularsince he wanted more security on blocks and used 1.9mm. That said, I agree most people would do better with 2.1mm especially with the plastic ball and the harder sponges.

He isn't thinking too much, I suspect I know his problem, which is just that he is still learning what he does not know. Let me tell this story. I was playing a match and went down 0-2. And my coach was watching me and said, "why are you contacting the ball so thickly, you can't swing fast...

You are m right, but I don't think any blade that uses modern rubbers can favor hitting so much that looping and counterlooping is out of the question, it just mostly means the trajectories will be lower and the speed will be easier to get but the spin will require good technique. Definitely...

Hmmm.... partly Dignics 09c but even with that, If you think his blade is open, I think you probably misunderstand his technique, it is similar to what I am striving for now when I hit the ball though my goal is just to keep my stroke tucked into my body so my recovery close to the table is...

I have decided to revisit my forehand arm usage in light of the recent forehand discussions. My forehand has multiple personality disorder between powerful hit and thin brush. Part of it is driven by arthritis as I really do want to focus on body usage and pronation with thicker contact as...

The key to the flick is having a good counterhit. It's essentially the same stroke with varying degrees of pronation. The problem is really getting in and out and staying low to the ball. I am starting out with short push practice for in and out footwork and building it out from there...

if someone served short topspin to your forehand, would you still push it?

I have a strong technical forehand flick, if is actually a relatively spinny one. My big problems are my right knee and my ability to read serve spin. Will try to drill it back so I can use it again. My problem is still have to make my movement less of an issue

Looks like this video is private, Rich.

I understand the point you are trying to make about the second topspin but I think it is precisely the kind of topspin I played for a long time before I rebuilt my forehand technique. Which is why I am pointing out that pedagogy is not the same thing as reality. For example, I would argue...

You are confusing a few things. I remember when an Iranians high level player told me that I don't spin the ball (I was already around USATT 2000 at this time) and I felt I did. And his main point was that I didn't play slow heavy topspin loops and had a drive spin game. Because in his...

Pedagogy is not reality. In fact, many of the things he is expressing are many of the things I feel when I play my own topspin. Are they literally true? Probably not. But are they communicating his technique how he thinks about and feels it so that someone else can replicate it? I would...