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Usually, a percentage around 40% means that you probably don't use that skill in matches you intend to win because the skill is costing you points. In practice matches, you bring in skills that you are working on but which you have gotten to a reasonable level. But maybe things are different...

I just breathe on mine and use the plastic sheets.

You're alive too? Shuki first, ttmonster now? Beautiful days are ahead! Great to hear from you, how are you? I made the robotic point mostly in response to JOOLA, partly because a high level coach told me that many lower level players had told him that CCY was the easiest higher level player...

Let the site make some money, vvk1! :D.

BRS likes to talk about the "reset hop" as the key to footwork. I think this video is kind of agreeing with him.

When men and women play at the same level, it is usually a battle of speed vs power/spin. What you do not want is to be stuck playing medium quality balls which can be used to block you around or to give your opponent balls that are easy to smash/hit, since this is the preferred stroke of most...

I think we assume a bit too much based on watching players styles when we use terms like "robotic". You don't get anywhere close to the top 100 without having a complete game, it is just that the the things that players display at the table vary. Chuang Chi Yuan is probably the most robotic...

Kallberg has that potential but is still looking for that win in the last two years or so. His game quality looks so obviously top 10 with the close to the table sperd and quality and he really should have more scalps from Vhina. I guess being Swedish and having so much competition is a good...

And the common refrain from many people when using a slower blade is to complain about the speed. 1. You don't have to use it forever. You need to develop a full stroke set to appreciate what the limits of faster equipment are. So that way you appreciate better the tradeoffs in going too...

BTW, as you practice this more and more, it is important to get used to alternating backspin and topspin. So that you mimic playing against backspin and then against block and don't drop your racket or lower your body all the time. But you still have ways to go to get the stroke consistent.

You aren't doing well enough in practice to complain about how you miss in matches. Your current approach will break down easily under pressure.

That's the whole point of using a fast blade with fast rubber - take away the need to use the body to actually generate anything on some shots. It has a cost. Nothing is free in table tennis. That you think the ball goes over nicely is interesting. You aren't consistent enough in practice to...

Me, maybe. because Engiish is not my first language. I dont try to understand someone by looking at every single word and seeing if it makes sense. I try to understand what they are trying to say first by reading multiple sentences and seeing whether I can catch the overall gist. The details...

You literally missed the net because the push went where you didn't think it would go. You are supposed to push thr ball towards the net but it sometimes doesnt even go there.. He gave the example I think of when you serve and your opponent pushes the ball and you hit the ball off the side of...

It's really not that complicated. You mean you really haven't popped up the ball when your opponent pushed to you on serve return? Not adjusting for the true axis of rotation from an opponent caused by the sidespin on your prior ball is a common error.

I actually think they do but to each his own. He is trying to imply that the values reflect meaningful differences in measuring the flex and vibration of blades and I have found them reasonably valid for the blades I use, but maybe I am just giving him unearned credit. And he isn't measuring...

I used one for a few years. Maybe I had a bad one, but it was really slow.

My current test in EJ mode...

Long 5 blade is barely better than a wooden blade. Get the W968 instead if you can get to that.