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Saying that flathitting is a broad term and that Mima Ito for example plays different from Falck or even Richard Dewitt (an American who uses Mark V). You have to understand what your blocking and point winning game will look like before choosing a rubber to match it. if you are going to...

Use this video. It is alien for most people to backswing like this, but be patient with any grip switches, the returns are exponential even if you only get 50% of what is being done.

Thanks, I think I benefit from hitting with him, he brings and counterattacks so many balls back it is insane for me. When we first started playing, the points were over quickly because I missed his serves or stuff like that with all my rustiness. So with more familiarity, I survive the...

You can reach to the left, just need to make the elbow positioning stable by carrying your backswing to the ball. This is one of my favorite videos on backhand topspin. One can quibble with the specific technique and whether you should let the wrist whip "all the way through", but the point he...

Sometimes for those one session tutorials, you need to find the right kind of coach. The level doesn't sound high enough IMHO, or the style might not be quite right as you need a thinking player. Talking to them about how they see serve and serve return is often critical to understanding what...

I have seen coaches give advanced players one or two lessons and helped them massively improve so it isn't about repetition per se, it is more about whether the coach is giving you something you really need at the level you are at. It is a complicated question no doubt, but the main thing here...

One would need to know what blade you intend to use as well as the rubber - and flathitting is really technical, you need to decide how you win points - most flat hitters topspin a lot especially vs backspin and I have seen some use fast blade with slow spinny rubber and some use slow blade with...

In general, footwork is a lower body exercise, and it is difficult for footwork to be effective if you don't play strokes with your lower body. If you don't train it, it doesn't come naturally, and training it is hard if your lower body isn't in top form. and you don't have equal strength in...

This is the point. It isn't unique to table tennis, it is applicable to all forms of coaching. And even coaches who sometimes develop players aren't always developing them optimally, the problem is that it takes a trained eye to know that the coach is not giving you good training. But the...

Good matches, I think while there i work to do, a lot is headed in the right direction. The forehand is growing on me, the main issue is that to improve it, you need to make a conscious effort to use the legs more and o am not entirely sure what your calf issue does to you. Dave is limited by...

Okay. We will revisit your progress in a year or two and see whether you agree with this or not. You might just be the adult learner that thrives under this system.

So unfortunately, no time to edit till next Sunday. But here is a match against the guy I struggle to beat and who I train with at his place.

That's what they think they are doing, but they are mostly just teaching you how they were taught. If you have years to grow into form, sure, but as an adult learner, you deserve a more focused lesson set or at least an explanation of what you are being trained to evolve into. Most adult...

Many coaches train you how they were taught, and sometimes, they don't look at the specific problems a player has in developing a style or repeating instructions before transferring knowledge. And since most coaches who play at a high level learned as children, they mostly train people the way...

I have a couple of sheets from Tt japan but since I am playing well with Tango, I haven't been motivated to try them.

Developing adult players is IMHO a different thing from developing young players - in fact sometimes, you can't tell whether a young player was helped or hurt by the coach, sometimes they learn so much from going to camps, watching videos and other things. And getting attention for your needs...

The movement is largely the same, the swing/racket path is always slightly different in response to the incoming spin. The adjust is a bit more vertical, but it is still forward and might start a little lower and come round the side a bit more. It is how to adjust the path to the incoming spin...

Well, no one knows for sure. The thing is that coaches have egos (including myself) and some learners can get seduced by captivating coaches. Or like myself, some players might take the first coach they see before realizing that they need to find the coach with the best track record of...

Just started watching. Wrighty, Dave is a different class of player and probably got good coaching as a junior. If he developed that technique as an adult more power to him. Getting a game off him is pretty good. I see some good signs in your game. Will comment more later.

Lifting gives the impression that the backspin requires you to lift when most players compensate with swing path and racket angle. Having more variation in table tennis is almost always a good thing. The question is whether what you are doing ans how you think about a specific problem is...