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Exactly, but on some level, you are at least a bit more aware of the gap between your technique and the limitations and now you are clearly aware, even if the practice isn't there yet because it is hard to prioritize, and even if you feel bad about losing a point in a match that you probably...

Well, I shouldn't project too much into him, maybe he knows far more than he is letting on.

There is some evidence to my blind and blinkered eye that you are holding the racket a bit too tightly. if you let the racket move in your hand a little and grab it close to contact, similar how you crack a whip, you might transmit more into the ball. Maybe you are doing this already and I...

One of the simultaneously sad and amusing things in table tennis is watching U1000 level players without technique beat themselves up over missing shots. Peter's opponent in the first video exemplified it perfectly. Competitive opponent, trying his hardest with limited technique to win, and...

Looking good, Wrighty67 (Peter). Things are better, everything could be better, but you are headed in the right direction. Hope you are enjoying the game!

I think so... why do you ask?

Given the direction in which this chat has gone about using the off arm, I was pointed to this youtube channel which has good captions in English recently. I was watching this video and he talked about using the off arm to form a triangle to improve the timing/hitting zone. Turn on captions...

Hayata was injured but given that Hirano is the only player who has stared down the Chinese in a medal event when they fielded their best players. I have always had a special respect for her and rate her higher than Hayata even when Hayata has the better results. I find Hirano's WTTC bronze to...

I suspect that one of the reasons that Ma Long uses a two handed backhand movement is that it reduces the twist on his backhand. But suspicions are not facts.

I can see that, the same stroke concept has strengths and limitations. Are you the same Richie as you were yesterday? Is Harimoto playing the same backhand in the clip I sent you that he plays? After all it is Harimoto's backhand. Just pretend you have two backhands now, one for each...

Yes - and don't just try to loop the ball with the arm, use your legs and your core to throw as much into the ball as you can while using the follow through to stay in balance and get ready for the next ball. As long as you make contact with the ball and feel like you are hitting a solid stroke...

So I hate doing this because we are not these guys, but notice how he plays when he comes back. Yes he has a lower base, but you can see him through his body into the shot for the backhand - if he tried to setup and play it like you do, he would be late. You are practicing a footwork drill...

Yes, the bend is ideal but not required, just something that shows that you are trying to put something from the legs/core into the ball, even a circular rotation of the hips. You could even rotate the upper body a little to play the shot, but your arm won't get it done by itself. I was looking...

When someone who has put ludicrous hours into serve practice writes, I can empathize and tell. I made a never published video on how to practice changing spins by serving into a towel - the towel slows down the ball so you can read the trajectory/spin and see whether you got enough spin to make...

If your back is good, play the forehand band and backhand with the core, - your problem is that the forehand is arm powered so the stroke finishes too high, but you then want to take the ball in front of you rather than take it where it shows up with a circular loop with the backhand. IF you...

This is very critical as goofing time is when you build your touch. And then you try the things that amaze you or you work on lobbing/fishing. You can build habits that you may use to win points in rare situations especially against lower rated players or if you are lucky, mess around and...

Exactly, relative to pros, or even kids, we have much less training time so we have to find the things to work on that we enjoy and which keep us improving our results. In the end, with a coach like DerEchte, who got the results as an adult, LDM7 is in good hands. I had a late coach who...

BTW, forehand blocking isn't the end of the world, but there are different kinds of blocks, one where the racket is just held out there and one hopes for the best and the other where you play a standard hitting/blocking stroke. If you do the latter, it isn't that different from a countertopspin...

I think that we (DerEchte, BRS, and myself) agree and disagree on many things and for many reasons. Which is part of table tennis - but I don't agree with BRS's view of why I recommend counterlooping early though I do agree with differ on the philosophical value. The first thing about...

The main trick to playing the forehand in front of you is that the legs have to facilitate the core being turned towards the ball on the backswing so you are looking at the area within which you are going to hit the ball. For adult learners who dont have time or dont anticipate well, it is...