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I enjoyed watching the match and wonder whether you or your opponent had any coaching. It was interesting to see him largely serve to your backhand and I think the biggest thing you did was not self-destruct as you managed to get higher balls later on and put them away with good reads, while...

The caveat I would add is that a lot of the heavy lifting on turning is done by the left foot (sometimes both feet, but definitely the left foot). I think Wrighty has knee issues but even then, there should be some ability to get the ankles progressively stronger to able to handle the backswing.

BTW even when people say to never serve sidespin to pips - I get it, but trust me, if you practice, it isn't as crazy as they make out, as long as you take it as part of the adaptation process. You might miss a few, which you might not want to do in competition, but I learned a lot doing it...

In general, the story of pimples is really a story of grip. The story of learning to play pips is really a story of adaptation. I wrote an article about it a long time ago on mytt - it probably wasn't 100% accurate, but it was my attempt at a universal philosophical approach to rubber surfaces...

Looks like Neo-Ulm won it all.

Coming to the US as a non-US citizen is pretty much a commitment to that direction. There is a lot of money in coaching in the right communities if you have the right pedigree so he can do it. The biggest surprise for me is that he still plays at a level that comfortably makes him the strongest...

Hasn't he already?

I really liked Sergei (or is it Viktor?) Tolkachev's material back in the day but I cant speak Russian so I only hope things can be translated to hit wider audiences.

Yep, that is a great channel. Lots of good free content on YouTube.

Footwork can be a complicated subject but what you are seeing is not necessarily what you should be interpreting. There is no ball being swung at so you really don't have a good idea what he is demonstrating. In general footwork needs you to be able to sequence shots as well as get into...

https://rubber.ocnk.net/page/117 A link to many of the lessons with revised English subtitles.

Rozena is fine. I would vote for Fastarc C1 (not G1) - Baracuda is a good rubber, but its spin/speed ratio is very different from any rubbers so most people usually put it on a fast blade to compensate - on a slower blade, the compensations angles will be challenging.. C1 is relatively cheap...

Ochenhausen replaced Kanak with Togami. I am a Kanak fan but Togami gives then a chance with Akkuzu, Gauzy and Kulkyzcki. I am fairly sure Togami will play this event. Hopefully he will nd in his All Japan form.

The World Rubber Market YouTube channel has been doing better subtitling and English translation for a while now but it seems I am late to the party given I was out of TT for almost two years. Gucci and Yassun, who seem to run the the channel often invite expert coaches. Don't let Gucci and...

DerEchte warned you a little bit so let me warn you a bit more. No one knows what the barriers to their getting better are in a mental sport like table tennis until they hit and surmount the wall. Sometimes the level is there but there are always gaps to be exploited by opponents and good...

Wooly thinking is particularly common when enthusiastically learning a topic whose subtleties are hard to capture in words, especially when level appropriateness is involved. A limited feedback forum like the internet discussion makes it harder to tease out what is really meant vs in-person...

Everything is good, everything can be better. The hitting stroke still finishes too high and you are still trying a but too hard to play the ball over the net rather than just hit it flat. Part of it is not staying now but part of it I suspect is tied to how you think about the stroke vs how...

Most people realize that the word "Open", which means anyone can play, is not the same as the word "National", which means that only citizens can play. Hope that nuance didn't get missed by you.

Most of what you are looking for is not really determined by equipment - whatever equipment you play with, it will require practice and training to make it work. Usually, after picking a rubber, and playing with tor a while, you may have certain problems, and then you will try something else...