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There are approximations of it per the math yes, but in reality no, especially if you are hitting the ball hard. When you swing your arm, does the paddle go north to south? All your joints are circular. What most people care about is hitting the ball fairly straight with topspin. How you do...

No one does a clean, 12-6 loop, the people who do can't hit the ball hard once it has topspin on it or have to let it drop. You can hit the ball with a full contact, but then you have to hit it slowly, But the real thing is to be able to hit the ball straight. you can do that even if isn't a...

Some of these things are the reasons why people get back injuries, despite their fitness level (Dima and Timo and even Zhang Jike are not exceptions and I am also speaking from personal experience). You have to be careful with what you copy from people. Carl has explained to you that it is...

Guys who are as big and tall as Nick, in my playing experience, when they play their backhand, it is abusive (they can get away with upper body strength). And the fact that Nick squats to play that backhand with his height is impressive and makes the backhand even more abusive (they are adding...

What are your injuries related to?

You have to use some hip, you don't have to twist the hip. you can just thrust it slightly. but in any case most basic backhands tend to be reasonable. It's easier to fix something that someone presents than to go on forever about what they should be doing because there are many reasonable...

There is room for debate here. There are many different styles. Away from the table, the hip rotation might help more, but close to the table, you hardly see any hip rotation on Ma Long or Harimoto's strokes. Or even Dima because you just don't have time if you are close to the table and...

FZD the tough grader probably gave that a 10 lol...

In terms of solutions, the high level and correct solution is to play both forehand and backhand with the help of the lower body and to train the lower body to quickly prepare both shots. It still requires training to do this anyways. A lot of well studied and though out footwork and stroke and...

It's a common problem. Even Harimoto had/has it, to give you perspective of how deep the problem can be, and there are articles on how hard he has worked with a Chinese coach to bring balance and flexibility to his forehand while maintaining a backhand dominant game.. You can't improve a...

When a ball has less topspin than desired, there are two possible changes - 1. Change the stroke plane (which is what you are largely doing). 2. Chance the contact point while going to the same finishing position ( which is what I force you to do were I coaching you in person but at that ship...

I would agree with this if 1)I was working with Dominik in person and 2) if table tennis was a fundamentally intellectual activity. However table tennis is a fundamentally physical activity. And if is hard to correct physical imperfections that you intuit purely by explaining things in...

It is easier to answer these questions if you just practice quickly, post video, get feedback. Usually the topspin takes the form of a modified hit. So a topspin that comes from a modified hit is more natural to you than a topspin that tried to copy how you think a topspin should look.

Thus is a mixed bag and yes I suspect the balls you are playing against are no spin balls. Not sure what your situation is that prevents you from finding a club or real players. But you should still learn to hit that ball standardly rather than try to topspin it. Because the ability to adjust...

Building stronger leg/core muscles will do a lot for your playing level. If you can out some time into the gym or even without the gym, do some squats working with your physio therapist, over time, your forehand loop strength will improve. Whether that improves your overall playing level...

Some players use contraptions called "forehand fixing machines". What you are doing was recommended in a recent video I was watching on the forehand topspin - maybe Seth Pech - feel as if you have no more than a ball so that your arm is not too close, but the towel might create other issues...

How much lower body gym work do you do? In terms of physical exercise like squats, stretches etc.

Pretty much, the salute position is usually the result of the forearm snap, so you stop the upper arm and let the lower arm (or the "weight of the forearm") whip into the ball. For an extreme exercise, trace your shoulder joint as it moves throughout your forehand topspin. If it is in the...

That finishing position from Ma Long and Rich is a salute position. If you finish with a salute position, with the upper arm largely on the same side of your body, that is fine. Your practice video did not reflect a salute position.The main issue isn't so much where the arm finishes but how...

By the way, whatever one may think of different looping styles, note how low Dima's elbow is throughout his forehand topspin. There is room for different techniques depending on the player, but no one is going to recover quickly close to the table if your arm is above your head on the finishing...