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Gozo, Yout left foot needs to be spun a bit more so that your chest faces the ball when you loop underspin. That is what I would work on so your body turns and not just your arm.

You also use Tacky rubber on your forehand I believe - not sure about your backhand. Twiddling might make a huge difference if not.

More bench squats, Rich!😜

While adjusting to the sidespin...

Haha. From personal experience, his TT level is toast.

You have really good backhand structure.

It depends on how you want to play. There are no easy answers in table tennis. But yes, stepping away from the table is one way to gain time though it can coat you other things. But in the rally most people move slightly back. I am saying that as long as you can anticipate the ball and you...

Yeah. Zero chance against Macbeath. It is good that they won all the interesting matches.

Usually playing distance is adjusted to the tempo of the point but these are drills. In reality you would back up to where you feel comfortable seeing the play evolve (which might even only.be a foot or two further than where you are currently standing) and then you would get to your backswing...

One of the things that Ma Long does to force his rotation is to punch towards where he wants to hit the ball with his left hand so he gets the rotation he needs to support a long atm backswing. Maybe you can try this

I am fairly sure it is originally used in tennis. Can't remember where I last saw it online but a lady used to use it at my old TT club.

There is not alternative but to consciously and deliberately experiment and learn. Which is what BRS was trying to tell you when he said it is the completely wrong attitude to complain about missing because it enforces the wrong mindset. The stroke that puts the ball off the table in practice...

Your left leg does twist a little so it is a matter of degree. The box lifting analogy is correct because it makes you rotate the both arms and hence the upper body, and not just the upper arm, the potential issue is the focus on the upper body and not on the lower body. Basically, when you...

That makes perfect sense. I trained with damaged knees for most of my game and it isn't worth it - I learned what I was missing, but I also learned that if something is painful, you won't do it under pressure in a match. You can work around it with a few tactical fixes and working on your...

Yeah, as we get older, those pesky disks ruin all kinds of things. It is one of the reasons why I am reluctant to comment on video sometimes. So always caveat these pieces of advice as limited perspectives. Basically, part of the reason your forehand stroke comes across your body when you...

When playing matches, your stance is almost always a backhand stance, in that you are set up to play a backhand. When you need to play a forehand, your legs core doesn't do any of the necessary preparation to play a forehand. If you look at how you stand at the table in the warm up, that is not...

So what you are doing looks and feels like a footwork exercise but is it really? To be honest, learning technique as an adult is a complicated thing, especially because there is no 100% technically correct and approved way to learn table tennis. There are just some guidelines that quite a few...

Footwork is a complicated topic - as someone who had crappy footwork almost for all my playing career, and even when I tried to develop good footwork still had it crappy (and let everyone remember, I started serious training in my mid 30s for context and got round to fixing footwork in my 40s...

Hi, Loertig. As funny as it sounds, the problem with your forehand swing is first and foremost your left foot and to a lesser degree your right foot which should be a bit more side on (it should point a bit more outwards than it currently does, or at least, twist as well with your left foot into...

I think the use of slower blades to coach beginners is a bit overrated with one exception- adult learners who do not have good feeling. I know many juniors who just used fast blades with Chinese rubber or fast blades period. I would go the fast blade with slower rubber for the 40+ ball. I...