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So what is the gossip?

It is really funny what a year/match does - ZYL was the golden Child up till 2017 and was almost a lock for the Olympics in some form following the retirement of LXX. Now she is virtually off the team, probably unfairly. Reality bites. Hard.

The thing about DN is that a lot depends on what they think her health prospects are like. I know her basic style doesn't do well against ITo, but it is not like Ito wins those matches easily. DN is still a beast under the right conditions (whenever she feels a challenge) and when you look at...

Yes! Changing behaviors is often really hard. When you deal with someone who hasn't coached anyone seriously, they talk about technique without taking the process of change seriously and often don't talk about the process at all. You clearly do talk about the process and appreciate the...

It clashes with their one month internal prep for the WTTTC in March. Maybe they could have sent their junior team at best, but they usually have an all-hands-on-deck approach when preparing for major TT events.

I think SYS has a very good chance at the 3rd spot. Age is the only thing working against her and given the titles she has won, that is not saying much. For me, the team is DN and LSW with SYS as 3rd player and XD player. Only injuries or a major setback to either LSW or DN will affect this.

Your racket looks like mine - better BH contact than forehand contact. Now, I am working on 3 things with my forehand: 1. Syncing body and arm rotation. 2. Improving the contact point on the racket on well positioned strokes (I find that the close to the body shots where I can't get a good...

I think the part that only the trials athletes will be Olympics candidates is the sticking point and makes absolutely no sense given the issues in play. I suspect there is something about naturalization that is not being discussed straightforwardly.

Buyer beware is true, but that a live respected and highly competent coach can damage someone's game is the subjectivity of table tennis because I have never seen it happen. Even good coaches disagree on how to develop a player all the time. But good coaches tend to get improved output from...

Not really. National.champion has earned right to play. Japan will just learn why you don't use stupid selection procedures if you want to win.

To be the champ you gotta beat the champ! Congrats Hayata!

Hayata is such a nervous wreck. I hope she puts this away. There was absolutely no reason to be so nervous in that 4th game.

Wow... Hayata beat Ito? She has to deal the deal or beat Ishikawa. No excuses.

I think you have been around too much good table tennis to understand how much it matters to understand how much these tutorials can harm people who do not know where the teacher is coming from.

So, what exactly did that Swedish coach say...;)

What is also telling is that Jeon Jihee couldn't win the internal qualification. This is what some people in the US consider the fairest way of selecting the team.

Ever heard of the concepts of variance/standard deviation and regression to the mean? As in that you don't play the same way all the time but good days are often followed by a return to the average and bad days by a return to the average?

Interesting. So in Europe people are complaining about Chinese women filling up their National teams and Korea actually has regulations that limit this (not Chinese specific but based on naturalization). Amazing.

I do think you could benefit from a more hard nosed analysis of your game. Since serve and return of serve are the two most frequently used shots in the game, there is no point if your game is high quality if the two most important shots that you use on every single point andn which influence...

I think Maze was playing at his max while Boll had a little to spare.