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A good coach told me that if the opponent doesn't change there is no need for you to change anything. I will return with my take later but it is different in some ways from DE. I think you pushed way too many long serves and used your backhand improperly way too many times. But I will...

I basically file/sand the upper part of the handle to make it easier to hold with finger and thumb. Unfortunately too many blade makers let the thickness of the blade affect the thickness of the handle so you mostly have to sand it down yourself if you want to make it flatter. That said' blade...

He has beaten him before but it's been a while since they played and the top CNT players get extra prep for playing the top CNT opponents. Very different focus level which is why I want to see the JYS win.

You know I meant the JYS win...

Looks like Jeoung won't get to reap what he sowed. Too bad as beating LJK would have been tough for Harimoto.

No. I think the 40mm ball made the backhand equally important but I think the plastic ball has shifted the balance of power back to the forehand. The Chiquita is easier to play now but it is not as devastating.

Yeah. Zeio sees the potential of everyone except Ishikawa. The excuse is youth, but the truth is that no one is doing that well against the Chinese. The most competitive matches are against Ding Ning from other countries especially PRK. Hirano didn't really make a dent.

https://youtu.be/AF784Rl1PbY Sathiyan's win over Harimoto for people who want to see it.

That is debatable but I get your gist. At least he has the power to make up for it. Would love to see the match one day.

Yes I just saw that. Jeoung continues to remind me that having a crappy forehand doesn't mean the world must come to an end in table tennis.

Logically I agree. But what I will say is that it really comes down to LYJ. I think when he is playing well. CCA and CCY play better. And that might be enough under the right circumstances.

The best threat to the CNT didn't play the event though with CCY sitting it out and LYJ injured. We will get a better idea after the World Team Cup.

About as dominating a win as it gets and Ma Long didn't even play.

It always sounds and looks that way and then the match ends 3-0, and we wonder why we ever expected anything to change in our lifetime. Jang is playing well, but that is nothing new...

The Indian team is still eating Dinner as we speak.

Those guys are still the highest ranked and they win the internal trials.

Big grip change is really slow grip change combined with poor anticipation. The grip changes the top players make. Ow are fairly large. Look at Dima as another example. It really comes down to how fast they read the game and anticipate what grip they want to use for the shot they play. After...

I think if you play table tennis you will see that timing a backhand away from the table is hard unless the ball is a clean rally ball. Playing a chopper is hard to do consistently with the backhand as adjusting to last second changes in the ball trajectory is hard. Tes we can argue thar...

Thia ia pretty much complete.

I think people are underestimating what taking the ball in front of you means for limiting hip usage and torso rotation. Also adjusting strike zones on the backhand is much harder than doing so on the forehand. When baseball hitters start hitting with a backhand motion, then we can have a...