I'm not sure you get it since you haven't proposed a system that solves the problem yet you continually castigate the current system despite the fact that it has so far solved the problem it was designed to solve. You can't get accuracy and fairness if you pretend that your definitions are not...
There is usually an umpire at that event for those finals. Something must have happened that month that prevented him from being there. It is weird how Murphy's law struck.
Yes, Quadri is Nigerian.
Training in China is overrated there are good and bad coaches everywhere. The real benefit in China is just living around good players. Kids copy TT like it is a language.
I live in the US and we don't get to see many players on tour but when we once had an...
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Maybe if you lived in the cities where the tours were held and got to see your favorite players, you may feel differently. In any case, it is also about getting people opportunities to play and rewarding the people who play.
Polcanova, Solja and Szocs are all young, Solja should really have been on the podium and Szocs as well. Polcanova has to work on her game vs choppers when the match gets tight.
Anyone can maintain an ELO system. Ratings central exists if someone wants to put in the results. This has been my position forever because I was a victim of the lack of participation driven by the old system when China didn't send any players to the World Cup in Philadelphia. The new system...
National pride is like family pride or team pride, it has its good side and its bad side. Unfortunately those who see evil in it make it all about the bad side. It makes you wonder if they have children or want to raise children.
The advice to stop after hitting the ball to me will end up confusing a player who doesn't understand it. If Ma Long or Xu Xin is doing a windmill forehand or a big backhand, are they trying to stop after hitting the ball?
What they do is they have a contact point and finishing position for...