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  1. European Games 2019

    At that time ZJK wasn't interesting. So I think the original statement is correct.
  2. European Games 2019

    Was down 0-3, got it back to 3-3 and still lost. Polcanova loses to Han Ying. Solja down vs Li Qian. Pathetic.
  3. European Games 2019

    I watched a documentary on Tamara Boros recently. It is pretty sad that nowadays, European women's TT is all dominated by players who originally trained in Asia. Lots of work still on the horizon. I mean a lady over 50 is beating the top players in Europe.
  4. European Games 2019

    Wang Yang is a pretty tough chopper. Apolonia lost to a good player.
  5. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    To me, he isn't putting that much weight - the first loop in this sequence is what I would call putting on weight, https://youtu.be/lbDZH53LbsM?t=461 and you are close enough to me at least to what he is doing on the shots I referenced. He is just a world class athlete who can get lower and...
  6. Receiving a short right sidespin/topspin backhand serve to the forehand

    Lula covered almost everything, the last thing is to be sure that the serve is really short, sometimes it is better to let it come off the side and loop it or tap it, sometimes round the net, sometimes below net height, sometime across to the other sideline of the opponent for a winner. But...
  7. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Your last question, for backspin and way off the table, yes. You may not have a lot of weight but folding over the foot tends to put weight on it. So the thing about the drill with is that I can't always tell in the beginning whether you are getting lag and the arm is snapping as a result or...
  8. European Games 2019

    Gauzy... but seriously, Gacina needs to get his rating up.
  9. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Both feet can leave the ground if both feet can spin back and forth, though being planted is likely the way to go. IT's just that your upper body is very often spinning without being really spun by your lower body, either on the backswing or forward swing or both. I played this way for obvious...
  10. Looking for good flexible blade

    Exactly. I guess it takes getting to a certain level of comfort with equipment to understand what you are saying reflexively. I would say drive to a TT club, and use the blades there and offer to buy the blade of someone that you liked. That is even better than buying something off the...
  11. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    The problem as I diagnose it, which may not make sense to you entirely, is that you play a lot of upper body table tennis. The good news is that you are often not taxing your upper arm, though you sometimes do. The bad news is that you are losing a lot of power from the lower body because you...
  12. Short Topspin Serve with Pendulum Motion

    So a couple of comments. I hope you do realize that it is 99.9% certain that those were really long serves (or if not long, not really tight) but you aren't playing the quality of opponent to devastate them (to his credit, he did attack them). The bounce is too far from the net on the...
  13. Short Topspin Serve with Pendulum Motion

    So, again, to close out my side of things, let me explain once more in excruciating detail why *focusing* on the first bounce on your side is misplaced in the terms of giving special advice about *serving short*. A *Short serve* is not determined by where the first bounce on your side lands...
  14. Short Topspin Serve with Pendulum Motion

    Well, coaches can disagree on many things and it can be interesting to introduce concepts in a variety of ways. The problem.with focusing on the bounce on your side is that it really depends on the player. I used to be able to serve fast short backspin and short topspin with bounce close to my...
  15. Short Topspin Serve with Pendulum Motion

    Honestly let's see your serve. If you feel inclined to comment about his serving, you can hopefully demonstrate the expertise that supports your observation given the complete lack of humility with which you state your observation.
  16. Japan Women's Race to Tokyo 2020 Singles

    Well the truth is that no one knows whether a fix at the professional level is short term or long term. You may very well be right but you can also be wrong. Your position is conservative like mine (China has a huge edge) but we differ in our analysis of the gap. What you don't see could very...
  17. Short Topspin Serve with Pendulum Motion

    I haven't practiced serves in a while but in general your serve form needs work. Maybe I will do a newer video but here is my old practice video with me mixing up the spins. https://youtu.be/s0WNWtRCCIw?t=30 Most of the double bounce short serves are topspin but not all.
  18. Japan Open 2019

    By the way, I thank zeio whose translations have definitely encouraged the ITTF to up its game.
  19. Japan Open 2019

    Oh it is 100% obvious that Xu Xin played in a much more balanced fashion and has been trying to do so for a while without getting the kind of results he deserves because he is still in transition. The FZD match was his best backhand match to date. People who want to down play it forget how...
  20. Flexible blade hard rubbers, even for looper?

    It is because people read/watched EmRatThich'a regurgitation of a Japanese article and felt it was some kind of gospel. They also don't know what pros actually use and why they use them and think what applies to pros should apply to them. Whenever someone talks about pros using hard rubber, I...
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