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Do you play devil's advocate all the time because ITTF is listening to you?

At the end, Baraty discusses why the forehand flick is technically the most difficult shot in TT. https://youtu.be/C2R5UJKV_Y4

Acuda S1 is pretty good as well.

Loopadoop, The leagues in Germany usually allow only the best foreign talent they can find in any of the divisions. This helps then grow their players as well as keep a high level.of TT on display. These could be high level provincial players who for various reasons tied to how the ITTF...

People can definitely be corrupt, the question is whether that means that trials are always the best or fairest way to select the best players. I think the idea that the best player by far and away is being selected because the national coach is sponsored by the same equipment manufacturer is...

No, I am saying that one match result does not make a player better than another player who has a better record over a longer period of time. And if the fear is that a coach will have a manufacturer bias, then sure, hiring a corrupt or biased coach is a problem. It doesn't mean that there is...

No I think results gained over a long period of time are a better indication of player quality than results in one match or event. Judgement of course is allowed to bear on the results so a smart coach can balance all the available information.

Liu Shiwen beat Xu Yingbin. Did I read that right? As for Kato Miyu being in top tier, if you beat Hina Hayata you belong in top tier.

Don't worry, jawien. I read you the first time as well.

Tier 3 for women seems to be just choppers in general. Not really sure it is a tier, probably more of a style warning.

Loopadoop is someone who is a regular player across many forums and has Facebook thing going. Sometimes it is easy to enter an issue or discussion in the middle and say things that show you don't have the full story.

Okay, jawien. Thanks for the enlightenment.

Because he is trying to use this example to argue that good players can lose to lesser players and that there should be player selection by committee in the USA. He can argue this, but not researching the example is why I am not giving charity.

And Xiona Shan is an exception as well. She just doesn't play on tour or she would be a higher rated player than Lily Zhang.

Which is exactly why you don't use such procedures to select the team.

In other words, Timo Boll was a top ranked player when he was younger. He is now 38. The main reason his ranking is high is that he still plays. If he only played in the German League, he would be like Xiona Shan.

Not sure what the point is. If Iran is fielding an opponent who is unranked, what does that have to do with US Olympic selection policy? Maybe you recommend Kanak should use long pips?

I think most people know this, loopadoop is a minor exception.

Sometimes I wonder whether people who make such statements actually remember that Lily played the trials. The #54 was the current German Champion. The #312 is a Chinese born German national team member who is a short pips penholder and was for many years at the top of European table tennis. She...

I need to play some matches before I play a match. The brain just functions differently in match mode and it is better to be in it before you play than to try to get into it on crucial points. I noticed that after I have played a match, the TTEDGE app seems to slow down. A friend told me that...