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From what I hear, during match broadcasts on CCTV, the commentators criticize the forehand techniques of Boll and Mizutani often enough.

Good Technique is also the cause of injuries so it is good that your coach is giving you safe technique. Safe technique is not necessarily the same thing as good technique depending on the individual. Jimmy Connors doesn't play table tennis. In fact, you hear some people mocking good players...

Your likes against mine, buddy!

No, great technique doesn't get bad press. The points made by "opponents" of good technique just reminds you that perfect technique may not be that much better than good technique in its output, and that other things likely play a larger role in world class success than technique despite the...

Timo Boll and Dima are the best players in Europe. Do they have the best technique in Europe? Mizutani is the best player in Japan. Does he have the best technique in Japan? Good technique has to check the boxes. But what makes great players great is rarely about their checking the boxes ...

People just have fewer doubts and arguments about what they are used to. Everyone knows that in every sport, #1 in the world is not always the same as the best player in the world. But getting to #1 ranking is usually an achievement to celebrate regardless. When Timo Boll was #1 in the world...

I fully empathize with Tom in more ways than he will ever know. The best part of many of these youtube posts is getting to see the commenters play if they ever let you see them. It makes you take them less seriously in general.

He beat Koki Niwa yesterday/today. Case closed.

My arguments are not serious arguments, my arguments are because you are acting like anyone saying something about Ma Long is the devil. Take a chill pill. Dima hadn't beating Fan Zhendong before they played last month, so whose fault is it that Dima hasn't played Ma Long this year? Before Ma...

Since you are a Ma Long friends and family member I am sure this post is your obligation. Dima has beaten every player he has played this year. He cannot apologize for not beating players who are injured or not playing or who are protesting or players who are not playing the events he is...

Isn't it painfully obvious?

I love this post. It is important to keep this perspective. When Ma Long was #1 before 2012, many Chinese legends felt so what, he wasn't the best player and that Wang Hao was better because he had no majors. Dima has won one of 2 majors played this year, most of the top tournaments and still...

This is misleading. The most important thing is to practice against the pips and to get a better idea of what kinds of balls are generated in response to your incoming shots by reading your misses. The game is too fast for intellectual understanding to suffice and the level of this player is...

I personally play better and hit faster shots with a lighter blade. Where a heavier blade helps for me is actually in blocking and decelerating the ball. I also think that there is a feeling of solidity and dwell that comes from using a heavier blade. But my swing speed and ball quality in...

5 out of 5 rating for Evolution MX-S I have played on and off with this rubber over the last 3 years. Every time I have used it, I have used it on both sides of my blade and used 1.9-2.0mm instead of MaxMax as this brought the weight closer to a sheet of Tenergy 05 2.1mm and increased my...

Think about the player who thrilled you the most with his matches this year. I mean who is the answer if not Timo Boll or Ma Long? Timo is just being modest as always....

The incompleteness is what counted not the doubles. But it wasn't fully evaluated. And it still came after the aforementioned videos. I think the place in the standings is correct.

Okay. My current rankings are as follows: 1. Confiscate 2. JeffM (not clearly a club match unless the club has only 2 members). 3. ttmonster, (doubles, not fully evaluated) 4. OSP (no match, but at least practiced in the club) 5. MichalZ (not a club match but a match) 6. suds79 (entry posted a...

Will carefully evaluate at home tonight, send me your address by PM and your choice of blade if you think you made it.