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Forgive the video quality but this is the best ever:

I have played great backhands and great backhand matches against better players, but in this match, my backhand becomes a force of nature. At one point, I actually told myself that I didn't want to be my opponent....

Wouldn't it finish a little higher?

But you see, even the one at 8:44 doesn't *look* like a loop. I am doing something, but the motion is so short and the paddle so open that I am not sure what kind of hybrid it is.

When I look at video, my backhand stroke is never what I think it should be, even though I love the shot before I see the video. WTF is this? I thought I was playing a backhand loop... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DHZLYK70kaQ&feature=youtu.be&t=199

I am 100% with you on this.

Usain Bolt is probably the best example and sprinting/racing is probably the easiest ground to show something like that. Even Phelps. Sure they had great mental toughness and trained hard, but those guys were so far ahead of the competition at their peak that their worst times could often beat...

We have quite a few in table tennis, no need to go to tennis. Look at Fan Zhendong and Harimoto, such players do not grow on trees. And anyone arguing that Fan has mental issues needs to be 20 again ( of course, I believe that is is his real age).

Can Akkuzu won 11-3.

I agree with the sentiment but disagree with the details. Ridiculously talented elite athletes do exist and they can make mental issues irrelevant when they are healthy.

IT's unlikely. There isn't enough money in table tennis to experiment with the plastics and the ball is bigger. After a while, people get tired of change and are more focused on consistency. The world rankings have not changed substantially with the new balls, so people are largely okay as...

Just like speed glue is gone and hard bat is from a different era, a time will come when players will have never experienced a celluloid ball.

I am not sure I would call the Korbel "quite hard and stiff", but it definitely is a good choice. Recent Korbels I have used have been heavy, but if one could find a lighter one, sure. Composites make it easier to control that kind of stuff with less variation.

For a beginner, it might not make a huge difference but at some point, even a beginner needs to start looping hard and getting used to a relatively stiff feeling when getting spin is helpful. Deforming these plastic balls to get spin is harder and I think Carbon as a stiff composite helps in...

No, he is not saying that. He is telling you what he feels will be true for anyone. If you have a different opinion, that is fine too and feel free to share. But when I say that a Viscaria is a faster than a Grubba Pro, I don't mean it is true just for myself. A Maze vs HL5 is less clear...

These new plastic balls don't respond as well to all wood blades. I am now more convinced than I ever was that this is the case, though of course wooden blades still play reasonably well and are usually cheaper. More ALL+ ALC blades should be made for beginners.

How do you want Ma Long to become rich?

That is substantial enough to add time to a match especially if it happens in multiple games and matches. That said, there is no obviously right or wrong answer here, it all depends in the constraints the organizers are working within.