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Thanks for pointing this out. The post I composed to address this never made it.

Not disagreeing with you. Just pointing out how easy it is to define people by distinctions that can obscure the truth. FZD is likely the most powerful player on the planet and Ma Long is easily in the top 5 if not number 2, but by focusing on a distinction, a bizarre conclusion that ML is a...

In chess, there is this dichotomy of sorts between tacticians and strategists where tacticians supposedly calculate lots of variations and strategists simply get a gist of the contours of the position and don't calculate as hard. Of course, you see the strategists often win with spell binding...

My opinion is not that you should use something softer, but that when developing technique, you should use something standard or something which your coach approves of. So let your coach test it and if your coach thinks he can teach you good technique with it, then use it. I have tested Aurus...

I have decided to take on a new project - to learn to push any half-long or short serve with any spin short or half-long short and in either case, low. Yes, even topspin serves. I think being able to do this will help my game a lot as it is an advanced skill and it is less physical than...

Testing new test rubbers: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zKfoif8dzug https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9VLYjfecs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb1oIIoDahY

Going to be in WDCTTC from 12 - 5 pm on Sunday to work with a friend. If you are rated under 2000 and want to hit or get some coaching, let me know. No unsolicited advice, trust me :p.

A lot of coaches gave me unsolicited advice coming up that helped me improve as a player. I know others may not be as open to such favors, but I try to pass on the free advice that helped. Of course, reactions such as Ilya's have helped curb my enthusiasm so I only talk when asked these days.

Well, if racket head speed matters, you will see that in thoughtsontabletennis but you will only guess it without knowing it from Drinkhall's statement. And if you tested the rubber but didn't like it, you would have no clue what to change based on Drinkhall's statement but you might with the...

When knowitalls (like me) offer advice to unsuspecting players (who may be far better than I am but are unlikely to be) about how they should play to get better results.

This is true, but misses the point, especially in an era where over the table strokes have taken on greater significance.

The thoughtsontabletennis article is more illuminating than what Drinkhall said but what he said is practically correct.

My question is why seal such a beautiful blade with a good hard outer ply? To offend the TT Gods?

Or he could also try Togo. Oh I forgot, he is really from Argentina...

Deuce takes up a lot of time. People take more time to play multiple points given the impact of the points. So it is an easy way to shorten the game - avoiding those points. For time constrained events with TV broadcasting limits etc, this is important.

You are hitting the proper sweetspot of the blade. There are people who will tell you that carbon blades have larger sweetspots than regular blades. The truth is that the reason why my backhand is so good is that I have always hit the sweetspot with it even when I was 1400. You see the marks...

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Traditional European style vs close to the table Asian style. When most Europeans see it for the first time, they always complain "no one in my club plays like that!"

Variation in serve return is a must for any advanced player. If you do anything the same way all the time, it makes advanced players faster and faster. In fact, FZD's coaches have worked hard on getting him to improve his short pushes.