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I like to consider myself a good backhand topspin coach, but believe it or not, I have no clue what you are talking about even when you describe it in detail. As you get better, you realize that you are not always doing what you think you are doing. Bot in good and bad ways.

For the original question, I have preferred faster or mid powered blades with slow rubbers to slow blades and fast rubbers. I think that rubbers are more critical for slowing the ball down than blades if you play a spin-oriented game.

I am going through the pain process of trying to reactivate my backhand. I used to have a good over the table backhand that has suffered from severe neglect. Tried to do it yesterday and almost lost matches using it. I will persevere and see where it gets me.

Maybe they will play Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong in the quarter finals this time... LOL.

Over thinking loop classification can drive you crazy but FWIW, I will share my own view... The first thing is that these loops are all about ball quality and about producing a certain kind of ball. IMO, some people like to teach every stroke as if it requires a separate technique. To me, all...

Sounds good. By the way, whip is not just about large racket head speed when it gets really advanced, but also about maximum racket head speed over short distances to control the ball, including decelerate it. Sometimes, people wonder why they sometimes notice the racket going back and forth...

Not necessarily down (back yes, down, maybe...), but you hit on the major point why I said you lack whip. There are ways of getting whip from an early backswing (you can start the whip from anywhere as long as you lag the backswing vs the forward swing even from the still position) but it is...

Kong Linghui.

Here are the best videos on the general concept of whip that I know (since he taught it to me of course).

The biggest thing that changed my game and which I think might help you is getting the concept of "whip" in your strokes. I define whip generally (for people who are not very familiar with it) as the concept of dragging/pulling the racket into the ball before the backswing is ended so that your...

http://www.ittf.com/2017/03/27/new-world-ranking-scheme-effective-january-2018/ “One of our main goals is to massively increase the prize money at the ITTF, to also ensure that the top table tennis players are “stars” on the international scene and at the same time to improve the quality of...

He does, he is officialy 1640 something, though he has been higher.

He is about 300-500 pts below me. So about 1600-1800.

It is likely that 1) you don't have a concept of a neutral/ready stance 2) your grips are different for both sides and you don't practice anticipation and switching. 3) you don't anticipate the ball well enough because your shots are often of insufficient quality to control the ball against...

When someone is actively counterhitting topspin with the pips, it is sometimes light topspin you get back (not light backspin) so it can be pretty confusing. I am kinda lucky that he doesn't have a very high blocking spin level yet but if he added a consistent chop block to his repertoire, he...

Was thinking of you when I played this match.

If you can serve it short, then do so but, as a general rule, if you are trying to serve a server short, you don't have control over it. It's a Yoda thing.

42bp, It's hard to comment without video. That said, looping half long balls is a forearm snap issue. In general, many of your comments about your game don't show you have fully accepted that with your health, you are capped by your forearm snap speed and power. Most of your strokes should...

I already said repeatedly that you should do whatever you enjoy in the absence of match feedback. For time economy, stop arguing with people who know more about this sport than you do

It's fun arguing with people who tend to know more table tennis than they play. They sometimes pretend to defer to your expertise and experience but more often than not, they are really trying to prove they know more than you do. That way, they justify addressing all the problems that will...