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I just assumed (wrongly) that since it was Ouaiche, he ran back without being forced back to play that kind of stuff. I would rather that he lost that point trying to counter Freitas's backhand down the line back to Freitas's forehand but I can't have it all. He is who he is. The chopping...

As much as I think a lot of that rally is just bad table tennis, that is absolutely astonishing.

So I went to a club in Indiana. It so happens that the club and its residence in that building, full time, part time, whatever, has been going on over 90 years as there is history of table tennis being played in that building during the great depression. It's named after a USATT hall of famer...

Use anything you want - it might be more fun to play with but will never replace the hours in the practice halls.

I don't think there is a need to change that much, to be honest, though modest accommodations can be made for each player. The main thing is to find a stance that is comfortable and that one can move laterally in as well as strokes that work in a more vertical position. I usually find that...

No wonder I have been waiting in vain for Boogar to play real topspins. He is listening to videos that make him feel like he understands Chinese secrets. Sorry to tell you the bad news, Boogar, but the secrets are not going to hit the ball, you are, and the best stroke in the world is the...

The other thing you need to learn to do is to build out that in-between slow heavy topspin game. That's what people who play like you are lacking - you have practiced hitting the ball at 100mph or just rolling the ball that you don't know how to put must of your stroke into topspin. It's all...

The real bottom like is why you are afraid of missing. Just play a game where you lose 11-0 by hitting balls off the table. Get it out of your system that missing is the end of the world. Then play another game where you are trying to make good shots but may miss or make them. Try to put on...

Put him on 1.5 speed or more - that usually resolves the problems with the voice. The content is another story.

Maybe if all the people watching and TT EDGE and coaching certificate sure. People are picking out studded from Archos too. Is that so wrong?

I am a bit disappointed that you would actually say this but I would hope that over time, you will have a slightly different take. I used to think that people like Archos made sense all the time when I was coming up in TT. It's part of the reason why I try my best to make sure that people who...

Good point, Carl. I wasn't quite addressing suds79 context, which I clearly understood. I was making the point that population matters. For people who want to talk about Chinese forehand, there was some recent video of Liu Guoyang's forehand in slow mo as well as Ma Long. It was great to see...

Yecats, If you can find me anyone of note who says that the main reason China is the best at table tennis is their population, I will give you a free sheet of Tenergy 80. What you will find is people comparing the success of China to say the success of Germany or Japan or Korea, then you hear...

Didn't I just point out that many of the best TT nations in the world in their continents (China, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Nigeria, Egypt) are also the largest populations in their continents? You are confusing the claim that something might not be a primary factor with the claim that...

Here is an article from a former US Champs runnerup comparing different forehands. Can anyone read/watch this and say that Timo is not using his legs when he loops and Ma Long is not using his elbow? Don't let charlatans fool you by comparing lower level players to higher level players...

You were doing okay until you got to "at all". Population size is always a measure of human resources and the idea that having more resources to throw at a problem doesn't affect or influence success is pretty odd, to be honest. Limiting the list to the top 5 is also not the way a social...

You've had the experience of reviewing video with a national level coach so you know what you are looking at and what to look for. How many people who are watching his videos will have that kind of insight?

There is a market for this kind of stuff. It just isn't serious table tennis players. You asked the right question. It's not so much that he is wrong or right but that without verifying his credentials, he could be a higher level Archos. In fact, the fact he is not showing his play or...

I tend to play mostly Grass DTecs users so things like FL2 and FL3 which do not rely as much in reversal are more confusing. I wouldn't be surprised if he played even with me in a year. Would need to fix some things but with the game he showed me yesterday, I would not be entirely surprised.

Feint Long is a spinny LP. I'm used to playing more slippery beasts, especially in OX. I should adjust to the high ball with practice but there is more backspin on that ball than I would infer from my prior stroke, so I had to accept that - it wasn't the classical case of the prior spin being...