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Yes, but he thinks serving tricks only work until easily defused and can also build a laziness into one's game that makes one play less well when the serves are returned well. He finds the struggle of the rally more noble and points out that unfamiliarity will win you some free points on serve...

Yes. They think it is no spin or light backspin and they come in with some cool angle or don't try to stroke the ball so the spin just does the rest - acts like gravity. Sometimes, they are even trying to loop the ball when this happens. I was playing someone recently at the last tournament...

Some people don't even net my serve, THe ball just goes into the table as if they batted it down really hard.

I like to say that my backspin serve turns people into believers. Sometimes until people face my serve, they never knew that kind of backspin existed.

Not to make you the poster boy but yes, Archo can watch that match and see what I mean.

I think ttmonster pointed out to you more explicitly that while things may look superficially similar and may lend themselves to the same language, the problems higher level players face should not be confused with those of lower level players if only because of the ball quality they are...

He lacks an opening backhand topspin. It is not as rare as you might think. Even some people who have openers lack the confidence to use them in matches, or cannot open safely with spin to get into a rally. I have played lefties with precisely this problem and this is how I play them - I push...

Too much of the match and your attitude was influenced by prior history. He is a structurally unsound player who uses athleticism instead of strategy to cover up his bad structure. His backspin attack is not a powerful stroke and he is serving mostly sidespin to mask this. You should mostly...

It takes me back to my Big Dipper days - my short game control is just so much better with it. Even if I don't use it all the time, it is going to improve my technique in a massive way. The rubber is EXTREMELY direct and you can feel the spin and the power working in the same direction. All I...

The match was close enough that he still has to go up another level to do that.

The match was close enough that he still has to go up another level to do that.

I am testing Nexy Karis M+ and will soon be testing Nexy Karis M as well. Very consistent rubber so far - doesn't seem to have the easy spin of softer topsheets and one playing partner felt it was a major drop off from Tenergy. But I felt that the consistency of the shots and the directness of...

I've found all the fingers to be very important for how I loop - there are times when there is more pressure in the thumb and long finger, but there are times when I get whip from the two smallest fingers. So for me, getting used to the feel of the handle matters a lot as when I change, I lose...

Boogar, the right question to ask is what is the level of the opposition. The Kid is 2200+. If you watch the match, you will see that I lost the rallies as well as the shorter points. As Carl said, Tareq is a troll, don't take him seriously. My point is to show how shallow his comments are...

The hardest part is getting started. Once you get started, you will be surprised how much you improve if you put in the hours - I think 3 at most. It is nothing close to as hard as the backspin catcher, for example.

Yes, it is. Whether you win or lose, your technique will be easy to see for any experienced player. I can post even my worst losses and you can see my technique. Below is my worst loss from a tournament two weeks ago.

I think the haircut was the best part of the videos. The actual strokes... let's just say that while it's clear you put in a lot of work, there is a lot of stuff to work on and it is necessary to record yourself and get more frequent feedback so that things don't go offtrack.

Progress faster? LOL. Who are you watching? The thing about this sport is that even with technical improvement, you might still not win matches. My rating was 2062 in January 2015. It is 1970 or so in November 2016. Just about everyone who watches me then and watches me now will call my...

Don't fall for false Archo modesty. After telling us for the past few months how much better he had gotten, do you really think he felt he hadn't improved at all?