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League was tough yesterday - lost to the 10 and under US girls champ in 5 in my first match. Went up 2-0 but the serves stopped working and she consistently served fast deep serves to my middle (I have to work on that as I serve them to the corners). Then I lost to Big M as I shall call him...

Tricks aren't everything. The top penholders today dominate with one or the other, usually RPB. But JEff's explanation is the key. I don't know any player who does both who I fear for that reason.

It's interesting that people can beat him by lobbing and your conclusion is that tactics matter, even though you can't lob.

Why do you think traditional penhold has no crossover point? Because you haven't found it yet? Every grip has a transition point. You just have to find it and it isn't the same for every player.

Why is his punch so scary? Isn't it just another ball for you to loop? Why do you backhand loop into his punch? Can you place it short with heavy spin so he has to reach over the table to play it? Or can you back him up with depth? Or can you place it to his penholder elbow? Shot quality...

Assuming that you are 1500 with the ability to break 2000: A lot of tactical stuff assumes equal ball quality. But I will tell you that some returns and serves and blocks that I thought were good at 1500 are the same things I totally destroy at my current level. Once you learn good ways of...

Given that your backhand opener was your best shot in January 2016, I find this post mildly perplexing. IT would really help to see footage but giving you the benefit of the doubt... You need to sometimes recover after the serve into a two winged looping/backhand opening position. You may...

I like her playing style a lot. Very well rounded and much more versatile than most of the women. Zhu Yuling is not that different either.

Here is my latest lazy forehand looping video. While my stance is not low and it isn't all out, this is very close to my best looping form and has significant improvements in consistency and power in matches over my old form. There are subtle even if invisible changes in how I use the upper...

One good thing is that our best junior player and current US Champ, Kanak Jha, moved to Sweden and has trained and played there for quite a while now. A huge part of the problem the US has is producing the kind of competitive environment that builds the top players. England is next to those...

This has to be best whupping that I have ever seen anyone place on Ding Ning. Here is my favorite point: youtu.be/tmcrqCh_fCo?t=472

When Boogar does this, I will know he has arrived. Most of the time I see him pivot, he plays the quality of ball one can play with a backhand. youtu.be/tmcrqCh_fCo?t=472

The score says it all as YZY won both his games at 9.

Yes, the time to get into position and loop is critical. Also important is the ball height as balls that stay low through the flight onto the table are harder to read and also have less margin for error when you loop them as you have to determine the spin and then get the ball to dip...

I play pips at the same level that I play inverted, including LP choppers. It takes a higher rated chopper to chop at a speed that makes me uncomfortable and I can play choppers with my backhand as well as my forehand, something many of them are not used to. Yes my wide forehand is one of my...

Now the real reason for the silly posts is here. This guy is smarter than we think.

It means that your level is low - that doesn't happen to me. If I beat someone all the time, unless they improve, I beat them all the time. It's when your level is low that you can't control the ball well enough to produce consistent results or have gaps in your play. The higher your level...

You played pretty well, Boogar. Don't sell yourself short. Looking at the video, it is not easy to see who the better player is if you are thinking like TareqPhoto. But you are on the other end of those balls and are feeling them on your racket and estimating my effort level and yours. Which...

A guy who came to Princeton but I usually see at Westchester was really cool. He was like "You know, I see you online and I keep on thinking I can take you. But the more I play, the more I realize that there are some things that just don't show up on video." We did some counterlooping...