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This has to be the funniest post I have read in a while. Gotta go to Dubai some day and train with all these great players.

Yes, but maybe since I got better than many of those player's who do this, I stopped caring and started getting revenge by beating them worse and worse. As my friend Shuki says, anything you think in other than playing the game is reducing your focus. Some players apologize when they win...

I like to say that Ratings and levels don't play matches, people do. IT's easy to focus too much on yourself when you think you are supposed to win and forget that you still have to find things that your opponent doesn't do well to get points.

Not really arguing and not about qualifications either. What you saw is their level, and not their coaching per se. If you watch the whole video, you will see quite a few examples of 3rd ball attack, often unsuccessful. We don't know whether these players play in the same club or know each...

Sure. I know coaches as well who embrace the philosophy. I know a coach who likes to argue that his best student plays worse than he could because he has good serves. IF you look at the video, it is not like the players don't have deceptive serves, in fact the winner won a lot of points of...

You are looking for magic - Tenergy is priced the way it is for a reason. There are many good rubbers out there if you are willing to adapt.

This can be true, but the opposite can also be true. With better serves, you get to higher level faster and get exposed to better players. And good serve technique can help your strokes. What I will say is that you need to practice rallying behind your serves. Both players in the match have...

I think some players have said that MX-P is more suited for driving the ball and T05 for spinning the ball, even as they play similarly. I agree with this assessment. I think Carl plays more of a spin style so I can understand why he prefers T05.

The reason is that this is a big tournament with a long registration period, so the player over 1000 probably registered before his rating went up and since the ratings were based on a certain date, he qualified based on his rating for that date. It happens a lot at US Nationals or the US Open...

Table tennis is less about tips and more about practice. 1. Have you practiced good looping technique? 2. If the answer to (1) is yes, have you practiced using it on a variety of long spinny serves? If not, it is no surprise that you are struggling to do it and the bottom line is that you...

As qvolizz pointed out, changing handles is not only about sponsorship. It is also about what you like in your hand. I do agree it is a stretch to think that someone would put a butterfly handle on a non-butterfly blade. The winners of the event used ESN rubbers - Cornilleau and Tibhar. It...

This is why I tell people that the identified blades say more with certainty about the handle than they do about the blade. People could also move a handle onto another blade.

So I played on Friday night and played some good table tennis. I think I have finally come to grips with my best forehand and I have committed to using it as best and as long as I can. I just have to integrate it with my backhand. I can loop just about any ball with it, I can counterloop...

I have had many players in my club do this on many occasions, including possibly myself, when we are playing each other and getting lucky. In fact, I sometimes find it more honest and easier to digest than the false apologies when people win on nets and edges. People say thank you when you...

Fake follow-throughs are powerful when you have fast wrist action. Like I said, you are a master server, you just don't fully realize it yet. When Brett was trying to fix my punch, he said, "You need more of Carl's drum stick approach". Brett's analogy is hammering in a nail. I need to...

Baal made a comment about the serve being really slow making people misread it even more. To be honest, I am not even sure that the ones you think are light won't be misread by people. In the end, what matters is making the serve appear heavier or lighter than it actually is. In the absolute...

IT's your technique. Post video if you want real help. Otherwise, go back to work.

I am happy you signed up. Try to play people widely, start with weaker opponents as their balls will have less spin and they will be more predictable so you can attack them as confidently as you want to. The focus is on playing a quality shot, either heavy spin when low, or heavy spin and/or...

I wouldn't fully agree with Mark's explanation based on my experience. And since I have had two 2500+ players from China call my my serves extremely spinny in two different states 6 months apart, not during coaching but comments made during rated matches, I think I do have something reasonable...

That's the real problem