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This is the video I remember. Yes, our levels are not too different, but what I am saying is that don't let the camera deceive you - technique is not everything. In fact, my whole point to strangeloop is that he should stop thinking about one stroke and start thinking about the sequence of...

That's really not the point. I don't like many things too. You actually seem like a pretty nice guy and you adapt to things over time. My guess is that if I gave you a screw driver to play with, you may hate it , but if forced to adapt to it, you would play well with it. It's a common...

OKay, so to help you with some context, I broke USATT 2000 in January 2015 playing a largely different style from the one I play today. IT revolved more around pushing and blocking and having a strong backhand opening and counter. I could loop underspin but somewhat inconsistently but I almost...

My opponent once beat former Olympian David Zhuang in a league match 12-10 in the 5th. He has been over USATT 2300 Since my game tends to be very strategically focused and doesn't let someone fully express himself, here is a match from almost two years ago against a younger and stronger looper...

Thanks for your post, Takkyu. Defending myself or my level would be the entirely wrong approach to responding to you as you have suggested many ideas that I usually summarily dismiss as not being part of my game or my approach to table tennis. I do find them interesting and will review them...

Nothing really new. The problem is that I have bad knees so my movement is limited. His topspin is heavy (his spin is just heavy) so I can't move much and still track it - I think there are some shots where I swing and miss the ball outright. Maybe if I played him every day, things would...

One of the reasons I like the US rating system is that you have an idea how good your opponent is or has been so you can put losses in perspective. I have also played this opponent a few times and playing him for the first time would be a bigger shock to my system though that goes both ways as...

Once you enter a club, you are no longer self-taught.

I can't use blades without grip tape any more. It's sad. They feel good in my hand, but immediately I put the rubbers on, I start feeling like the blade is head heavy or slipping or that something is missing. Then I put the grip tape on and everything feels fine. The grip tape doesn't really...

He switched from one sided to two sided but the problem is that the blade one-sided is a bit light. Most one-sided PH blades are heavier, so he is trying to find a balance between the weight of a one-sided blade supposed to be two-sided and his own personal preferences.

Stick a lighter pips on your backhand side and you might even use that for your forehand if you prefer it. There is no reason to go double inverted coming from a light one-sided penhold.

My friend, with all due respect, you are not being serious here. Let's look at the forehands you missed in this supposedly bad 2nd game- twice in a row, you served long and fast into your opponent, your opponent looped the ball - you missed the counterloop and you are complaining? You did not...

Archo, I unintentionally skimmed your last post. I have already told you what to do - post regular video of your serve practice. Open a new thread to do it. What you will gain from that will help you with all your strokes. When you do that and post video, I will take you off the ignore...

A wise coach once told me that strategy can destroy your focus on technical improvement and ultimately cap your level. By this, he meant that people who get away with things like pushing to weak backhands or forehands rather than improving their ability to open off backspin consistently or...

Archo doesn't realize that in the world of TT, no one does it alone. We all received help from different players during our TT growth, plenty of the most valuable help for free, some of it through paid coaching. The reward is seeing someone get better. TT is too small a sport for us to drive...

strangeloop, You have to be very clear on what you are looking for when posting these videos. What I can largely see is someone who is playing well but played someone who played better. What are you looking for? You can't solve the problem of losing. For all I know, based on the videos you...

Both these players do and they aren't Chinese obviously:

Slow loops require whip motions that are not really slow - they all require good acceleration - it's more about the quality of contact with the ball. So you need to be used to getting your racket moving and timing the ball, which requires you to be warmed up and ready to loop as if you are...

Laistrogian, You and 42andbackpains are still ball bashers. Nothing wrong with ball bashing per se, but since you both have movement issues, it caps your level since you don't recover quickly enough vs basic blocks. Embracing the rally is required to get better at table tennis for most...

The video I was asking for was video of the players he is talking about. As David pointed out, serve technique for good servers is often universal but there are idiosyncratic elements specific to each player that can be pointed out if we see who exactly he is talking about.