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I think it depends. For some people, and I count myself as one of them, my light spin serves are still heavy. Therefore, I really have to serve no spin for the opponent to pop up the ball. The difference is not insignificant as if the opponent digs into the light spin ball, they can produce...

No spin never looks heavy - its the serve motion that looks heavy. You are really relying on the opponent to not look closely at the ball or to just not know/accept that you are capable of the amount of deception with your serve motion. But if they serve you no spin and you don't have to...

I think when you mess around, this automatically happens. The problem though with playing around with grip is that the ball is light spin, not really really dead.

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While people want more and more spin on their serves, the truth is that when you have spin, there are advantages to making the serve have less spin than it does as people mostly want to borrow your spin when the spin is very heavy. Here are some good videos that discuss in some detail what the...

Look for a video where someone is teaching the technique. I may post a few links when I get to a PC. The Xkaboomx tutorial is decent and Brett might have a video.

There is an ITTF video with Marcos Freitas that shows the concept. Basically, you have to hit the edge of your paddle closest to the handle and hit the ball with a flatter motion whose sound may be detectable if the environment is quiet ( which is why some players stomp). I will see if I can...

OSPH, When you serve serves you haven't practiced playing behind, you will often lose points because you may not have practiced how to play behind the kinds of returns you are getting. So one has to take an attitude of doing it for a whole set or match if one wants to improve behind that...

I have only one pet peeve that drives me crazier than anything else. I am playing a point and in the middle of my shot, someone screams in celebration on anguish towards my table from the next table when I am about to hit the ball. COME ON!!!!!

While this has a good point, race car driving is like golf, where most of what other people are doing only impacts your optimal strategy so much - it is like dancing with yourself. In TT, just about everything you do is based on what the opponent is doing and when they win you lose and vice...

I read a lot of complaints about players not picking up balls. One of the things higher rated players need to realize is that as you become a better player, you become more ball sensitive. Lower rated players literally cannot sense the ball the same way higher rated players do. So while a...

Shuki's technique on the serves is clearly much worse. Decent rally strokes but it's mostly badly placed control stuff even on relatively easy balls. Gotta move the opponent around more on the easy balls!

Here is Timo - I am not a fan of that ZJK video - ZJK's record against choppers is not fantastic.

Why not just watch better players do it and then see what they are doing? Here is the guy with the best loop against backspin in the world (his record against choppers is impeccable) - he is the model when I am telling people to loop backspin. Straighten the arm on the backswing so that the...

I was the top seed in Group 2 of the PP league yesterday. I forgot my camera so unfortunately no video. It seems everyone came out for justice (or is it revenge). I played a usual practice partner (about 2000 playing strength) and beat him 3-1 in a match that felt like our usual matches...

OKay. You seem to like the Fang Bo video. Notice that he is hitting the ball closer to his body than you are. The other thing is that he has a much lower stance that allows him to rotate even more into the ball. The kind of position where you are hitting the ball is suited for hitters doing...

What happened to ZJK in Men's Singles?

Ah, how many hours do you train and play a week since you want that? IF you notice she is rotating her body using her feet and core. The most important thing she does is that she rotates her shoulders and then when she hits her shots, she uses her body rotation and her feet to reset her ready...

Many people do that and I think it is a mistake. The most important thing for your loop power is to hit the ball while your body is rotating. The further out in front you hit the ball, the less likely the body will be rotating when you hit the ball. This puts pressure on your upper body...

Here is some old video of my technique, issues and all. The blocker has short pips. I have all kinds of physical issues so don't copy my form, but you can see that I loop with different timings in order to improve my ability to adapt. IT's about 11 mins long - I move back so I can take the...