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DerEchte, Brett should be in the US and coming with me to that tournament in Howard County on Sept 3. Be there or be square. I gave you fair notice.

Brett was really good to me for a long time when I was trying to fix my forehand and was patiently answering questions that he later addressed in TTEDGE videos (some of which he made available in youtube). The advanced serving mechanics one is probably the one you can learn the most from in a...

For the trial, practice your serves and serve return and your third ball attack. Get someone to serve you the basic spins and develop good returns for them, especially well placed attacking and defensive returns. Learn where to contact the ball to negate the effects of sidespin. If you do well...

People just don't know how hard this sport can be when you are trying to change a habit. Seriously. Whenever someone complains about doing stuff they are trying to change, you can tell if they know the drill or not.

It's the truth, not a joke.

I was going to say it like you said it but I doubt Siva would have been convinced enough to lock it down. Once you understand or can execute whip mechanics, table tennis gets transformed. The other thing Siva is that when making changes like this, exaggeration tends to give you the best quick...

This was the video Brett used when explaining this:

Where you really need to look is at the end of the backswing. That is what sets up the rest of the stroke. It is much harder to catch at contact and follow through, especially on most pro forehands, though sometimes, you can see it. One of Ma Long's strokes has it pretty strongly even on the...

I guess what I am trying to say is that because you are not snapping your elbow/forearm correctly, the stroke is limited by the speed of your core and upper arm. This is where I hope your experience serving will help you fix the issue faster.

Think about the kinetic chain of a whip (which is the mechanic we are looking for) and what it means when the shoulder moves. Whips move much faster than snapper does and the shoulder motion ruins the whip effect. Grab a towel or a whip. Try to make it snap. You will see that it snaps best...

Siva, Youtube has slow motion settings that we can all use if we really want to. You can post the video at regular speed if the goal is to get insights and let people do the slow motion themselves. Of course, if you want the video to be a form of art, which is a noble goal as well, you can do...

I can give you at least 5 references to back up what DerEchte says. It happens to pros all the time. How long do you think Xu Xin has been training that super backhand that he used to beat Ma Long in Korea and Japan? Do you think he didn't have the problem of hitting it in practice and it not...

Yes, but don't gratuitously pile on him. It might superficially seem like this is what we are doing but it is not. Archo's heart is in the right place, but unfortunately, club level table tennis is more complicated to learn than he is giving it credit for. If archo actually lived close to a...

Link to said video? Trust me, if you smack balls, your rating is going to be low for a long time. Smacking is something you build up to, not something you do when you are building technique. Schlager is using a technical shot.

This drill is like a basic drill that most attackers do to improve their ability to adapt to the next ball. The problem though in my experience that one can still loop the block with suboptimal paddle recovery. In any case, anyone want to guess how many players loop over the table balls even...

You misunderstand me. I meant that Rasant belongs to the Evolution and Bluefire generation. 50 degree song usually means the Turbo version.

Not about hitting the table but as ttmonster pointed out about adapting your backswing rapidly to the incoming ball. TTmonster's drill is okay but depends a lot on the discipline of the looper as it is easier to hit a block than it would be to hit heavy topspin and that can lead to suboptimal...

No, he is saying that you know how to make it sound like you are playing at a higher level than you are. You have done this for so long that we don't think it's intentional trolling. It's just an extreme form of not understanding the reality of where your game is, but having seen and enjoyed...

I found it to be a bunch of repetitive crap.