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Yes, yes, yes! When someone has speed addiction, the SPW is usually my compromise blade. On the other hand, it is head heavy and has a big handle (I sanded the top area of mine a little even though I have huge hands) so I have to find something for people who don't like that. One of my pet...

Here is a link to my club. https://video.nest.com/embedded/live/0PC1sy?autoplay=1%22 I won't be there today, but for anyone who has no life, it is a good link. I coach a couple of ladies on Sunday mornings and sometimes, good players do show up.

Persson. I would rotate and take the ball more to the side of me.

Finally, one more reference point - if I had better knees, I would loop more like this: https://youtu.be/C_85n5Kar6c?t=63

Oh, I have shoulder pain just because I have rheumatoid arthritis. I know it is not my really swing because my left shoulder has the same issues, as do my elbows and my wrists. I have accepted it as a fact of life. I could of course swing slower and and rally more and sometimes I do. But I...

This is my power stroke for a weaker ball. It will always look like the arms are doing most of the work on this stroke and it will look even worse since I can't bend my knees and rotate my core easily - you will notice that I do rotate it a little but not enough. I find it easier to rotate my...

SPW is fast so you will still need to focus on getting spin. But it is better than a composite for learning to hit the ball properly.

Here you go... no editing, sorry. Still working on my loop. A couple of matches on my channel as well.

They are not offensive blades. What he needs is a Clipper Wood with WRB or an Emerald VPS.

German rating is different from USATT. It's not so much about the rating but having a feeling for the ball. If your blade does not promote your feeling for the ball, you will try to hit the ball the same way all the time. In general, the contrast in feeling between a good stroke and a bad...

You should start slow, the robot doesn't need to. The thing is that you need to avoid tensing up in table tennis in general and the #1 source of tensing up in my experience is trying to hit the ball harder than your technique is ready to sustain. Even when your technique can usually sustain...

JeffM, Try hitting the ball much more slowly when you begin practicing and build up every two or three minutes to higher speeds.

My approach is slightly different but related. Fix the upper arm and only move it in conjunction with your core. I also sometimes lock my shoulder tightly to my body when practicing or try to wrap my elbow to my body on the backswing. But if you have the TT Edge app, there are 3 different...

You are a 100% right and I was going to get on him about it but relative to the rest of us, he is young so it is not a big deal. When you don't get coaching or training, the only way to really improve is to EJ - even people who train find their improvement almost imperceptible talk less of...

I agree, but it is not in the spirit of what we are telling him. Equipment matters in terms of making it easier to do certain things. It is like trying to tell someone to learn parallel parking with a large SUV. Is it possible, sure, but is it as easy as starting with a compact car, no. What...

Gavin, thanks for posting. We TTD members are greedier than that. We want the secret sauce to your serves so we can do the serves like you. Your topspin kick is ridiculous. I want *that* serve. Some of us would pay to see something like this from you:

I don't think I am playing table tennis this week. I am going to relax and rest. I do have coaching today though, so that might interrupt me a little but the Cavs are playing the Warriors. Maybe I will try to get out of it.

Thanks for the kind words, strangeloop. Your wrist acceleration is really good. Aspects of your form can be improved but that usually comes with lots of coaching or lots of video practice. Have you sent your video to Brett? You can join us here (you don't have to though)...

Okay. Let's table this for another time and another thread. You seem to enjoy playing with what you use and that is what matters. If you want to get serious about improving, get a coach and use either what they recommend or an all-wood 5 ply with good feeling and soft outer ply.

I think the first question is whether you have a coach. If not, do you record yourself? High throw rubbers are good in the sense that they generate good spin and loop for you sometimes. The bad thing is that they don't challenge your technique as much and you can loop with really bad...