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Nothing about my post referenced the guy in black - why do you think my post was even mildly referring to him?

I think you are mistaking who I was speaking to (Gene Tuttle, not you).

Most people who use Chinese rubber on the forehand but don't train hard every day are making a big mistake. The advantages of boosted Chinese rubber subtly show up in advanced play. Most club players would do far better with an Euro rubber , whether regular or hard sponged. Tack actually...

I preferred the Chinese forehand explanation - this is too simple!!

I personally found the matches pretty good and I think OP is on the right track. Would like to see him play better players so he can struggle a little more.

NextLevel has NUTHIN', NUTHIN', as in YOU AIN'T NUTHTIN' on DerEchte when it comes to putting Heavy Topspin on the ball. In fact, DerEchte lives to spin first and ask questions later. Be, I just try to spin because if I do anything else, I will miss the table.

No, you aren't, but if you enjoy playing beautiful points, play them and forget the score.

Yes. The most important loop in the world isn't Ma Long's loop, it is the loop that helps you put your opponent's shot back on the table. It's the fan boys that are obsessed with Ma Long's loop. Experienced players just accept that their technique is what it is and make it better suited to...

They are becoming more exposed to basketball and other sports and there seems to be a shift amongst the youth towards the more mainstream team sports with larger professional pay. It's going to happen over time.

Hahahaha - now I know who you are - not that many GMs in Australia. I used to be USCHESS 1900 (probably 1700-1800 ELO) and I used to read a lot of Ian Rogers articles. I never trained at an age when it mattered and we didn't have the computers back then people have today to get good back...

Put the camera on the right corner if you are both right handed players as you will both be playing forehands with your right hand and will have your back mostly on the backhand side for shots and serves (left side of the table) and will not block most of your shots from the camera - if you are...

The issues are more complicated than that. What you need to appreciate is that the Chinese are pushing in lots of athletes and producing lots of TT players and sending those at the very top to compete. One of the three greatest Nigerian and African players of all time, Segun Toriola, said he...

Watch the second video - the guy in Black is WAY too good. Would be fun to see him play kowabunga. In any case, I find the U2000 claims interesting. These guys, their serves are easily over USATT 2000. And that is where I usually start. But the touch of the T25 guy, while it is clearly T25...

Ahhh... that explains it...

Yes, I noticed that later - the rubber is not likely to be the same thickness as his forehand. I forget that old school players don't have over the table backhands so I tend to think that they are pushing with pips for some reason. But in any case, he is definitely a class player - amazing...

I wouldn't be surprised, but I think one guy is clearly better. And I think the match up is too lopspided for it to be just playing each other all the time.

Playing well is one thing, but technique does not lie. And other than the inability to read and play the pips ball or return the serve, the player in red did pretty well against balls he read properly.

I am probably the biggest opponent of the concept of a BH rubber. Such threads nauseate me. That said, as someone who has used the same rubber on both sides 95%+ of the time in my TT playing, sometimes even Chinese rubber, I think stroke speed and technique makes a big difference. My backhand...

The guy in blue is over 2200 - how much over, I am not sure. Could be as high as 2400, but I would need to see him play a better opponent. The guy in red is under 2200 - definitely over 2000 IMO, but not much less if under.

So you think the Chinese are superior in just "the attacking forehand". So things like serve and serve receive and short game play (remember that the average rally in table tennis is usually less than 4 shots) - where did that factor into your analysis? Rally strokes or sometimes third ball...