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Archo got real strokes now... :cool:

The stroke in the link below - at 3 mins 55 sec in - is almost uniquely Chinese and is what many people think of when they think of the Chinese wiping out weak balls. If I was at home, I would have given you a better link from a better video. It is the ability to do such strokes that makes it...

Yes, but part of what happens on the first few balls is related to what happens when you make that mistake on the serve receive and let the opponent open. Not everyone can put away easy balls with the same level of power and that power at the higher levels is the difference between getting the...

Again, take kowabunga seriously only if you don't mind pulling your hair out with your own fingernails.

Ooops, wrong video ;):p:rolleyes: This is me:

These are my idols. This is me. Don't you dare laugh.

As I said, I have never read seen a good player frame the issue like this - maybe it is because good players contaminate the minds of each other. The good players even when looking at technique look at the other issues related to nature and nurture, especially if they have tried to develop...

I suspect you are being too kind and largely overestimating OP's level. I haven't met a good player who framed the issue like this, ever. Seriously.

More powerful forehands definitely play a role. But I agree with your overall point that you have to get a chance to use that forehand. There are lot of balls that Europeans simply spin up that the Chinese just eliminate. That counts for something over time. And it isn't always clearly...

I don't disagree with you at all. The challenge with my forehand has always been making it smaller and more technically correct and not making it larger. I have always wanted my forehand to be more like my backhand. It gets closer every day but never quite gets there. You can make technical...

Hmm.. what's your ELO? I doubt a professional level chess player would ever say that, to be honest. It's far more than consistency. Just the amount of patterns and plays that 2500 level chess players (Strong IMs and weak GMs) can summon from memory far outstrips anything that exists at the...

People also underestimate the impact of equipment. Watch this match - can anyone watching this match tell me that Timo Boll's stroke is markedly inferior in spin and pace? But in 2016, the ball is bigger and there is no longer speed glue, and one group of players is heavily boosting and...

And then you focus only on the ones who made it, not the ones who get injured and spit out by the process. The point you made about having different forehands, especially one for slower balls with a straighter arm and one for faster balls with more bend in the elbow is one that Brett makes very...

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Yes, but usually, I consider loop and topspin interchangeable terms. But you are right - he still doesn't appreciate the tradeoff between spin and speed and where his focus needs to be for now.

The reason why your loops have less spin than your serves is that your serves are using whip motions and brush contact to produce spin, while your loops are using more muscle and hard contact to produce sub optimal results. The way to bridge the gap is to put more of the spin production in the...

Many servers have such tells when serving and for this particular serve, it is one common feature. One question is whether you have time to read such things in a match when the ball is coming towards you. Some servers also serve backspin but use a vigorous elbow follow through as deception...

I completely disagree - again, many of these people are spending $100s on lessons. But I guess when the app costs $60-$100, it will still be a steal.

Knife, One of the reasons why you do it from where Carl showed is that the forehand is properly hit beside you, not in front of you. IT looks better, but you are trying way too hard and swinging way too evenly. The way most strokes should feel is that the stroke is relatively slow but then...

Read what he wrote carefully.