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Hey, Carl, I use all kinds of methods to teach people. I just never fail to emphasise the importance of experimentation when giving the brain a fuller picture of what is happening. I don't think izra and I disagree at all. Our different degrees of emphasis might simply be a mental bias which...

Archo, Until you actually play at a serious level for an extended period, kowabunga will always be right, no matter how reasonable you think you are being. He understands what he is saying. You are rationalizing what you are saying.

Carl, Izra's paradigm is the traditional one that I was raised with. While Brett may have subtle areas of disagreement with my writings here, my working with him helped me better appreciate the paradigm I am advocating. It is common to underestimate the ability of the mind and body to adapt...

I change my rubbers everytime I hit a topspin ;).

Der_Echte is like Chuck Norris - everyone is talking about him, even when they don't know they are!

I agree, izra, on.some points. Hitting the racket edge is about adjusting to the topspin ball. I have seen higher level players with similar issues vs backspin or nospin. If you decide to call a stroke inconsistent for that reason, that's your prerogative but the fact that a simple adjustment...

Reprogramming instinctual strokes is not a bad thing. The strokes that made my backhand great when I was 1400 almost never show up in my game today except vs pips players sometimes. But my overall feel for the backhand has not changed.

You know that shitty equipment builds bad habits because? I mean, you have great habits? You have changed your habits in 1 hour? Or because Carl told you? No you didn't talk out.of your ass but you absolutely can't resist drawing strong conclusions even when you lack the expertise or...

The investment is necessary. Opponents with coaches know where to tell their students to get points. So if the disparity is too large, you may never get the shots you want. For a huge part of last year, I was arguably a forehand player. I have played players even up to USATT 2200 who I would...

Your issue is more an adult and footwork and height problem and less a leftie problem. Taking the ball besides you is not easy once you are a certain height with long arms. The forehand is the more powerful stroke in general so it has premium place in table tennis, but the backhand has its...

I enjoy playing forehands more but my backhand is my stronger and higher level side. If I win a match, it is almost always by dominating the opponent's backhand.

I got to usatt 2000 as a BH oriented player who developed my forehand mostly to make people not just play lousy shots there to win points. Just pointing it out in case you think for some reason this is a seriously limiting thing.

The fact that after all this, you still don't appreciate how clueless you really are. But my guess now is that other than playing a serious player, nothing will really show you the gap between what you think you can do and what is really happening.

Sure, but the problem is that he is grooving his stroke against one type of ball and with a focus on one type of contact, not that his stroke is flawed. If he is trying to change the ball arc and speed etc, the changes will happen, tips or no tips. The tips are never substitutes for the...

So educate me, what are the differences in technique that one needs when using tacky vs non-tacky rubbers and what is your experience with them? Since you haven't done an extensive comparison, have you considered the possibility that these differences change from.rubber to rubber? Just because...

I think if one naturally practices and is trying to change and improve the quality of his ball (too many people just continue.to focus on keeping the ball on the table rather than.experimenting with technical improvements for timing, spun variation, bat speed and stroke consistency), one will...

Since it's a public forum, it's only reasonable that you inject yourself into something you don't understand. I was not debating whether 729FX was spinny or not - I was debating archo's justification for saying so. Since archo knows what I am getting at by "bullying" him, I won't debate the...

Now, if you had shown us that forehand, then you would have received a mountain of instructions.

So let's get this straight - you have not used any other rubber at the same price, and you haven't used any respectably spinny rubber, yet you know that your rubber is a steal. I have news for you buddy, any inverted rubber that is ITTF approved is grippy as long as it isn't the staple of a...

So how many rubbers have you bought at that price that show you this?