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Read this thread. It's a great example of how someone's self-awareness gets awakened by criticism and online coaching. In my time giving online advice and helping people improve their games, I have seen many of these. And very often, there is often a disconnect between what the person thinks...

I actually prefer to be called Paul, as in St Paul, rather than Dickens, but it's okay. Epistles are not common these days. But I am writing a lot in an attempt to get through to you, to be honest. I like to write, but I can see when someone has personality traits that I am familiar with...

What usually happens is that most people are afraid of hitting the ball long. That is what drives the shallow swing. But with practice reading and adapting to the ball, it goes away. You have to start your strokes higher vs topspin and slightly lower vs backspin. IT's when most people play...

Then just shadow what you do with the actual ball. It will make it even better. Pros shadow the correct stroke after misses for a reason. Shadowing something other than what I think is the ideal form is not something I would recommend in good faith to anyone without a really good reason and I...

Thank Brett - I am just a shameless plagiarist.

I can see that. When I first started, my stroke was mostly like yours and it was the biggest thing that Brett wanted me to change. When I stepped back, it was cleaner and towards the forehead like yours, but when I came closer to the table, I came across the body, again like you. Brett kinda...

Not just the ball bouncing but even reading the opponent's physical movements. Reading the spin too as well. All those things let you get into position earlier. It's one of the reasons why I smile at people who focus on all the wrong things.

Life is not logic, life is experience. IT's one of those things that young people who have to succeed in practical matters learn as they grow. Remember when you posted on ooakforum and I accused you of trolling? It had nothing to do with logic but everything to do with the fact that table...

Swinging shallow is more common in bent arm looping techniques, but the main reason why you want to avoid it as part of your core technique is that it in addition to providing less leverage and reducing proper topspin lift/arc on your strokes, it often takes the swing off the line of sight with...

You are swinging shallow during your footwork drills, Carl. Don't swing across your neck, try to get to the eyebrow!

Okay, I think I better understand you now - so you like really hard outer plies (like walnut or rosewood) since I have never really considered koto soft. How far back from the table are we speaking about here and how often do you end up there when rallying?

When I have tennis elbow, I tend to massage the muscles close to my tendons pretty hard and it tends to go away pretty quickly. I also have had a lot of good success using the Theraband Flexbar to do the Tyler Twist.

IT's hard to recommend stuff when you don't know the player and the playing level. Sometimes, footwork is not what you need to improve but everyone will tell you it is. If you do need to really work on footwork, what is not important right now are the actual steps but learning to move into...

If TBS and TB ZLC are too slow for you, you are probably too good to be posting here.

2-1, 10-8, yes and definitely at 2-1, 10-9 after Liam served long into a Mizutani loop kill. That was the most perplexing thing - long serves are usually a sign of nerves. I think coaches are different and use timeouts differently. And Cook knows Pitchford better than we all ever will. All...

Carl, I know space considerations made it difficult but a view from behind is helpful as well. It would also make your grip more plainly visible. A camera on the right side is better than one on the left side because it is closer to your racket arm. I have made some changes to my grip to...

Exactly. At 10-8, I would have called timeout just to call the plays. Whatever happens, live with it. But after that serve at 10-8 that got looped for 10-9, no excuse.

Carl, I wouldn't be concerned about the wrist thing for now. The key would be whether you play a good backhand out of the same grip and would be willing to do the movement or grip changes required to hit certain shots like flicks, fades and pushes. But as a pure loop it looks decent. It's...

You are very polite...

Niwa is still a top 20 player who lost to another top 20 player.