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That ball is actually not below the table when Boll plays it, though it is on the fall, yes. And just about every loop should finish with something like a 90 degree forearm snap so that is not the point. The real point is how fast your racket is moving and how much brush you get on the ball...

Fantastic match.

In my mind, the serve I am trying to do is exactly the same as the serve you do - yours is just better than mine - for now... :p

Sometimes, you have to win when something is really on the line for people to take you seriously. The real battle here is for the 5th spot in the WTTTC. The top 4 just proved what we already knew, and I think some people are taking all this too seriously. The main thing people might have...

I am sure that FZD's coach requested some kind of change in approach or something. It's unlikely that this is FZD just playing the way he does and losing so badly in matches.

I have a friend who spends his time trying to emulate the forehands of Ma Long and Wang Liqin but lacks their training and athleticism. This is the story of his life, though he thinks it is details of the technique being wrong.

Link doesn't work for me - maybe not accessible from the US :(.

FZD lost to Zhou Yu. That's enough for me.

I don't think you should generalize from Ariel Hsing and the close to the table women's game to looping generally. Close to the table, you can't take large strokes so speed is at a premium. In any case, there is a difference between keeping the elbow stable (which is really keeping the upper...

It's an advanced recovery technique that is easier to execute after a larger follow through as it keeps your center of gravity closer to your body.

Hahaha. When my practice partners told me that I didn't spin the ball (and by the way, I was a USATT 1700+ player who knew how to loop backspin consistently when they said this), I protested that I spun the ball. But even 6 months later, I understood what they meant. So trust me, you have...

I am fairly sure that something is wrong with Fan and that this is not his normal level.

You are saying what I meant, you just use different words to say it.

Fantastic. A lot of people make the mistake of worrying about the small stuff, rather than learning the essentials and then trying to see what comes out. I mean, you may be surprised that you develop a beautiful stroke and then one day Ma Long sees you and says "That's a beautiful stroke!"...

Oh, the topsheet of MX-P is like magic.

There are 1200 players using T05. You can use anything you want as long as you know why you are using it and understand the tradeoffs and how you have to play with it. The people who suffer with T05 are people who are not trying to actively spin which describes most lower rated players who are...

They just got Koki Niwa to sign a 5 year contract with them and he will be using their premier rubber, Victas V>15 Extra.

I think it is the same guy who does Rick Anderson, the World's Greatest Athlete. At least, Tinykin does and I agree.

But the problem is that how do we separate bounce height from spin and ball adhesion? The thing about the DHS ball is that the lower bounce height always makes the ball harder to block and return than other balls when you spin with it. Whenever I play someone who has been practicing with these...

It's Brett Clarke's favorite serve. He just did a TTEdge series on it so that's why I am working on it. That said, I have learned that it is stupid to be arrogant in TT and that you could easily know stuff that makes my serve better for what I try to do with it. Many people look at people's...