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Anthony Brown gets an A for conviction but an F for TT understanding. The biggest problem with the success of something like this is that it will struggle to get traction outside of the evolutionary chain of grips as the most tried and proven ways of getting to the top of the table tennis food...

I have labelled all the videos now. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...oGJAH4vL7H1NUP

Okay, my post before the videos. Der_Echte, I have learned from personal experience on both sides of the coin never to take credit for my opponent's misses and you clearly were off throughout the match and as Carl pointed out, you had explained to me quite a bit about how your serves worked...

Hey, guys, sorry I have been out of commission. Still slightly am. Stuck in my club at the moment trying to catch a nap if you can believe it... I have uploaded the videos and made them public as well as the play list containing the videos. If you want to post there here (i can't do so until...

The opponent was 200 pts higher and had beaten world #50 Quadri Aruna three weeks before this tournament. But let us look at how another player handled the same serve - that might give us a clue on what to do.

Here is an example of a 2500 player struggling with a topspin serve, usually short, but in a variety of locations. The penholder is almost always serving topspin.

Its actually far more neutral than you might think. I switched to something very similar recently. We can discuss later today.

After looking at this closely, I think this is Fang Bo's grip period. I don't think he switches as much as other players between FH and BH.

Yeah - I will not be fooled by your attempts to sandbag. Even with cocaine in your system, your military training gives you access to things the Goon Squad can't comprehend yet.

I did that a lot too when I wasn't arthritic. Now, everything is just annoying.

I will be at Lily before 2pm tomorrow. Been working on a lot of technical issues recently, and its been a lot of fun.

You can do almost anything to any serve if you read the spin perfectly and have the right stroke. The problem is that it is not easy to do both, especially the first. You can place a ball anywhere by adjusting your racket angle and swing trajectory.

I think what you are doing is okay and it is not about your level but what the opponent is doing to the ball after. Sometimes, you have to play for rally and sometimes, you have to play for pressure. If you are beating your opponent in the rallies, then you play for rally with safe receive...

I will meet you all at LYTTC. Is Ilia going to be there? I haven't decided whether to play or rest today.

Merry new year!!!

Yeah, but sometimes, even racket angle changes that Abe is referring to require you to hold the racket properly. Some people grip the racket in ways that give you no chance of changing the direction of the ball when you get to it.

Ah, Carl, you fully get it. You are someone who appreciates what it means to be told by 1800 level players who have never asked how long you have seriously played that you will never be as good as they are. Because they think it is magic. Reading your story and aspects of it, your adult age...

Yes, but at higher levels, even the blocks they make against power loops come close to being at the same level of demands on the rubber as powerlooping an incoming loop. At this point, the fairy just waves the magic wand and the block works. While when you block, the fairy just smiles and say...

Bottoming out is a form of spin loss. So you have to place the statement in its proper context. All things being equal, thicker sponge allows you to swing harder and still get spin. So some people consider that "more spin". When you are at the top level and using spin to manipulate extremely...

There is thin and long vs. thin and short vs. thick and long vs. thick and short (I am sure some of these might be illegal in long/short pips). The pips of T25 and thick and short (extremely hard to deform). The pips of T05 are thin and short. The pips of T64 are thin and long. My guess is...