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Par Gerell wins on an edge lob to take the match 4-0.

If you have a robot, you can use the collecting net. Or you can also buy a pingpongbuddy as it picks up balls fast. I prefer to practice at my club without my robot net collecting serves because you learn about the quality of your serve by seeing the full trajectory even when it comes off the...

The biggest problem I see among those who want to develop good technique is a desire to get good too fast because they don't see the risks of doing so and think that there are only benefits to trying and failing. There are also serious negatives as well unless the process is guided by a coach...

It's an interesting presentation, but I believe that most of it is now common knowledge in the top TT nations and the technical specifics are more important.

Now we are having grammar issues. I never said the rubbers CNT used were not spinny - I said the rubbers were relatively slow ("slower") in terms of catapult. The rubber I use is considered slow. But it is an offensive rubber. When you loop with it, you have to loop hard if you want the ball...

We have a 13 year old in my club who is 5 ft 10 or so. When he was 9, I used to serve the ball short and he couldn't reach it. Now, when he hits the ball, it hits the wall behind me before it lands because of his power.

I am not a high level player either. And smart players disagree all the time on what is a good way to learn the sport and what the optimal technique/approach is. Some people want to focus on Ma Long's technique because is the World #1, while other people want to understand why Marcos Freitas...

Yes, their strokes are really loud. To get the ball to move with slower and harder rubber, you have to have hard impact on your power loops and in general, power loops are relatively loud and hard. But I think if you compared the power and sound on those shots to the actual sound that you...

When I coach someone who is using a faster blade/setup at the intermediate level, the challenge is getting them to relax more and hit the ball more softly. The illusion of table tennis is that pros are getting rid of the ball as quickly as possible. It takes some time to see that pros are...

Understood, Rajah. Your idols use Viscarias and Hurricane Longs, not Akrasias. Just saying. Would be interesting to see a video of your play.

Why do I get the impression that another sock puppet for Stiga (they were once at MYTT) has invaded the website?

The whole thing about rubbers working with or not working with blade drives me nuts. My position is that you need to know what you are trying to do and that any rubber can work with any blade or cannot, as long as you know what you are trying to do.

Might have told this story already but I played the final of the U2050 event in my club against a guy I play against often. He blocks power extremely well and spin well to, but not as well. While playing him in my last match of the day, I got to that point of frustration where I realized that...

Yes, but attacking backspin is the deal breaker. I can link to some shots in my matches and let anyone tell me whether that shot would make sense with Akrasia or not.

The best rubber I know for looping backspin is Tibhar MX-S. It is fairly hard and slower vs. topspin, but if you power loop often and move fast, it is extremely rewarding - fantastic spin.

I think Fan Zhendong will win the Swedish Open 2015 !!!

Anyone know how much the OLAM costs?

When I used fast blades, I said that too. So don't get me wrong - could I play well enough with it to beat many players? Sure. Could I play well enough with it to beat the players I am aspiring to beat? I may be wrong, but I don't think I can. Much of my game is based on spinning the ball...

Der_Echte had it so I can't remember. But it was good Tibhar stuff I think.