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If you try to play with fast with short quick strokes away from the table, H3 Neo is harder to use on the BH so you won't see it in the pros on the backhand unless with a custom sponge that pros will have access to. Many amateurs use it, especially those that play close to the table in China or...

It all depends on what you are trying to do. Slower or tackier rubbers require relatively larger strokes, while faster or grippy rubbers with catapult require shorter strokes. The problem is that the catapult can interfere with a desire to make hard, spin drive contact on a low ball. But...

Chen Qi had a lot of training attention and opportunities - in fact, some people felt that Liu Guoliang liked him too much and that he got too many relative to his results. Zeio, the Hong Kong contributor on MyTT, translated an article in a post that (I think Li Xiaodan) says that Chen Qi's...

First of all, I believe that most serve practice should not be done at the table! People who practice serves mostly at the table never develop good spin on their serves! This video gives a flavor, though at TTEdge, there is a step by step series on the serves you already do. Other videos...

I don't agree with the details as contact point is not the same thing as resulting spin. The real issue is that a sidespin ball lacks stabilizing topspin and is more risky to hit hard and fast. Since the Chinese prioritize speed over trickiness, they will usually look for the power shot.

These is the best videos I know for learning the backhand loop and backhand flick and I am not as convinced as some that FZD falls in the Chiquita category. I believe he definitely uses both.

IT is an attempt to minimize the impact of random unfairness as much as possible. It's that simple. IT doesn't mean it is a perfect solution, but the attempt is meaningful. It's the same in all other sports where opponents play on two halfs of a court. Some players never switch in practice...

One week of short push training with the proper footwork led me to exactly the same conclusion.

There is a Chinese national Champion named Xu Xin who also happens to be the best doubles player in the world. He might just go in as #2 given that he beats everyone not named Ma Long.

This result was fixed (that should get a few people going).

That 10-9 point with Dima vs. Mizutani is one of the best examples of topspin smashing I have ever seen.

OF course because he is playing non-CNT hackers. FZD is CNT - finito.

The only things that clearly and immediately get rewarded when you improve technique are your serves and serve returns. When you think about it, they are the only things that guaranteed to show up in a point. But to go beyond that, you aren't going to improve much if you focus on all these...

Ma Long has no chance of beating FZD - pushes too much.... (that should get someone riled up and something started... tee hee hee)

IF we put aside the obvious technical issues that he has made work at a high level, the problem Dima has is how to find an practice partner that has as much power as Dima does and plays a better short game. Those do not exist outside of CNT.

Sponges come in different types so the effect of sponge is not always exactly the same. Broadly speaking, you can think about sponges in general as being some combination of pillow and trampoline and their ultimate effect on spin especially depends on how they interact with the pips/topsheet...

I know. Would still be good to hear his perspective. At any age, you have to want it. It's just much easier to want it or to self-select as a kid without much effort because a kid has fewer responsibilities.

I wish I was this smart earlier in my career... and even now...

To cut a long story short, work on stuff that addresses immediate problems in your game based on your point losing/winning patterns as at least 40% of your practice. This can be wrapped in with strategic stuff to make it 70%+ that makes it more valuable or be purely tactical at 40%. This is...

MX-S is the ultimate European rubber for Chinese play - I came to that conclusion after comparing it to MX-P and getting a better understanding of what MX-S is designed to do.