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Talking to Brett a lot tends to rub off on you (me)...

When you start young, almost no matter what you do, as long as you have high level coaching and talent, you usually end up good and relaxed. How you hold the racket is also a personal thing. But the wrist, forearm and shoulder are relaxed on all effective technique. Using two fingers is just...

Persson and Karakasevic have different but related grips.

Congrats, Paul. We selfishly hope the sleepless nights won't take you away from us.

Have you tried Tenergy 64 and Tenergy 80? Those are the logical places to start.

If you want to use more of your own power, always get a softer, slower blade - most players don't need more than OFF- to play well, though if you like OFF, it is okay. As my loops have gotten more powerful, since I don't move back from the table, I have been forced to use slower and slower...

I would like to suggest something a bit different - I have found Nike Free Trainer 3.0 (supposedly supposed to imitated barefoot play) to be extremely helpful.

I agree for the most part. However, XauriusCruz was citing Aruna in the context of straight arm vs. bent arm strokes. Aruna's stroke is the last stroke one should bring into this discussion.

But I thought you said ZJK is the straight arm and Aruna is the bad loop. Why is the bigger motion the worse one? Aruna's looping technique is not perfect, but the arm mechanics are very similar to the Chinese and his forehand is very effective.

Watch Aruna vs. ZJK and tell me what the difference in the looping motions are.

This is definitely not what I see when I watch the players in terms of their grips so maybe some pictures would help.

I learned the Reverse Pendulum Serve from Brett Clarke (ttedge) and this has been my experience as well. The main reason I don't use it more often is that I have very poor movement. But when I need a point, it is my go to serve, as most people at my level don't know how to serve the backspin...

People don't trust the learning process because they don't understand it. I tell people all the time - just do the stroke and let it do what it does. Your body will figure it out. Your attempts to control it at the beginning will only frustrate the process - the control should come at the end...

This is very common when someone is trying to teach you proper technique. Most people, rather than do it exactly as the coach says they should and miss, prefer to do what they are comfortable doing and land the ball on the table. But the truth is that no one knows how they learn. The coach is...

UpsideDownCarl, You have an immense amount of patience with something that is pretty bizarre. IF a coach tells you to do something, you do it unless you know better. End of story.

Both my BH and forehand loops use that grip.

The grip above works well with a straight arm looping stroke - Chicken wing, I am not so sure.

BH rubber vs. FH rubber - I hate it when people say that...

Just want to warn people that this is not a Tenergy 05 substitute. Great spin, but the approach to the strokes is different enough that you should get it if you want something different.