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Lee Sang Su omfg he is playing like an absolute beast now. Big FH and big BH. Guy be like "go big or go home". He is so fit physically that it seems like he is still 20+ lol.

The thing about this is that with penhold there is no positioning weakness, you can literally cover the whole table with LP easily. Whereas with shakehand BH LP this is impossible, there are still ways to force him to defend on the non LP side which is usually the big weakness, and defending on...

Slow tacky rubber is really amazing in the hands of a good blocker, I would definitely recommend it to older players who don't want to switch to pips.

Practiced quite a bit of FH loop today against the nightmare blocker in the club (he blocks using tacky rubber randomly with no spin, sidetopspin and even sideunderspin which makes the 2nd loop really difficult). Because he uses slow af tacky rubber, he can even randomly block short which is...

Yeah, double inverted won't do it at this age, you will just get bullied. Gotta go for LP or Anti lol

My BH really improved heaps after learning Ti Long's 2 finger lever arm for brushing. This allowed me to create huge spin at will even when I'm out of position. And I can switch this on and off at will so it became a real weapon for me. So opponents can face a flat shot, then suddenly heavy...

LYJ is finally taking the ball earlier on his FH and more willing to be more aggressive on his FH and also taking better timings. Previously his FH somehow is always late (probably due to his extreme BH stance) so it was a huge weakness if the opponent repeatedly targets his FH with pressure. He...

At this point I'll be happy if I can even find time to play once per week..... and get some juicy FH loop whole table going. After doing some badminton I reckon my footwork improved a bit lol.

I know exactly this situation. When you loop you need to close angle a bit (but not too much) and when you followthrough you can think a bit about wiping it sideways at the back of the ball. Hitting through the ball is a nono if you already have a bouncy af setup and the incoming ball is loaded...

D09c basically becomes a shitty D05 in like 4mths. I was sick of it and thought - might as well just go for D05 from the get go.

Dude if you don't feel like playing just don't play lol. Go home, sleep and watch some dramas and listen to music.

Blade angle methods for disguising spin is basically primary school level servers, and are just easy af to decipher unless they hide which is just cheating lol. It is entirely possible to serve heavy backspin with a near perpendicular angle if the brushing direction is downwards, and it is...

It is a good start, but as many ppl said here, the challenge is to adapt the stroke against all types of incoming balls (with variations in pace, spin, placement). As Bruce Lee says "boards don't hit back". In TT you are facing real opponents who will respond to your shots and make you...

Over here badminton is the shit lol. Everyone is playing it, lots of young players too. I play once a week these days too and am improving fast, watching lots of quality youtube tutorials on how to improve my strokes and footwork. I share your thoughts about TT too. Too many annoying ppl in TT tbh.

Yeah, for eg Miwa has been using it super successfully (serving both hook and pendulum from the same service preparation movement). But Tomo doesn't play with a lot of imagination or variation for some reason. He is just obsessed about being a blocking and topspin countering machine at this...

I have a secret to read it which I posted here in the past but not gonna tell lol, coz my hook serves win me a disgusting amount of points. I will say that contact point is not the main thing to see in advanced hook serves. I use the exact same contact point and blade angle for sideunder and...

Samsonov had a similar movement on his FH pendulum too. It is not just heavy underspin/no spin, he also does sideunder/sidetop with this too. Tbh from his start position, he could easily incorporate a tomahawk or hook serve movement. But he doesn't do that and imo it is a huge thing missing...

Idk he was just pushing long to Pucar's BH and getting destroyed by that BH down the line lol. Not sure why he just likes BH pushing long and then blocking whole table.... it is a losing tactic for sure.

I would also focus hard and beat him 11-0 too (and have actually done that lol). No mercy for ppl like these.

Anyway imo fundamental practice is only useful up to the point where you can move and loop well, after that 90% of table tennis is just the cat and mouse serve and receive game lol. If your serves cause the receiver to make easy mistakes and pop ups, and you are able to decipher and loop all...