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I'll reiterate a little of what I said to Gozo in a DM. It all comes down to your strengths. From memory, Gozo was quite backhand dominant a few months ago, so Der's advice would have been spot on. However, from recent videos, Gozo is much stronger at initiating the attack when it's on his...

The ability to really hit good loops against backspin is to start low, and explode through the ball at the point of contact. But that's a very advanced technique really, and not one that many people can do successfully. I still think you should continue to focus on spin and not raw power. As...

Excellent! Personally, I find watching that so much more valuable than seeing you hit balls at a million miles per hour! A couple of pointers from me. If you want to improve, you need to hit shots. There were a huge amount of your serves that he couldn't get back (usually pushing them in the...

Yo yo Gozo..... You learn more from your losses than you do from your wins. As a player looking to improve, it's a great position to be able to look back and analyze where you can improve. However, I think it's very easy to highlight numerous issues, and then the advice just becomes...

Do you have any video of your matches? I know this will divide opinion, but I really feel people underestimate match technique, in favor of "perfecting" the little things when practicing (with humans or robots). There are a lot of players who would look amazing on camera - Fantastic forehands...

This entirely depends on your height. The taller you are, the wider your stance should be to give you a balanced footing when getting low. Generally speaking, the lower you are, the better (within reason!) But if you struggle to recover from a low position, I would find the lowest position...

From the very little I saw, your style is suited to doubles. You seem to block very well, and you can keep the ball on the table. If you are paired with a player who is comfortable opening up and has good attacking shots (and your partner certainly looked like that), I can imagine it's a good...

I've personally not found that to be the case, but I guess it's all relative. My goal is to change the rubbers after 6 months to tie in with the major events in the UK. That is normally in September, just before the league starts (which runs through to March/April), and again in...

Awesome stuff! Appreciate it was only a few points, but the ability level of the doubles looked to be a bit higher than the singles I've seen you play in. Is that the case? Or is it deceptive?

This argument has been had many times, but it’s worth repeating for those who may not have seen it. It all comes down to one thing for me. “Performance longevity” The reason I added “performance”, is because all rubbers will last many years if performance wasn’t a consideration. But the...

That’s a bit far fetched for my tastes (although I understand what you are trying to say). As ever, more context would be useful. What sort of practice are we talking? Serve? Matchplay? Robot play? I would agree with Mocker that 99.9999% of the time, practicing on a rubbish table is...

I think an iPhone is all you need (it’s certainly all I’ve ever used!) 😃 A cheap stand/tripod from Amazon helps as well. One thing I think we’ve all ignored is the actual desire to improve. Of the 100’s of players I know, I would say less than 50% actually want to improve. Of those who...

The thing is, I don’t think anyone would disagree with a lot of what you say. But there is much more context to it than it would seem. I know MANY amateur players who have been playing for 20+ years, and still play in the lower divisions of the sport. A Junior (or even an adult who trains...

I didn’t want to say anything else on this really, because the whole topic has had WAY more conversation than it really deserves. From my POV, yes, fitness helps. But it’s only at the very top end where it really has a tangible advantage. 2 players can be of equal skill level, with one...

Gozo my man! I’ve not had time to read the forum recently, and it looks like you’ve made some excellent progress. On the “Asian vs Euro” style, it’s such a topic that is open to interpretation, and Carl has summarised much of what I think. From a very basic POV, the biggest difference...

The connection is that both my statement and your statement are incredibly unlikely, and people won’t believe them unless evidence can be provided. I think you’re missing the point about how useful it would be to the entire community if you could provide evidence of your ability, and how...

You are missing the point entirely. No one will believe you until you can prove your claims. Did you know I beat Ma Long when he was a junior? And that I’ve trained with Shaolin Monks to perfect the art of the running forehand topspin? That’s how ridiculous this all sounds….. But you do...

Without getting too personal, this is the moment you showed yourself to be very inexperienced in table tennis. You may be an experienced sportsman, fitness person, athlete - Whatever else you may have done….. But as far as table tennis is concerned, you’ve just shown that you are either here...

Hello TTD! The "old folk" will know this is a topic near and dear to my heart, and as it seems to pop up time and time again, I just wanted to start a discussion about it! Whilst I can list numerous positives to posting video online, it's more the other side of the argument that I'm keen to...

I'm not pointing anything out - I'm just repeating what you said (if 2 players are of the same level.... the more athletic will win) - Your words not mine. Either way, it matters not - I don't think the next Table Tennis superstar is reading this with conflicted emotions...... 😂 Like I said...