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Nah, it's really difficult - this serve is not only fast but also spinny af like a powerloop - controlling the ball would be an issue - plus you have no idea where he is going to serve it. Furthermore, from the same serve posture he could easily serve a short tomahawk sideunder/sidetop serve...

One can dream!

Why is he not using it more lol - it would be so effective if he could land it consistently, don't think it's that easy of a serve to receive despite some armchair commentators saying stuff like topspin long serves are easy to receive.

Wtf this really sounds like the ultimate rubber - Hurricane like short game with topspin capabilities of Tenergy/Dignics!

I found a kinda stupid way to play LP players which actually works insanely effective lol - I tried it against my practice partner and was just winning like 11-3 games with it when he doesn't use inverted. This works even better than the 1 push 1 loop sequence which usually leads to a lot of...

Most ppl haven't encountered good hook serves so you can really bully a lot of ppl with it. The key is that you can separate the wrist/fingers (the part producing the actual spin), and the fake arm movement which can be faked or double faked, and if you do it with minimal time delay they're...

The guy I played also demonstrated doing a fast (downwards movement not upwards) ghost serve with SP. His wrist action was ridiculously explosive lol. I never played such spinny serves from SP ever before, did not even think it was possible to serve so spinny with SP. But the ridiculous thing...

Played against a old short pips penhold ex semi pro today. Damn this was eye opening to see all the different techniques on display (he mastered all the SP techniques ive seen pretty much and could vary them at will). I still got to deuce for the first 2 games thanks to my very tricky serves and...

I think you pretty much got it spot on based on the descriptions, congrats! Now it'll just be about how to make it more consistent, moving to various balls and also adjusting for various spins etc...

It's just a meme, only Togami plays like that lol.... The other Japanese players all have their own style.

At the end of your previous stroke there has to be a reset step where you bend your elbow and go back to neutral position so your arm should already be bent with bat in front of you. If you have bat near thigh at backswing, most likely your arm is relatively straight which suggests that you...

With no spin it's important to hit it slightly on the top and go forward with less lift. Also go around the side when brushing to give it more spin yourself (less spin to borrow). For the short no-spin serve, they are already expecting you to flick or chiquita it, so no matter how strong you...

I can't believe there has not been any discussion on the Europe Top 16 2024 tournament - I found the matches highly entertaining, especially the Truls matchups, and the rematch of the Lebruns (that match is a crazy match with such high octane speeds that I thought I was watching Wang Chuqin vs...

What I noticed is that Timo Boll went back to his old style of prioritising speed and position over spin. He no longer waits for the ball to drop to spin it, instead he just hits it early and goes through the ball. Also he is using his body to flick through the ball much better now especially...

It seems like you're in fact playing better with the new racket haha. Yes with a fast setup you need to use more body and direct the force more side and upwards when serving short - the setup is so bouncy that you cannot afford to have too much forward movement. For me I go side and upwards when...

One example of a highly effective sidespin block to use sidespin to your advantage. If you can do it in both sidespin directions your opponents will hate you. Imo this is also very stable - you can see how much dwell and control you can have over the ball this way. This is the BH hook sidespin...

Assuming you play inverted, get close to the ball by moving forward with your right leg. Once you're in position, you have to contact the top of the ball but after you do that do not go forward (if the ball has good spin this is bound to miss the end of the table), but sideways and press down on...

I watched the match and imo Harimoto played well but just choked at the 6th set when he was leading 8-3 and 9-5 to then lose 6 points straight. The tactics were simply unsound (kept trying out FH short push nonsense - isn't it just easier to just chiquita to win?!). Not sure wtf was he thinking....

Yes, it's really surprising how Lin Yun Ju's FH even seemed to be weaker than Boll's. There's something about his positioning which seemed weird in the match and Boll seemed to be able to exploit by just repeatedly sending these spinny balls to his FH.

It's very funny how ppl are so critical of Harimoto when LYJ, the same guy who beat Wang Chuqin and Ma Long also lost to Boll!