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I'm also getting back to gym work! Do you do pullups? I found them to be really therapeutic in general. I'm starting to hate leg training in the gym - TT already makes my legs sore af these days....

Isn't T19 still 90% of D05 price?

Yes this is one of the key exercises I learnt from Seth Pech's channel (which contains a lot of gold in general) - imo it also helps to learn to mentally focus on using the body as the primary mover in a stroke, and develop "body first" mentality.

If you're too lazy to read or think why did you even participate in this thread? This thread is obviously not for you. Anyway you're now on my ignore list for constantly trying to derail threads to suit your narrow understanding of TT.

I think one can be almost forced into spin continuation by the serve placement and spin type. For eg you're almost forced to do spin continuation if you want to do a FH short push against reverse pendulum, or a BH short push against FH pendulum due to the grip limitations (unless it's against...

I think if it is a right to left movement it has to contact the back of the ball, not on the left. But yes, understanding the spin behaviour also helps one to adjust for the incoming spin. I used to do a lot of stuff by autopilot but imo knowledge is power. Knowing what the incoming spin is...

Interesting that he can touch it on the left - do you mean a right to left movement similar to a FH sideswipe? Normally contacting on left on a FH pendulum sidespin serve results in eating the sidespin full on and the ball missing the table on the right. But it also depends if it's backspin...

Ok I'll bite. You need to sink the ball into the sponge to generate an increasing normal force on the ball in order to engage it with high friction (similar to locking in gears) - after engaging it then the tangential force can spin the ball hard. When going against the spin (topspin vs...

Is it a righty vs righty match up? And is it FH pendulum or reverse pendulum? Sidetopspin or sidebackspin?

In the context of this thread - he is going against the spin and using the properties of the inverted rubber to invert the spin of the ball. If you think about it - a FH pendulum sidespin serve rotates clockwise - he touches the ball on the right, the return ball (from your perspective) will be...

This is very interesting indeed. Although I would think that topspin vs chop is quite different compared to topspin vs push, and topspin vs strong topspin is quite different with topspin vs block. Because push and block typically generate relatively low spin returns in general. But maybe...

Nah you aren't even here to learn or discuss anything and completely missing the point of this whole thread which is an understanding and methods of how to handle spin safely in match situations, not some stupid theoretical discussion with brokenball or yourself whom I'm gonna add to my ignore...

You completely ignored that there's a max limit to the rubber friction capacity and exceeding it means you can't control the ball well. But this theoretical discussion is really out of topic from the original discussion, which is about how to deal with different spin situations and selecting...

I injured my wrist a long time ago and completely changed my BH technique to use much less wrist and way more fingers. But for tennis elbow BH excessive wrist usage is often the culprit. I feel it's better to play more solidly on the BH using more of the fingers, forearm, back muscles and most...

I would disagree - topspin vs topspin is easier but topspin vs backspin will produce more extreme topspin balls although it is indeed harder because you have to match the spin of the backspin ball. With inverted rubbers in counterlooping heavy topspin, the rubber itself helps to absorb and...

The problem lies in between step 3 and 4. If the opponent just drive casually long it means the quality of your push is too low. Something is wrong with your lunge forward footwork or your push/cut has some technical issues. If the chop is that high as per the pic, my push/cut is gonna be...

Yes the logical conclusion of this theory is that, with topspin against strong backspin you're doing spin continuation and hence you need to at least match the incoming spin and have to brush the ball hard. But the outgoing ball will have the benefit of spin continuation and have extra spin...

Hmm that makes sense if its against backspin. I'll be quite surprised if it works against sidetopspin for a short push. Imo going right to left (similar to a Truls chopblock) is the only reliable way to short push against sidetopspin on the BH side.

Edit: I understood the 100+100 =200 brushing impact now, yes it makes sense - and sometimes with such high impacts the friction capacity of the rubber is exceeded which results in uncontrollable balls. Yes we do need to match the incoming spin speed if you're attempting to do spin...

It does create some disgusting sidespin similar to the chiquita. I'm surprised he could keep the sideswipe (left to right movement) short, mine is always long and deep (as intended anyway), i feel like probably itll be the penholders who can keep it short. I have to do more of a chopblock...