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I'm just trying to challenge the idea of "putting kids through hell" just to make them stronger. Or labelling kids nowadays being "straWberrY generation". They're kids and not that different to when you were kids. I bet your parents generation who grew up in war / depression times would have...

I watched it, it was definitely an accidental kick and the screen shouldn't be that brittle to begin with...what screen brand is it?! I think the disqualification was a bit too harsh imo... Sometimes after a tough match your legs are kinda shaking and you don't have 100% perfect control of them...

Target the FH short area with the hook serves and you'll get a lot of nice attacking opportunities, and then blast them with fast long serves to the BH when they're stepping in prematurely :)

You also apparently have no idea about the counterpoints I made. I understood the points fully, it's a common thinking among the older gen. I'm just asking you to take a step back and look at the bigger picture in terms of coaching. Instead of looking at it like some sort of boot camp...

I know the older gen has gone through a lot, but do you want your kids to live in a world where human beings have to suffer through this kind of abuse, or worse intentionally subject them to such abuse so that they stop being "soft"? This might be a question for the "tough guys" out there.

In the sporting world, like what you said the sportsmen and women already have hard lives and decisions, there's no need to denigrate them further for eg describing them as the "strawberry" generation. Especially as TT is becoming an increasingly physical game. Would you like it if some kid just...

The needlessly harsh training also produces a lot of injuries and a lot of ruined lives. How many actually reach the top and make a living out of this? And how many end up with physical and mental scars that accompany them for the rest of their lives? This is why i think it is pointless to...

Yet almost in all sports, the level of the new gen is significantly above the old gen. More "harsh" environment doesn't necessarily equal to better performance. Suffering for the sake of suffering, imo is pointless

I think your analysis is spot on. I too envy the Japanese scene. Often I watch their videos and people who play there, the vibes are just so wholesome!

Wouldn't say that the new gen is any "softer", it's just that society has changed and a lot of new gen are no longer so tolerant of the kind of physical/verbal abuse that the older gen went through when they were young, especially in the workplace. I have quite a number of younger gen at my...

I'm closing on 30 now :) Yes I think it's a shame too tbh.... I rarely ever meet anyone my age or less who loves TT 😢

Other sports also have the same problem in that $ is quite minimal outside the top players, and you probably have to resort to coaching.

Yes, this is what I have seen happening in clubs too. Lots of uncool antisocial behaviour all around. I always have some hits with beginners and give them some free advice, make sure they have a good time hitting. After all we were once all beginners too. Unfortunately it seems like in most...

My short pips arrived and I put them alongside my long pips on my unused Clipper CR WRB. The increased weight of the setup really disrupted my feeling and I was forced to play some matches before I even got used to the setup and lost 3 games straight coz I couldn't even serve with any degree of...

Yep I will report back once everything is sorted out. First time in pimples land after all!

Ok since it costs nothing for me I will transfer the LP to my Clipper and see how it plays. I feel like the Harimoto ALC sometimes acts like a giant trampoline which is a bit undesirable.

I actually have both the Clipper and Clipper CR WRB, which do you think is better?

I think I mainly attack with the long pimples especially vs short serves. Planning to get the short pimples more for the RPB because I don't like TPB all that much due to the lack of reach and weird posture. I actually have a shakehand clipper CR, do you think it's a better fit for this style...

A lot of videos from coach meng from WRM and Ti Long. Highly recommend both of them.

Sorry I meant long pimples :)