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I know a lot of people like him who automatically think Chinese = robots who only know how to copy the "ingenious white Europeans/Americans" no matter the discipline, and refuse to revise their thinking in light of facts other people raise. It's useless to argue with such people, because these...

Just saying - there are a LOT more variables than what your simplistic model has, and those variables affect the real world physics significantly. Furthermore, this is not a simple elastic collision, otherwise you would be able to generate the same spin with a wooden bat than the latest Dignics...

I know how to serve dead - just want to get the very heavy sidetopspin serve which causes havoc to receivers, ideally with the same downwards movement.

That seems extremely high - I saw Fang Bo hit max measured spin rates of only 130+rps on a FH loopkill - I highly doubt Ito or any Japanese woman can get up to 180+rps while actually landing the shot on the table. Maybe the measurement methodology is not the same....

Imo the biggest surprise I had was Chen Meng winning against super Sun Yingsha in this form with a scoreline of 4-0. It was incredible how well she's playing, it's as if the Olympics form is back.

Was just joking lol... yes it is and they are unlikely to go to a club to learn to play TT. That said the gender ratio of TT is a bit better in Asia in general.

Maybe they like how it is played at the highest levels, but then they go into a club, get some training to do topspins and then get beat bad by an old pushblocker who just stands in the same spot and doesn't even move 😂 can't keep much young ppl (esp young women) at the club if the meta is like...

What is the "Chinese way of thinking in TT"? I think it would help for people to start viewing each Chinese player as an individual rather than a group - everyone has extremely different play styles and strengths. Every player has to optimise their game to reach their highest potential. At this...

Not sure what you mean by the phrase "think as a European" which is condescending af and borderline racist, do you really think Asian players are dumb players who only win by superior technique? All of the CNT greats are amazing tacticians, from Liu Guoliang to Ma Lin to Zhang Jike to Ma Long.

I think Ma Long loves to complicate the game and Alexis too loves to complicate the game. Ma Long usually loses to those who simplifies the game well and have amazing rallying skills (in the past, Boll, Wang Hao, now it's Fan Zhendong, Lin Yun Ju, Harimoto). So I highly doubt that Ma Long is...

You're assuming perfect transfer of kinetic energy to the ball which is close to impossible - that's ignoring a lot of friction losses during the collision, and assumes that coefficient of restitution=1. Other threads have shown these losses to be over 60% even with topline rubbers...

Just watched Alexis vs Fan Zhendong, Alexis played with incredible variations to really throw Fan Zhendong off, especially in his attack placements (with fading sidespin) and serve placements (wide BH, fast long, short FH). Alexis BH down the line was just incredible!

Having a spin loss of only 50% is actually really respectable given the larger ball and the effect of air resistance and also collision with the table. Furthermore, this is with a stationary bat, if the player moves the bat in a skilled manner he can add to this energy (not sure if it can even...

Will Harimoto extract revenge against Darko for his loss at the Olympics? Edit: yes he does!

Hmm so it's she's basically changing the racket angle rather than the force direction? That would make sense. So from what I see she starts with a slightly closed racket angle and her followthrough is racket angle is always super open racket angle. When I do it this way I can only get heavy...

Bernie Szocs - how does she serve the sidetopspin tomahawk with such a downward movement. I keep looking at it and think it must be heavy sideunderspin and I'm always proven wrong.

Lol I tried this game on a VR booth and it was farthest from reality that I've seen - not sure if it's the poor calibration there but the results were totally random. Although it does recognise spin of all sorts and strokes which is a huge plus point. Would rather play fruit ninja and play TT on...

Yes, also he doesn't produce anywhere enough BH spin to compete at this level. Now Lim Jonghoon's BH - that's a real weapon of mass destruction. Super short stroke and hits like a truck.

Imo I was disgusted when Dima won against Hugo in the Olympics in the precise same fashion. Completely down and out being blasted on both wings by Hugo, and somehow he manages to claw his way back into the match and win it, slowly by slowly. He almost did it against Ma Long of all people too in...

The distance between your legs is too narrow, if it's wide enough with your height you can probably cover 2/3 of the table without moving much (just leaning to one side), which gives you a lot more flexibility. Usually you want something like 1.5x shoulder width (for me that's ideal)