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There's a triangle concept you could use to keep all balls within this strike zone with the triangle being defined by your core, the two sides being your 2 arms and the ball is another point. To maintain control you must always contact the ball such that the triangle is maintained - this is for...

Wasn't too impressed when I tried Tenergy - it's terrible at serve receive. Now Dignics on the other hand was a real game changer especially D05, it was just so easy to generate ridiculous amounts of topspin with it compared to any other rubber I tried, and didn't suck at serve receive that bad

I find those who trained since young under proper coaches tend to be a bit worse in coaching compared to those who had to figure a lot of stuff out by themselves - there's a ton of stuff that they do automatically that they simply take for granted - and it may not be that obvious to those who...

Red shirt kid (Justin?) has really good serves with many, many varieties. You could learn some things from him how he varies the placement and spin to jam up his opponents. He had a lot more of an advantage from his serves than you did. You lost a lot of points from serve receive especially on...

I was pretty pissed off that Fan Zhendong lost to Ma Long in the Tokyo Olympics - imo he was nervous and didn't execute the optimal strategy. But regardless of whether he wins the Paris Olympics or not, Fan Zhendong is already a legend of the sport.

I would take this (sorry Timo!) 🤣 as an example of problematic waist usage which will really cause lower back issues in the long-term. Michael Maze also has this kind of technique. If you look at recent Ma Long training against backspin his waist is a lot straighter:

On the squatting issue, imo only tall players need to squat. What you can actually try out (it worked wonders for me) is to stick your butt out lol. Automatically to maintain balance your knees will be slightly bent and you will be forced to have the correct forward lean. Also when placing...

I wanted to add that looking from video what the pros (for eg Ma Long) do can be very deceptive/misleading unless you really, really go into the details (not just looking at the overall stroke path and racket angle, but literally looking at the position of the joints relative to each other). You...

Yep you need both (slow loop and the loopkill) in matches and selecting your shots wisely to reduce the amount of unforced errors. There's no single 1 stroke that fits all balls... Also with your explosiveness, if you focus it into spin production you'll reduce your unforced errors significantly...

hi dingyibvs, it's blahness from myTT and I just realised that TTD seems to have quite a bit more interesting activity haha...so decided to necro my account here. Your FH loopkill looks really good now, especially the hip rotation and how the body is powering the stroke. Very solid. But, in...

table tennis shouldn't name the ultimate achievement as a "Grand Slam" because it has been devalued by tennis. In tennis you have 4 tournaments a year = 16 opportunities in 4 years, and just winning one will make you a "Grand Slam" winner. In table tennis, you need to win Olympics (1 tournament...

Ouch.... :( Really ppl should be a bit more positive and more daring in their thinking...

Totally agreed, it's really easy to hide the serve haha....

Haha he probably took some lessons from RSM...

sorry i couldn't resist coz someone mentioned it hehe.... :) it is highly strenous for all your body parts... I think best is just rest from the game and do more swimming and gym related exercises to strengthen your muscles to avoid injury when you fully recover.

me too, doesn't seem like he's going to get in, it'll be ZJK, Wang Hao and Ma Long who will get it. Hope Fan Zhendong causes some upsets hehe....

omg this guy is so good, using chopsticks to catch spinny topspin balls from the robot! Ma Long struggled to catch even no-spin balls with the chopsticks....Also this guy's trad-BH hit is a killer! Ma Long was basically lobbing back to him... hehe

Try contacting the side of the ball, it helps a lot with the consistency and helps you feel the ball sinking in much better (watch more Hao Shuai matches). Chop-blocks are really hard to learn, for me I can only chop-block on the FH with the tomahawk action on certain slow loops but not on the...

LOL the dreaded multiball training, I can't see how someone will be able to survive that kind of training like this

great post! I also think you don't need to go 100% on each ball to win. Placement over power, as always! Sometimes you don't even need to smash a high ball to win, just curl it to a position where you know your opponent can't reach using nasty angles and sidespin LOL... in fact Zhang Jike...