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There were a ton of large cracks in the sponge when I took it off. It looked like someone took a knife to the sponge and made long cuts in it without cutting the topsheet. I have no idea what else it could have been. Now I just glue on the rubber and play. If boosting made a dramatic...

I used h3n on the forehand and h8 on the backhand. These were brand new sheets. I applied 1 layer of of haifu seamoon booster. I let it dry for 12 hours. Applied another layer of booster, let it dry for another 12 hours. Then I applied 2 layers of DHS water based glue, letting the first...

I used to play during the speed glue days and boosting the rubber doesn't seem to make that much of a difference to me. It also seems hit or miss how you do it. If you do it wrong, as I learned first hand, you can also destroy your sponge and cause it to fall apart. I just glue the rubber...

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Yes unfortunately this sport is that hard. I forget if it was Dima or Timo but they were talking about how their dad would serve short to them nonstop as kids and practice the backhand banana flip. A German national coach told them they are wasting their time practicing that move. The dad...

I have learned on the TTD forums, even if you have advice directly from players who have won gold medals at the World Championships, members will disagree or find said advice harmful LOL.

Well after the video he did say this: "I could achieve the same quality with a more open racket instead of closed like in this video. Which one should I stick with? My subconscious has the more closed racket programmed currently." So I decided to chime in. In any case, he is wise to just...

Good luck on your exam! I would just repeat whatever the teacher says on the exam so that you can pass it. Also I wouldn't even bother asking question to that teacher. It will just annoy him and you might as well just answer the questions the way he wants answered. Maybe amongst your friends...

1) Do not drop your shoulder against underspin? WHAT?!?!? This is insane advice. If you have great touch and plan on hitting the ball so hard it approaches the speed of light, then fine don't drop the shoulder. Good luck following this bad advice if you play someone who is a chopper or knows...

I know some of the taller women on the CNT have to diet to try to maintain a certain weight. This isn't forced, they just move faster at a lower weight so they choose to do so. I have heard 2nd hand that Eugene tried to slim down but didn't play as well and felt like crap, so he just went...

In the USA, you can make way, way more money coaching than playing. The only people playing tournaments, outside of maybe Kanak, are doing so because they enjoy competition. The cost of plane flights, hotels and missed coaching opportunities rarely are covered by prize money. I have heard 3rd...

Can't the IGNORE function be added to be a simple process rather than cutting and pasting a link? Like a button on the users profile? Is anyone working on this?

Hmm. What makes Kanak different? I will grant you that Kanak is very talented and an awesome player. He might be the most talented in the USA to pick up a racket. However, his development regime is similar to those other players in the top 20. Kanak's dad used to post on another forum so...

When training in China, one of the head women's national team coaches at the time said if Waldner started playing at age 16, with every possible elite coach and training group, he would be at best an average province team player. The coach considered Waldner the most naturally talented player...

The thing is there are 1000s of kids just like him and only a few will make it to the top. Even though he did spend 12 years training, other kids got way better training and much more guidance. It sounds like he didn't get a lot of coaching despite having good results. To be a top player the...

This happens quite a bit. Depending on how early you get proper training, you will hit a wall that will be impossible to break through. Even with proper training at a young age this wall will making a visit to you. The only option is just keep playing for fun if you want. Otherwise find...

BZZT WRONG. I know people who started seriously studying science after getting their undergraduate degrees who became world class researchers. I know people who took up running post college who made the Olympics. One of my friends took up Bobsledding after age 25 and still made it into the...

It might not be a bad idea to try to slow the game down even more. The reflexes necessary to become a top player aren't even reflexes. It is anticipation skills developed as a kid and if you do not start playing seriously from an extremely young age, you can never develop such skills. You do...

I think for learning a new skill multiball is the way to go. It is also good for fixing a specific problem. If you have been playing less than a few years, multiball is great for developing strokes. The problem is that most people cannot feed multiball properly. So it ends up being a...

Some people have trouble reading one serve versus the other. Some people serve one much better than the other. I think at the highest levels the reverse has more spin on short serves but the hook is easier to control. The hook is also easier to hide contact and cheat which is an important...