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With masks, like Mexican luchadors (professional wrestlers).

Believe it or not, there is also some bad coaching in China given to amateur players. I have seen it first hand. The truth is not somewhere in between. You can't judge the quality of coaching in France by comparing amateur coaching to the people who coach provincial, professional and...

Ah the controversial "paddle rule" of my youth. By the way whatever Retsina TTFrenzy was drinking this afternoon, I want some.

In any case, Shibaev sometimes loses his mind.

yes that is it.

Yep. I was wrong about this. Just went to check Handbook for Match Officials among other things. No more sarcastic remarks from me about people not knowing the rules.

Youtube didn't like his grip advice. Simple.

Sorry TT Frenzy! I guess I was the one who missed the joke!

I have drastically edited this post -- to reveal new secrets. Actually I lived in France for almost a year, speak the language, and I am married to a Chinese woman. I am a member of both mafias. Bwahahahahahah!

The rule is that if the ball rolled along and then over the top of the net (that clearly happened) and then hit the metal net post (??), that is part of the table and it should have been Gauzy's point. Even in slow motion, from the camera angle I can't tell if the ball actually struck the metal...

There is also widespread mockery of his claims of privileged access (as a Vietnamese liviing in France?) to "Chinese secrets" that nobody in rhe West supposedly knows, and which he illustrates by comparing an unknown amateur to Ma Long.

Aggravated tastelessness with intent. They'll bust you for that every time.

He is busy making videos for China called "The Secrets of France". Never before heard secrets ONLY known by French wise men. The first one will be that you can cook with wine.

I like that camera angle.

Well, of course, consciously copying somebody does go against my Zen philosophy of table tennis, which says that thinking too much about mechanics while you play is a bad thing. On the other hand techniques take time to become automatic. My guess is that with Ma Long, every detail of what he...

Nothing has a more satisfying feel either. But, and there is always a but, make sure you put in a lot of work into your short game. T05 does not suffer fools easily, and does not forgive.

Yes. Balance and timing and ball tracking. Everything he does is amazing and if it can be copied, should be copied.

I'm not sure that it sucks. Their liveliihood depends on it but we play for fun. And companies do not have unlimited capacity to make the rubbers top players use. You cant have a Formula 1 car either. It's not like the Tenervy tbey sell to us is bad, or if we had a pro's rubber we would play...

Balance. It is a good tning to copy.

I like that one Phillypong!