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Yes, acetone.

+1 for holding racket higher, +1 for weight forward/on left foot. Additionally: end the flow of the hit (both BH and FH) with a "hop", make that an integral part of your reset-to-position (which is followed by a second hop to move into stroke position).

I would say: excellent anticipation, probably hard won by lots and lots of experience playing this way.

That match deserved a better closing than this edge clip!

Watching Hayata-Hiu live at https://tv.ittf.com/livestream/portugal-open-table-1/1458891. Hayata has a strong start. Daemons have taken over commentary, so it seems. Hmm. The daemons took over the game too, suddenly making Hayata errorprone and instable.

I've seen the footage, and did notice the pressure on Sergey's returns. Awkward placement and pace: tight over the net. and often deep to the body. I think a relatively high rate of failed or somewhat poor openups ensued. I was surprised by the bananaflicks here and there. Good stuff.

Well, Uncle Boba might have to catch a third wind.

W00t? No “cmon Mørëgård retire already”?

Lula has offered many worthwile suggestions. I have only a simple thing to say. Every now and then I have this a lot too. It's a timing thing, for me, and it gets aggravated by a lower level of overall fitness, but is also triggered by external circumstances. Sometimes we visit a club that...

I won't state anything about elastic body dynamics, but for whatever it's worth I felt it was tremendously important to mentally visualize start and end positions to get my loop technique going. Not the only thing, mind, but very important and a great help nonetheless. Trajectory, contact...

The custom blade that I now mainly use is much like its older sibling. It is a few grams heavier, mainly due to the use of heavier wood in the handle (Zebra). It shifts the balance towards the handle. Comparing blade balance is relatively easy, done by actually balancing the blade on a finger...

That, or basic chemistry. Not all processes are reversible.

I've written about this before, sorry for boring you out. Anyway, when I returned to the game I found a 30+ yo blade with Sriver L on on side. It was still elastic and grippy and played fine. That rubber is now 35+ years old, still sits on that blade, and still plays well. I had bought a...

+1 for Vega Intro. Vega Pro is very good, but does not meet the "slightly faster" (it's much more than that) and is much "bouncier" to boot.

Well, there's https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?2836-Amazing-Table-Tennis-Artwork.

I beg to differ, and think this is a misunderstanding of how product refinement works. That’s usually a tedious and grinding process of continuous adaptation, making a lot of small changes in conjunction, rather than bold blowouts. And it’s a dance, often, with every two steps forward requiring...

That caught my eye too. OSP has conical handles. That handle shape was used by Stiga in the Kjell Johansson line, Allround Wood and Offensive Wood. Don’t know if there also was a Defensive Wood, but I expect there was. In Stiga’s turmoils it seems to have been lost along the way. Perhaps...

And be very cautious when inhaling in an environment serving drinks of the alkyholish persuasion too. Even nonalcolholic beer and fresh fruit juice might exceed that methanol percentage, not to mention your average beers, wines, cocktails and licquors.

I think you do too, but you just might be pulling a reverse Dunning-Kruger — in which competent people underestimate their ability by loosing perspective upon comparably minor flaws and deficiencies. :-)

OP's level is probably way above mine. That is a very fast blade right there, if (s)he's indeed using a Mizutani ZLC... But I've played with both T80 and T05 on slower blades. I slightly preferred T80 in serving, the short game, active blocks and counterspins at/above the table. I preferred...