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i think the most important, and i lost again a few matches because of that, is to keep the serve LOW (and SHORT). even if you serve no or little spin, but the ball is low and short, there's not much your opponent can do. Then try to put more and more spin. sometimes, or often, just a LITTLE bit...

@NextLevel Its difficult to win a final, or to play the next match after a good win. i remember last year after i beat in the favourite in the group stage, i lost in semis to a "somewhat lower" rated opponent, playing quite badly (there is no rating system here so its a subjective assertion)...

it was the big tournament day here. I had 2 entries one in the 40-49yo category and in the open category. There were only 15 people registered in the quadra cat, and actually one of them didn't even show up so in my group of 3 , we were only 2, and I met this guy whom i always meet recently...

Surely something bad happened between him and the FNT staff (CHILA in particular). It seems strange because in interviews, Mattenet always sound very nice, humble, and doesn't seem like the kind of guy to cause any trouble. I feel very sad for him, and indeed I would be very happy to see him...

Mattenet will probably never play again in the French team. He had apparently a clash with his federation about being able to bring his own staff... Probably some insults were thrown and it's game over for him. In addition since those incidents and his punishments his motivation and form has...

Stéphane OUAICHE (#3 player) will not play for France. He is injured. He is being replaced by Alexandre ROBINOT

i had a 1 to 1 session with my coach today. He was thinking about how to correct my tendency for my body to lean backward and upward when i do FH. Of course there are some bad habits, but he says it's also a lack of athleticism, notably the (right) leg, and core muscles. Nevertheless, he also...

As a side note, i saw a guy playing today with a bat with a curved handle !!! i think it was this one http://www.tabletennisdb.com/blade/nittaku-tenaly-acoustic.html

Chess-style tournament today with 10 people including a coach.Everybody plays five rounds. First round I have an easy expected 3-0 win Then I play the coach who plays defence with LP. I am not ridiculous, there are some rallies and I have some winners but I'm not much used to play against...

In japan

@suds79 Hi. my impressions: both players are not very consistent so if you can be more consistent than them and don't make easy mistakes it could be enough. if you tighten serve and receive as well, (as against any opponent) you can get a lot of easy points as well. That being said, the guy...

another day at the club. a bit more of the same. lost all my 3 matches , 0-3 and 1-3 to my usual buddy, and 2-3 to a good junior player. But both are better, and i didn't play that bad. Apart from the 1st set where i wasn't ready and the last one where i was dead, I gave a good fight, when i...

yeh i would follow you

played at the club today. did some games but lost again. Its not that i play horribly bad, but apart from a few good wins, i keep losing recently, even against opponents that i "should" win. I know something is wrong when i don't tchoooooo at all, or when i don't try to come back after losing 1...

among Women's, HIRANO Miu has the best BH no question about it. LIU Shiwen comes close but i think HIRANO's BH is better. For pimples players, ITO Mima has the best short pips BH, the best (BH) chopper is probably WU Yang or HAN Ying. along Men's, i think FZD has the best BH. enormous spin and...

for those who don't know them yet, introducing the Hirano sisters, there are 2 other sisters coming soon !!! not 100% sure but i think the 1st sister's name is Sewa and the youngest Ako (12 years). They seem to have already some very good results. Ako plays with long pimples. Mommy is...

Fantastic !!!!! Point of the year !!!! but you made the bald guy miss !!!!

Takkyu geinin for sure

Ryusuke Sakamoto, thats my coach :-)

@Michal nice game... if you keep playing like this everytime, you should AT LEAST grab a win here and there once in a while. What i noticed is most, if that you have a tendency to go too far away from the table. Indeed you can make 5 or 6 spinny loops in a row from there, -but not more, and...