Search results

Entropy? What am I saying? I can't believe the omniscient engineer wants me to spell it out. Perhaps it's too much to expect from an electrical engineer? Diffusion is what makes the sponge lose its airy feel as time goes by. It is also what allows the oil to enter the sponge. Both work by the...

Oh, let me get back to you on entropy first.

A quick word on closing the racket face. You need motion capture to tell that. Just like the "hit first, then brush", it's not a myth. There are separate studies from China and Taiwan that show players do close the racket face.

They're withdrawing from the front line. Yan An and Zhou Yu explicitly say they are merely leaving the team and are not retiring. That means they will not represent China internationally anymore but will likely continue playing domestically, like Samsonov, Matsu-ken, Kishikawa, Mizutani et al..

On Oct 13, 2021, Fang Bo, Yan An and Zhou Yu bid farewell to the CNT together on their own Weibo. https://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2021-10-13/doc-iktzqtyu1194076.shtml https://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2021-10-13/doc-iktzqtyu1241616.shtml...

OP's stroke just needs some fine-tuning. It's not bad per se. CNT does not encourage waist rotation nowadays. They focus on hip flexion/extension now. Some time after Asian Games 2010, the General Administration of Sport of China invited Michael Boyle, Gray Cook et al. to present the...

ZQH actually gives off the vibe of ZJK. CNT didn't give him much international exposure between 2014 and 2018. If he were to gain more experience and play like he does on home soil, he would have been a serious threat to ML, FZD and CNT, just like LGY, LJK, YZY et al. CNT couldn't afford that.

That one is a little lost in translation. In Chinese, the two terms commonly used are 先打後摩 and 先摩後打, where 摩 is commonly written as 磨, a variant form of the same word. Those two terms translate to English as "hit first, then brush" and "brush first, then hit", respectively. Due to space...

OP: I'm so disappointed in H3 Neo. H3 Neo: You're the one letting me down. Problem: OP has a 90s stroke on both FH and BH. That's how Ma Wenge and Wang Tao looped, which was once considered the standard Chinese FH while the CNT was transitioning from the traditional penhold fast-attack style...

Hayata's interview with Number after Tokyo 2020 and WTTC 2021 trial on improving her ability to cope with different players and the side effect of training with male players, and how she would hit at 100% against CNT players in general but would also hit at 60-70% depending on the specific...

Added the following part of Hirano's interview to my previous post. Ishikawa: "Our generation" includes me, right? FZD: ML and I aren't from the same era. Ishikawa: But LGL regards CM as a youngster. FZD: *Sigh*...

Speak of the devil. Hirano touches on her comprehension of table tennis in a recent in-depth interview. https://thedigestweb.com/topics_detail13/id=47008?open=on https://www.hokto-kinoko.co.jp/kinokolabo/go-sports/70277/ ――The Paris Olympics are 3 years from now. Is there anything you would...

Cm: 27.7(+0.5-1.5) 😉 Precision matters. 🧐

Seeing pnachtwey educate the forum by throwing around terms such as closed- and open-cell rubber, air pockets and "heavier oils...will ruin your rubber by filling the air pockets with nearly uncompressible oil" gives me the chill. It is so uncanny. Thank table tennis god he's finally reached...

Hayata's message after finishing WTT Doha Sep 2021 and ATTC 2021. https://twitter.com/hayata_hina/status/1445386250836393986 After the 2 tournaments of WTT Qatar and Asian Championships, I was able to achieve my goals of 2 WTT titles and 3 Asian Championships titles. Crown Trophy Thank you so...

Togami vs LSS Textbook example of losing a totally winnable match. Could've finished it in 3 games. While Togami has himself to blame, but if Togami does end up losing, Tasei will have a big part in it. His timing of TO is still horrible, even years later. As the head coach of the men's team...

Shindong = child prodigy in Korean, originates from Chinese 神童(divine child). Shin happens to be her last name. https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?23698-Tokyo-2020-2020-7-24-8-9&p=348989&viewfull=1#post348989

CCY vs JWJ CCY had trouble returning JWJ's pendulum serve to his short FH, but CCY recovered by the 2nd game. Reminds me of Initial D Third Stage where Kogashiwa didn't heed his dad's advice of holding his trump card until the midway point of the race, giving Takumi time to recover.

After the WT final at Tokyo 2020, Li Sun told the media they had been living in fear the past 5 years because of Japan. With Hayata winning 5 titles in Doha in a span of 2 weeks, here's to 3 more years of living in fear. Ishikawa: "Living in fear because of Japan..." That means me, right? Li...

For the sake of completeness, discussion thread on ATTC 2021 alongside the one above. https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?25949-2021-ITTF-ATTU-Asian-Championships