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There's some good in this. Folks complained when two 15-year-old's(looking at Ito in 2015 and Harimoto in 2018) popped up in the top 10. I once commented the new ranking system would make that much harder to happen. Check out Moregard, his personal best was 166 at the end of 2017, after the...

Stiga is desperate here. Their bottom line doesn't look too good.

It's not just me. Former English coach Liu Jiayi, who coached Drinkhall, had this to say about European table tennis in 2007. http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2007-05-21/12492934210.shtml In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the European was the world leader in techniques, but now it is clearly...

Ya, this one.

Sad indeed. This is the last edition for Kanak, right? They have a real chance of making podium.

The new ranking system now has separate senior and junior ranking lists, which makes it totally worthless for eligible junior players who are close to the top already to compete in. South Korea doesn't even bother with the boys.

The TT blades sometimes arrive in 15 pieces.

Real men don't need RPB. Be water, my friend.

The kid with the 84 tag is genius. He has it in him to be a great hypnotist. The English pair served first in the game at 0:0. The error wasn't discovered until two points later, which should've been the English pair's turn to serve. According to the rule, if I'm not mistaken, the game...

Well, you can get a rough idea even without being in the loop.

I find the tone of the clip to be ok. You have Piers on one side supporting the notion of being good at anything than nothing, and then you have Susanna and Sean on the other end saying just let kids be kids. The only issue I have is the video title. If anything, the word prodigy is seldom...

I always thought it was a US brand because of the Atlanta Olympics, and indeed, they have a strong presence in the US. Who would've thought 2 decades later...

I see a very worrying trend here. The overall FH quality of European players has stagnated, perhaps even regressed, in the last 2 decades. The 1st point makes an excellent example here. It should and would have ended on the 4th shot(2nd forehand shot) if you go back a decade or so.

It might be a good idea to explain the match format again because they changed it on 11/14. Due to poor wording, one of the rules could be interpreted such that a player could play in 3 matches, 1 doubles and 2 singles. They changed it. As for the same player playing in 2 consecutive matches...

1st time ever I've seen this. https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/11/2018_WTGF_Prospectus-FINAL-3.pdf

Tactics. When I play kids, first thing I try is, 1: serve double heavy backspin, 2: lob them down. Most kids usually have trouble because they are not used to the amount of spin and they don't have the strength to open it up. Lobbing is a quick and dirty way to demoralize them since they...

A video is better than a million words. You're pretty consistent, and just playing more aggressive alone can get you further ahead. How to do that? Better bio-mechanics and more sophisticated tactics.

https://documents.ittf.com/system/files/2018-10/20180818_EC_Prague_minutes_0.pdf 6.2 World Tour Update The ITTF Competition Director provided an update on the 2018 ITTF World Tours situation, highlighting that the ITTF World Tour average number of entries compared to the maximum number of...

2018 1st 100%, 2nd 90%, 3rd 80%, 4th 75%... 2019 1st 100%, 2nd 85%, 3rd 65%, 4th 60%... https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/11/World-Ranking-description-2019.pdf