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That's the conclusion I've come to as well. If you bend at the hip/stick your butt out you will be forced to lean forward, no matter where your weight is on your feet. Though it's more comfortable to have it more balanced, but maybe slightly more towards the front of the foot. That's where it...

Yeah I kind of agree with blahness. These days I understand the advice to stay on the toes and balls of the feet. But a long time ago I'd take that advice pretty literally and since all strokes require more or less pushing from the entire foot or and often from the heel, it made it impossible...

Lol, I think this is relatively common. Many of us have seen this with basement level players who are the best among their friends etc and talk up their game, then show up at a club and get humbled. When people have only played in a limited environment and have success there it's easy to think...

He played for eslöv in the pro league for many years. For some reason at one time he had to play in the lower division to be able to play in the top division. So, myself and my teammate got to play him in a competitive league match.. but he played at 1% of his ability. Standing straight and...

Oh I'd flick it, but it's more of this shove action. I have gotten better at it because one of my teammates often uses a short topspin punch serve. I have no choice but to flick. It's just that it's not very aggressive, I just place it back. I think I have PTSD from Xu Hui's flick at 6.25...

I can probably count on one or two hands the amount of time I've practiced FH flip. Because the type of ball I'd FH flip is one where my opponent would misread the serve and pop the ball up slightly. And in a drill they would know what's happening. Hard to "accidentally" pop up the ball. So it...

I have been on some interesting parts of the spectrum when it comes to spin. First two or so years I played with a racket that couldn't produce spin because it had no grip. So I played flat or unorthodox shots a lot, like this: But after that I was definitely in the category of brushing...

To add to what you said, even if 100% accurate and useful advice is given, it's still hard to implement and often takes a long time to solidify and make improvement happen. Sometimes there's some low hanging fruit that can make some quick improvement, but it still usually takes time. I'm more...

For only having played a bit more than a year, especially as an adult, you must've made a lot of progress, nice job. Looks like you started out in a good training environment. You have a lot of potential to improve more as well. It took me a few years to even get a proper racket that could spin...

I agree with everything you said. It was just funny and ironic that as I read your post I heard Ma Longs speech in english, in the background. I've heard him say a few english words before but never a speech like that lol.

Harimotos FH is good when he has time. It's unlikely that he and his team of coaches haven't figured out the most optimal equipment and that this change will lead to him playing better forehand shots.

This is what I love about Harimoto. I'll grant anyone that his screaming is too much. But within this context, I love his fighting spirit and passion.

As I said, I agree to the degree that he screams, that it's too much for my taste. But is isn't strange that people are more annoyed by overall arrogant behaviour than someone who clearly displays no arrogant behaviour. I don't think it's about one single gesture. Anyway, as I mentioned, I...

While I agree that the degree that Harimoto screams are a bit much, your analogy to chess makes no sense. Almost every pro player in table tennis shouts, screams, fist pumps etc. Some even grunt loudly during rallies. Chess doesn't have this kind of culture at all. In terms of entertainment, I...

I don't know why you keep saying that you're the only one that's upset about it when a few of us have said that we're also disappointed. It's just that some of us (at least I am), are a bit more reserved with applying the kind of malicious intent that you're portraying happened. For many...

It is disappointing, but given the situation, not too surprising. It would be a very different situation if the umpire said that it hit the side and ML started arguing against. In that case it would be easier to judge ML for the things you're saying. But in the case we saw, it isn't enough...

I get the frustration, but you need to put some things into perspective. ML might not have been totally convinced that it hit the edge. It's an extremely high pressure situation and it's not always so easy to think rationally in a situation like this. I think ML was just a bit passive and...

It's obvious that equipment doesn't have control. It's just that doing certain things is easier with certain equipment than others, depending on what you're trying to achieve. But in the end, the difference isn't that big as long as we're talking about relatively "standard" equipment. Though it...

Eslöv (Truls team) played Söderhamn UIF just now in the final for the league win. Wow, it was intense. I only managed to catch the last singles match on stream, Tom Jarvis lost and it was down to the doubles. Kosiba (Eslöv) also lost to japanese player Koji Uezu after being up 2-0, 7-2. Truls...

Match 2, straight after the previous match: This guys style is a bit different, but he's quite consistent and has beaten some good players. Haven't played since then. This is probably my last competitive match for some time. If I can get my body in check I will try to play some tournaments...