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Thanks both for the comments. It is more difficult after the injury to push off and jump with my right foot. I am cheating a bit in the second one too because I'm anticipating the ball more in my FH. So I can't really execute the moment like I used to right now. That's probably also why my body...

Really great posts here, very inspiring to read.I thought I’d share one video from a bit over a month ago and one from around a year and a half ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ0SGaYBq3E (older video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwCQNBP5xlc (newer video)I know that I’ve had some...

Yeah it's not like he blasts FH's past his opponents or does monster FH flicks which he also blasts past his opponents. I always wonder, what is the intent behind leaving a comment like that? If you were a bit more well-intentioned with some nuance you could say Harimoto's counter FH isn't that...

Adam is a great player, but honestly I don't think his block is good. He is standing up straight and just sticking his arm out. He isn't using his body at all to give him stability in his block. He has good feeling so he can get away with it to some extent. Maybe he's nervous. And because he...

I feel like this is a myth. I've tried several viscarias and they felt near identical to several TB ALCs I've tried (and my own). Their composition seems to be exactly the same according to Butterfly, some argue they do something to make the TB ALC slightly harder.. but has that even been...

I wish you a speedy recovery, it's good that you can play some at least.

I did before, now 05 hard on the FH and regular 05 on the BH.

Yes, it makes for some fun games! He doesn't play tennis but he is good at padel and golf as well.

I know someone who played on the same team as Alexis here in Sweden for a while. Alexis stayed at his house and they trained a lot together. He only had good things to say about Alexis. Seems chilled and trains hard and seriously. I've seen or heard nothing that suggests that he's arrogant. I've...

What a compliment lol. Yes later on in the video when I was feeling more tired I just tried putting it on the table with spin, which I guess is what I am trying to do more these days. But I hardly practice opening with FH anymore because of the injury. But right now the hip is not too bad so I...

I see what you mean, so also on some pushes you mean I could go for a kill. I am struggling a bit with an injury in my right hip and also now knee and when I especially loop harder against backspin it feels worse after training. Like in the video below. So I've tried to avoid that movement...

Thanks Gozo! Yes I'm the leftie in black. Well spotted! I have always had some issues with high balls and it's true that I sometimes loop these when I should be doing something different.. but I'm not actually sure how to execute that technique. I have some idea but I struggle to do it, From...

Again, too many ;). Showing the highlights is a bit deceptive of me.. 😁. Glad you enjoyed!!

Some highlights from yesterdays training match. I tend to have some pretty epic matches against my teammate/friend here. We practice a lot together and I don't kill the ball that well which makes for some long rallies sometimes 😄.

It's possible you're on to something, at the end the arm structure looks decent. Even though I've focused a lot on the body stuff, I've also from my experience learnt that it's possible to have misunderstandings about the arm structure. But too much of a focus on that can also create that...

Are they designing super-grippy/tacky/sticky rubbers because they wear down faster though or is it because the demands/needs of the players with the new ball is different? A side-effect of that may be that they also wear down faster, which of course is good for the manufacturers but I wouldn't...

I used dhs 15 for a while when I was using chinese rubbers, worked pretty well with those.. especially if you boost. Now with T05 hard I prefer free chack 2 which isn't as thick. My feeling was that when I used the thicker glue I had less "feeling", my shots felt less crisp and I had to swing...

I don't personally believe that having great serves would slow progress. I just understood NDH point (if I understood correctly) that if you rely too much on one strength it can distort your game kind of. I think it's really important to get a good serve asap and then you're forced to deal and...

Good post. There is often some kind of compensation going on. If you start to develop some strength, it's possible that you'll rely on it so much that you don't develop other things. And these weaknesses might not become apparent until you play certain players. I played local league in the UK...

Fully agree. I think the fundamentals of sandpaper and regular table tennis is very similar. In both you use your body in different ways to propel the arm. But the contact is different. I saw the ping-pong (sandpaper) world champs in 2017. One TT pro (Filip Szymanski) was there and did a good...