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  1. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    Yeah, but it is important to remember, even 20 degrees is not vertical, it is just *within* the afforded tolerance. No one disputes high tosses that are mostly vertical. It's when you have a distance between where you toss and where you contact the ball that trouble starts.... with that...
  2. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    It's a great question and I am not sure if Japan has any other option. They should consider testing a team of someone with Hayata or someone with Odo but since Harimoto/Hayata didn't work in Paris and no one is sure who they will field in doubles in LA, everything has been left up in the...
  3. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    Yep. There was a time when Stumper, Meisnner and Oehme were promising. Now they are skipped unless they can make a massive jump.
  4. donic anderes lind hexa carbon

    Please post in English . The post says: Does anyone have the Donic Andersen Lind Hexa Carbon?
  5. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    Germany needs him to. He and Wim Verdonschot. Meisnner and Stumper seems to be stumped. But if Andre and Wim don't work out, Germany will need to find a prodigy because their whole team is over 30 years old except Qiu Dang who is 29.
  6. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    Truls barely survives getting an @zeio incoming...
  7. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    Pleasantly surprised by Uda's ability to overwhelm Kuo's backhand with his forehand. Kuo still has big gaps.
  8. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    By the way, other than the blatant misrepresentation of things said on this thread for motives unknown, the citing of the podcast is useful more so because it says things that don't suit your ridiculous views of Hayata including that the the current Hayata-Harimoto pairing is the result of...
  9. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    My point is that I don't seriously compare across eras and that even in this era, Mizutani clearly has competition with Harimoto (and possibly Matsushima). The point was to make it clear that Mizutani has a throne from which to make such pronouncements about Togami based on his early success...
  10. Ma Long @WTTC2026: Harimoto Tomokazu is the Best Non-CNT Player.

    Dima picks his GOAT. Not Ma Long, who he has never beaten. Not Viktor Barna, who never even made the poll. Not Fan Zhendong, but Zhang Jike! Go convince Dima!
  11. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    A behind the scenes look at the German national team - when you see Han Ying doing this, then you don't get so surprised that she beat Chen Yi lol...
  12. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    You would rather fix WMY with the right balance of rest and training than go with people who have never won anything. Harsh but true.
  13. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    There are 4 smashes in a year. They probably underweighted her preparation for defenders since they are unlikely to be at the Olympics. But if they are going to be at the Olympics, they will prep her to the hilt.
  14. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    Here is one link that alludes to my major point, you can draw the lines how you chose, but I have no reason to take you seriously if you think that you have a monopoly on how to think about this. https://www.tabletenniscoaching.com/node/2037 I think my point is clear, you are free to make...
  15. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    I mean sure, if we want to call Barna the GOAT as well, sure.
  16. Sabine Winter switches to antispin

    Sun Yingsha teaches the world to play anti...
  17. Sabine Winter switches to antispin

    @zeio post incoming...
  18. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    So the rule about not having coaches is largely other countries mimicking China who installed the policy in order to reduce national team cohesion issues. It is not against the rules to have personal coaches when playing compatriots. If you have personal coaches that are not national coaches...
  19. United States Smash 2026, Los Angeles, 6/26-7/5

    Your thrust is fair, and I have conceded most of it, but a few more points in Mizutani's defense. Impact is not just measured by "objective" results, but by overall influence. Arguably, the XD gold influences Mizutani's aura in Japanese commentary more than any other single result, though of...
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