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@ThePongCommenter means well, we all don't coach the same way, and I can sound like him on some days as well. Living where you don't get exposed to higher level player wisdom is hard, so it can be a bit annoying to get higher level player wisdom being debated repeatedly. But what he is saying...

You have done well for yourself and while no one can give you the credit looking in, you should always remember that. Even professionals go through the same problem you have. Think about someone like Kanak Jha who had to move to Germany or Quadri who eventually move to Portugal or to think...

@ThePongCommenter is 100% correct and you are plain wrong. There is a saying in TT that if you cannot do it at 10-10 or 10-11 in the 5th game of a match, you really can't do it. Because the body does what it believes it can do. Doesn't mean you will make it, but the confidence to do it must...

There is nothing wrong with brushing with fast arm/racket acceleration. Brushing is what creates the spin. The key is to be able to brush and put the ball on the table with spin against all kinds of balls. Once you know you can play a basic offensive shot and not miss, then you can start to...

A few random points: no, I am not a forehand player, I am a two-winged looper, but any player who wants to adjust to a ball that can move suddenly at any time in its travel path is better off using the forehand than the backhand because the forehand has more options for adjusting the swing path...

Will respond to different parts of your post in a few responses but this part is critical. First of all, you can be beating these players 3-0. Not today, but it is quite possible. Even though you have played 9 years, some of it depends on whether you have been in the right environments...

To add to this, @Zezima , it isn't necessarily bad to misread this and make a mistake. Ultimately, what the ball did when you touched it is what should tell you what happened. These kinds of mistakes are made to different degrees by players at all levels depending on the game speed and...

This is entirely legitimate as well, and I can see this in @Zezima 's game as well. I think he could get really good at this but of course, he needs the right quality of opponents to develop this style.

Not sure what the contradiction is. Shot selection depends on your ability to make the shot. But winning points is not everything, you realize this. When someone serves long, the correct thing is to play a topspin. If it is a long serve, most players with good backhand should have practice...

So a couple of things here - I don't have to be 100% right - I am telling you how I interpret the match watching it. Someone else may see it differently. I am a better player than you are (even if aspects of your style could cause me problems with my mobility) and I am trying to tell you how...

Understood. Just saying that there is nothing political about it. It is just the outcome of the tournament based on rules for ranking the players.

I used to have the same fear of missing in matches. "Fear is the mind-killer" is a great quote for table tennis. Rubber will not solve your problem automatically. The problem is solved by building a framework around your makes and misses as long as you remember that a shot that puts the ball...

Very experienced amateurs (don't know @ThePongCommenter but I will pretend he is a very experienced amateur with a much higher playing level than OP, likely better than that) are repeating earned wisdom and @Zezima, like the good adult learner he is, will push back with self-defense. You need...

I presume you have spoken to professional players/coaches about leagues and tournaments before coming to this conclusion? As in which is their source of income, which has more serious performance obligations etc. and that this position of yours has accounted for any and all such logic?

That was pretty weird to be honest. Didn't see the match but not sure whether it is the venue or something about playing styles, some of the results are mindboggling.

Those rankings are clearly just based on the match scores of the loss in the tournament. I believe Hashimoto lost worse to Odo than Hirano to Sato. Don't believe it is a commentary on anything other than that.

Most players at our levels have poor short games, your forehand pushing skills are significantly above your overall playing level. When I serve, what i am looking for is an opportunity to attack. Usually, this means a ball that comes long or comes high. You don't have the right mindset when...

There is no magic answer other than to practice hitting a lot of balls at a lot of distances against a lot of spins and to try to use the whole body to power the shot while reducing the use of the upper arm to retain recovery and stability. No magic answers. But when you hit a lot of balls...

This is all a bunch of nonsense. Not that he shouldn't change rubber or play with something softer but that the whole idea of thinking in those terms is nonsense. His arm acceleration and stroke paths are clearly lacking and he is blaming the rubber. Guys, the kid that posts his YouTube...

Game 4: 1. He serves into the table. 2. He serves short, decent short push even it pops up the ball, he attacks into your forehand, you block and win the point. At this point, your coach would be cheering you on so that the opponent feels the pressure lol. 3. You serve long, he pushes, you...