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So I watched the match. I am making some notes for the game by game: 1. first serve was long and he pushed and you used a backhand. This is risky unless you practice it a lot. Whenever you serve long to an opponent, your goal should be to use your forehand as much as possible unless you...

Golden Tango used to be pretty close - have your tried Tibhar K2 or Gewo EF 54? And J&H C55 and C57.5 on the outside chance?

Not debating that, just agreeing with latej's point on throw angle while agreeing with you that the original post is wrong even if well intentioned and that your posts are correct, just not on what throw angle specifically does. Like I said, I agree throw/exit angle is meaningful hence I posted...

That was the other point a high level coach I know used to make, it was that the kinds of tactics he would teach should be common sense and that if you play proper TT, most of the tactics tend to take care of themself. If someone needs to tell you that you are getting beat in backhand exchanges...

We are on the same side of the argument, I am just arguing that your definition of throw angle isn't quite consistent with hitting the ball long per se, it is more consistent with having too open a blade angle to keep the ball low or needing a more closed blade angle to keep the ball's exit...

High throw usually means longer arc which usually means the ball flies in a longer and higher curve over the net and bounces shorter on the table which usually means that you have more room to put the ball on the table, especially if you close your racket. With D09c vs H3, it is not so much the...

Close to the table topspins off the bounce with power and spin. They had close to the table penholders in mind when releasing that rubber.

His level (and even that of his opponents) is not that bad, the problem is more that he doesn't play his game in a way that lends itself to understanding what strengths he should impose. That said, even up to USATT 2200, we have so much stuff wrong with our games that high level coaches prefer...

The original post is pretty wrong.

It's pretty wrong for a variety of reasons even in intent. I can't find the articles anymore but Butterfly used have in its All about Tenergy articles how pip configurations affected blocking and pushing. It's far from as simple as purely adjusting your stroke, especially when you have...

T25 is not usually part of the conversation but if it is, it isn't low throw, it is just built for a different style.

But this is hard to discern without knowing what and where you like to serve and what the opponents do with those serves. The one thing you do way too much of is serve half long, get a push and then float the ball back, and sometimes after getting a push back, float the ball back again. Yet...

Have you tested the rubbers that people have recommended to you and provided feedback?

Exactly. The funny thing is that all the Tenergy rubbers are *relatively* high throw, but the idea that it is easier to get a higher arc or more spin with one rubber vs. another is real and can be experienced by someone using the rubber no matter their level. It also affects blocking...

You give people on the forum credit, I like that. The truth IMHO is that these things matter to some degree at all levels, but because we agree that technique determines *most* of the level, the equipment should not be the focus once one can adapt to it. But when a player is not going to...

Whenever someone says they hate Butterfly prices, I smile because they keep complaining about things that Butterfly has done the most work to educate people on, and think that this research and exposition should be free to everyone and when Butterfly builds it and more into the pricing, they...

This is just not true.

You are too generous. I get why people say that one shouldn't focus on equipment. But people who think equipment is not that important are always underestimating that the higher the level of the player, the more they think carefully about the equipment they use. Depends on the pressure of the...

Not sure where you got this from, they are both still in the tournament in singles and were seeded out of the first round. XD teams are hard to seed especially if you don't seed deeply. Unless you play XD often, it's hard to have a good seeding.

I would argue that many "good coaches" don't even take these steps in the context of real points and hence their students, getting generic coaching not tied to improving technique in the context of real points, tend to improve their match results more slowly. But when you combine this process...