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Janet Jackson has a song that comes to mind when I read statements like this... :unsure:

I think the serve was fine for what you were doing, I didn't have any major issues with it. Serve practice though does give its own reward, if you have serves that are truly at or above your level, it makes you immune to losses against certain lower level players and makes you able to box...

Wen is such a Unit, he plays better at the senior level than at the junior level.

Did you watch Sato at the Star Contender? Zhu Yuling was the only one that gave her a match. You have to be in form to play Sato and Hashimoto.

You are working on the right things, it will get better. I am not as big as you and I never managed to tighten my core but it all worked out. It will be fine regardless and you will get better at it. Remember that bracing/tightening your core is not the same as holding your breath. It's more...

Putting them in thr same draw again was the fairest thing the tournament did.

Any interesting tables in particular? Watching Sato...

There is a good case for Picard being just anyone at the top pro level but even then the loss was deuce in the 5th and Picard's serve was on fire that match. Jorgic is not just anyone. Whether we admire his game or not.

But is landing the ball on the table with a big stroke everything (from someone who worked hard to land the ball on the table with big strokes lol)...

Language will always have limitations, we just take its effectiveness for granted because of how well it works, but forget how limited it can be until it fails to convey what you really mean. The other thing that is not discussed is that there are high level players with very brush technique...

You can also clearly see that his body is in front of it and likely blocks it from the receiver at this point in the toss.. Of course at contact the ball is visible but this is one of the most commonly unenforced rules in TT (visibility throughout the serve and not just at contact. Ma Long was...

By the rules the umps have a right to make that call. Like I Said, most umps don't make it so players think it is okay to be borderline. But there is nothing wrong by the book with the umpire making that call. This is a clip during the toss and not where he hits the ball but remember that by...

That's fair. I don't think it has to do with mental strength, he just got so good at beating up on people on the backhand diagonal that he didn't develop some aspects of his game to the max. It might be too late but he is beating his teammates so that buys him time. My point in part though was...

I agree, Vlad is arguably top 20 player who juat missed the tour because of the war and over time this will show either in his ranking or his upsets- he is at least as good as Kiril Gerassimenko and possibly on the same level as Gauzy. As for LSD, some people still think it is e lame excuse to...

He was faulted for moving his head close to where he contacted the ball. (or more playing, for using his head to obscure the ball during the toss). You rarely see umpires make the call but the umpire was 100% correct about call. The problem is that you rarely see umpires make it so when one...

She heard Tieba users calling her brother a nepo-baby and decided she would make her performance avoid that lol.

The million dollar question - why doesn't Stiga have ALC or ZLC blade equivalents...

What took Hirano so long?

To return serve, it can help to wait to see the ball. Going back doesn't mean running back, it means giving yourself a chance to see the return before hitting the ball. Even just standing with one leg slightly back and then moving it in on serve can keep you active while tracking the serve...

It is because he has been told to find a good rallying distance so he takes this advice without assessing the quality and nature of the opponent.