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As my former coach would put It, "stop looping as if you are playing Timo Boll".

The hook is not *deliberate*, it's more a way of getting more racket on the ball without missing that works for me. The more racket area you can expose to the ball, the more confidently you can swing and minimize the risk of whiffing. Maybe if I started younger and had different technique, my...

Not at all - take the ball on the rise or on the fall - ideally don't take it at the top of the bounce. The heavier the spin, the earlier you can and should take it with a shorter stroke - sounds paradoxical but it works.

Take the ball earlier and earlier. You are always waiting for it to drop - you may surprise yourself if you take the ball earlier and cover it more aggressively. Just make sure you swing and always turn/brush the ball (don't hit it flat). It's good stuff by the way.

I sometimes see if my opponent checked the ball out to inspect the serve spin after the let. If he did, I tend to do the same serve but with no spin if the let serve was spinny or with spin if the let serve wasn't. But like others have said, don't change a winning formula, if the serve is...

I agree but I know many people some who will not even agree with how I describe them who clearly want to attack more than defend with pips and complain when they don't win matches. So you have to decide what gives you fun. And if you think that short term wins trump long term development...

Today, even some of the best "TV" shows and movies in the US don't make their money on traditional TV. Streaming allows for more self-selection of content. It's going to be the death of network television over time. And I agree that some things are better to watch on TV. It is not easy to...

Carl, He means trolling the other table tennis player (his opponent) by using long pips to make them miss. NDragon, I really depends on whether you prefer to make people miss and be consistent or whether you prefer to hit the ball past people. I know many people who love to hit the ball past...

Looks better and level appropriate. The right kinds of things seem to be happening that make the drill correct. MAking the levels of spin more consistent would be the next step.

Was that really necessary? :p

Don't think the penalty had a major impact as Xu Xin and FZD met the tour numbers comfortably. It was more a combination of internal China events (The national games) and a desire to rest from a successful year given the WTTC and national games successful title defenses and nagging injuries...

He has wins over the likes of Xu Xin, Jun Mizutani, Chang Chi Yuan, Timo Boll and Vladimir Samsonov. He does have many bad losses and plays a lot, so there is a case to be made that he is often not as strong as his ranking would suggest. There is a internet forummer who particularly dislikes...

So who is the team? Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan and Yu Ziyang?

Hahahaha - hope I didn't lie. MY toss is not purely veritical as I start from slightly in front and toss back to my right hip but if it is good enough for Ma Long, it is good enough for me.

I suspect its pros didn't see it as an improvement over Evolution while the other pros saw the SSP as an improvement. Time will tell. Not sold on the booster in this SSP.

That is ridiculous. And I am not joking either. Anything over $35 is not in my market.

That was a championship match for the China games not a super league match. They are on the same Super League team.

Banana flick is like a backhand loop or a sidespin variation or just a hooking backhand shot. Strawberry flick is what some people also call violin. The only top player who I know uses it on a regular basis is Gauzy. That's why I get very confused when I read Lightzy repeatedly use the...

The big guy on my club whose looping game people like, he habitually begins his serving motion holding the ball beneath the table. There is another guy from India I play whose major training period was during the hidden serve era. So even if he is trying to serve legally, his pendulum serves...

The biggest reason people don't use reverse pendulum serves is that they can't put enough spin on the ball compared to the pendulum and the wrist isn't as flexible. The Punch serve is somewhat changing that now.