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  1. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Thanks for the kind words. If you want to loop serves with your backhand, it is very important to carry your shoulder, either by moving your legs or by turning your upper body, to where the ball is so that you can have your elbow in the right position to loop the ball properly. You can even...
  2. Too much sidespin on forehand topspins

    I think they took that video off YouTube, Carl. I looked In my email history but that link no longer works.
  3. Too much sidespin on forehand topspins

    This part should be be highlighted to more and more people.
  4. Ishikawa Kasumi infected by EJ virus???

    The whole women's CNT is using Carbonados, no? Forget the occasional Viscaria...
  5. China Super League 2017

    No Ding Ning? Zhu Yuling?
  6. Can Timo Boll's victory give rest of world belief?

    Timo Boll and Mizutani are also lacking a good forehand according to this standard, no?
  7. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    You have improved a lot. The only thing I would say is work on taking the ball earlier. The stroke adaptation you need to make to do it consistently will help your overall game. You are letting the ball drop way too often and it is not allowing you to take advantage of your athleticism. When...
  8. Too much sidespin on forehand topspins

    Would like to add one comment to this: it is a common mistake amongst adults working on their technique to believe that you develop powerful technique by swinging at the ball hard all the time. You don't learn to swing at the ball hard or to time the ball better by swinging at it hard...
  9. Women's World Cup 2017

    People don't understand what it is like to be at the top of your sport in your country, but to try anything to beat the people you can't beat.
  10. Did the ball hit the table? Huge controversy - World Cup 2017!

    In the first game at 5-4, there was another point which I felt that LSW won where the ball also hit the edge but no one noticed. In the end, these errors are part of table tennis. If we introduce reliable replay, let's use it, but if not, let the umpire's decision stand.
  11. Should I Upgrade?

    What he probably means is that people have said that there is a slight handle heavy balance in the Boll ALC vs the head heavy balance of the Boll Spirit which some people say makes the Boll ALC easier to use with heavier rubbers like Tenergy. It is a relatively mild thing and not enough IMO to...
  12. Too much sidespin on forehand topspins

    Yes, but corkscrew is a kind of sidespin - not lateral like hook, but more deviation - but the key is terminology. That's why it is important to look at video and stop speaking past each other. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O2vrVwjqktg&feature=youtu.be&t=35 Some people still call hitting the...
  13. Too much sidespin on forehand topspins

    So how many loops in this video are not "hooks" of the type that ade14212 is describing? It's language but the point again is that many "topspin loops" begin with contact on the side and are hooks with minimized sidespin. You see it most clearly in the loops that ZJK is hitting towards the...
  14. Would switching to a 5 ply wood blade help at this point?

    On the blade question, using a slower blade never hurts especially when developing aspects of your technique. That said, it does take time to adjust in either direction and the time taken to adjust must be accepted.
  15. Would switching to a 5 ply wood blade help at this point?

    With all due respect, you can only speak about ratings and what it takes to maintain them with some confidence when you have actually achieved them. 1800 and 2100 are like night and day, I tend even when I am losing rating points not to lose to 1800 players who are not actually playing at a...
  16. Women's World Cup 2017

    I was a bit disappointed to see LSW choke again. But hopefully, her day will come again. ZYL baits you into off balance attacks so LSW needed to stop taking so much risk. ZYL is one of the best topspin defenders of all time Zhang Yining style.
  17. How to play like Timo Boll (and beat the best player in the world)

    Lol. The answer is with regard to all strokes. His technique is more hand speed dependent on all strokes than other players.
  18. Women's World Cup 2017

    Miu Hirano needs to go to the gym - couldn't loop LSW's push.
  19. Women's World Cup 2017

    3rd place : Miu Hirano vs Cheng I-Ching
  20. How to play like Timo Boll (and beat the best player in the world)

    I'm not skeptical at all. I've spoken to pros about this first hand.
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