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Why you can and should pivot on easy balls - they are EASY balls. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9e8N0DIltW8&feature=youtu.be&t=713 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9e8N0DIltW8&feature=youtu.be&t=805 And as for why you have to win the point...

Nothing wrong with hitting backhands from the forehand side if your backhand is a quality shot. The main issue is whether your backhand can track tricky balls. The problem with not pivoting is the amount of risk when a ball shows up where you do not expect and you are playing a backhand...

If you are on TTEdge and see ETTS 34, which is basically an analysis of how I use those shots, you will see how often I get it wrong. The main thing is that you have to know what you served, what the reasonable response is, and what the common mistakes are off the return as your opponent...

Knee and weight issues prevent you from pivoting a lot. But they are not a strong reason not to pivot on easy balls. Using your backhand is asking for trouble especially if you play matches that mean something to you.

Pivoting to kill easy balls is easy. Stop wasting time and do it. Pivoting to kill or loop tricky balls is hard work. That's an entirely different story and is optional. You should not be playing shots that result in you having to do a crossover when the ball is easy.

The thing about serve variation and serve location is really about practice. The real reason why people play a certain way, unless they are anomalies, is that it is related to how they practice or how they feel comfortable playing the next balls. Most people who serve to the backhand want the...

The other point that I wanted to make is that this is partly the truth, but also not always true. I remember someone telling me yesterday that bad technique is better than no technique, and I said this is true, but only if you are selecting and mastering the bad technique. As you pointed out...

Given how you have described your game in the past, I would never have known you play this well!

I think wturber deserves more credit, but I have thought the same way often even before I read his post. Think about it - here is an actual match score from the biggest upset of my tournament matches: 12-10, 4-11, 11-8,5-11, 12-10. My opponent scored more points but lost the match because he...

FZD's knee was clearly bothering him. I think after trying to win playing a complete game, he realized he needed to take more risks. Ma Long was surprised and then adapted to take advantage in the 6th game.

Get the Opera browser. It has a free VPN. I didn't know how to use it yesterday and thought it didn't work but it does.

He had a very strong BH motion before I started working with him. It just used to fall apart in matches and I told him how to fix it and he initially complained that it wasn't spinny enough. Thankfully, he came round. People don't realize that modern equipment is spinny enough for you to get...

I wish there was a triple like button for this post. I try to stress to my students to do the technique the same all the time, but they like doing sideswipes and weird stuff that doesn't get the job done under pressure.

I think Prause just happened to travel with the German team (just a guess, no hard info as he was coaching Xiona) and was invited to commentate and graciously accepted. I wouldn't hold my breath expecting him to commit to this, though any serious ITTF president should address this.

He made them look comfortable. He might make Fang Bo look comfortable too.

Yes. He makes the whole match worth watching.

I spent about 3 months (by my estimate) rebuilding the timing of my serve at Brett's request. I tried earlier but gave up and then came back to it seriously last year. I had to treat it like learning a new serve. So your issues are typical in my experience. You just have to look at the...

You won't find many eloquent world class coaches and players who can do what Prause does.

So is mine.

Sometimes, you lose less rating points if you retire vs. if you default.