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Maybe if all the people watching and TT EDGE and coaching certificate sure. People are picking out studded from Archos too. Is that so wrong?

I am a bit disappointed that you would actually say this but I would hope that over time, you will have a slightly different take. I used to think that people like Archos made sense all the time when I was coming up in TT. It's part of the reason why I try my best to make sure that people who...

Good point, Carl. I wasn't quite addressing suds79 context, which I clearly understood. I was making the point that population matters. For people who want to talk about Chinese forehand, there was some recent video of Liu Guoyang's forehand in slow mo as well as Ma Long. It was great to see...

Yecats, If you can find me anyone of note who says that the main reason China is the best at table tennis is their population, I will give you a free sheet of Tenergy 80. What you will find is people comparing the success of China to say the success of Germany or Japan or Korea, then you hear...

Didn't I just point out that many of the best TT nations in the world in their continents (China, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Nigeria, Egypt) are also the largest populations in their continents? You are confusing the claim that something might not be a primary factor with the claim that...

Here is an article from a former US Champs runnerup comparing different forehands. Can anyone read/watch this and say that Timo is not using his legs when he loops and Ma Long is not using his elbow? Don't let charlatans fool you by comparing lower level players to higher level players...

You were doing okay until you got to "at all". Population size is always a measure of human resources and the idea that having more resources to throw at a problem doesn't affect or influence success is pretty odd, to be honest. Limiting the list to the top 5 is also not the way a social...

You've had the experience of reviewing video with a national level coach so you know what you are looking at and what to look for. How many people who are watching his videos will have that kind of insight?

There is a market for this kind of stuff. It just isn't serious table tennis players. You asked the right question. It's not so much that he is wrong or right but that without verifying his credentials, he could be a higher level Archos. In fact, the fact he is not showing his play or...

I tend to play mostly Grass DTecs users so things like FL2 and FL3 which do not rely as much in reversal are more confusing. I wouldn't be surprised if he played even with me in a year. Would need to fix some things but with the game he showed me yesterday, I would not be entirely surprised.

Feint Long is a spinny LP. I'm used to playing more slippery beasts, especially in OX. I should adjust to the high ball with practice but there is more backspin on that ball than I would infer from my prior stroke, so I had to accept that - it wasn't the classical case of the prior spin being...

Played at TTCL, which I think must stand for Table Tennis Club of Louisville. I didn't get any footage. Decent part-time club with good tables. I was invited by this guy here, who plays modern defense with Tenergy on Forehand and Feint Long on Backhand. Played matches with people at his...

So I got Richie's and RayLAzyfo's stuff out today - they get two brand new rubbers each. I might not get home until Friday this week but whenever I do, I will work on setting everyone else. Unfortunately, because of the price of international postage, I could not add tracking to the postage...

You pushing to me? You pushing to me? ;)

To post or not post.... To play or not to play... To loop or not to loop... Freak it, just poop.... I don't always chop, but when I do I prefer Grass DTECS And Tenergy my friends... If you want to loop, loop don't talk... Loop to Kill... Loop first ask questions later... I am a loopy...

At 2-0, 10-4?

Driving to Kentucky, got about 6 hrs to go. There are a couple of part time clubs I hope to play at. Thought there was a camp close by but it is over 4 hrs away. Hopefully, I will get to play the 2200 who ducked me at the Teams to see whether he made a smart choice.

I am happy Tony said it not me, but you really don't understand how top athletes are built in the Asian systems. There are only 2 WTTC events and 2 team WTTTC events between now and the Olympics. You really think that they want to prepare their Olympic team now or they want to win the events...

Tokyo 2020 is only 4 years away. If they believe Harimoto will be good enough, no point in waiting.

That's a bit restrictive but makes sense when asking questions about improving your game. I now realize how silly it was to ask questions about technique over the internet.