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Here is my latest lazy forehand looping video. While my stance is not low and it isn't all out, this is very close to my best looping form and has significant improvements in consistency and power in matches over my old form. There are subtle even if invisible changes in how I use the upper...

One good thing is that our best junior player and current US Champ, Kanak Jha, moved to Sweden and has trained and played there for quite a while now. A huge part of the problem the US has is producing the kind of competitive environment that builds the top players. England is next to those...

This has to be best whupping that I have ever seen anyone place on Ding Ning. Here is my favorite point: youtu.be/tmcrqCh_fCo?t=472

When Boogar does this, I will know he has arrived. Most of the time I see him pivot, he plays the quality of ball one can play with a backhand. youtu.be/tmcrqCh_fCo?t=472

The score says it all as YZY won both his games at 9.

Yes, the time to get into position and loop is critical. Also important is the ball height as balls that stay low through the flight onto the table are harder to read and also have less margin for error when you loop them as you have to determine the spin and then get the ball to dip...

I play pips at the same level that I play inverted, including LP choppers. It takes a higher rated chopper to chop at a speed that makes me uncomfortable and I can play choppers with my backhand as well as my forehand, something many of them are not used to. Yes my wide forehand is one of my...

Now the real reason for the silly posts is here. This guy is smarter than we think.

It means that your level is low - that doesn't happen to me. If I beat someone all the time, unless they improve, I beat them all the time. It's when your level is low that you can't control the ball well enough to produce consistent results or have gaps in your play. The higher your level...

You played pretty well, Boogar. Don't sell yourself short. Looking at the video, it is not easy to see who the better player is if you are thinking like TareqPhoto. But you are on the other end of those balls and are feeling them on your racket and estimating my effort level and yours. Which...

A guy who came to Princeton but I usually see at Westchester was really cool. He was like "You know, I see you online and I keep on thinking I can take you. But the more I play, the more I realize that there are some things that just don't show up on video." We did some counterlooping...

This has to be the funniest post I have read in a while. Gotta go to Dubai some day and train with all these great players.

Yes, but maybe since I got better than many of those player's who do this, I stopped caring and started getting revenge by beating them worse and worse. As my friend Shuki says, anything you think in other than playing the game is reducing your focus. Some players apologize when they win...

I like to say that Ratings and levels don't play matches, people do. IT's easy to focus too much on yourself when you think you are supposed to win and forget that you still have to find things that your opponent doesn't do well to get points.

Not really arguing and not about qualifications either. What you saw is their level, and not their coaching per se. If you watch the whole video, you will see quite a few examples of 3rd ball attack, often unsuccessful. We don't know whether these players play in the same club or know each...

Sure. I know coaches as well who embrace the philosophy. I know a coach who likes to argue that his best student plays worse than he could because he has good serves. IF you look at the video, it is not like the players don't have deceptive serves, in fact the winner won a lot of points of...

You are looking for magic - Tenergy is priced the way it is for a reason. There are many good rubbers out there if you are willing to adapt.

This can be true, but the opposite can also be true. With better serves, you get to higher level faster and get exposed to better players. And good serve technique can help your strokes. What I will say is that you need to practice rallying behind your serves. Both players in the match have...

I think some players have said that MX-P is more suited for driving the ball and T05 for spinning the ball, even as they play similarly. I agree with this assessment. I think Carl plays more of a spin style so I can understand why he prefers T05.

The reason is that this is a big tournament with a long registration period, so the player over 1000 probably registered before his rating went up and since the ratings were based on a certain date, he qualified based on his rating for that date. It happens a lot at US Nationals or the US Open...