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No accident they are both lefties. Not sure all those serves are what they appear to be...

Maybe not the top 4 but there are still the Fang Bos and Yan Ans of the world. And it is really more about how much one improves. The thing is that you need someone with the physical talent and drive of Ovtcharov, but with more technically sound strokes and footwork from youth. Those things...

I didn't record much of my play in NY at first and recorded more later. I basically sucked. I played a smasher twice and got my butt handed to me. Played a guy who hadn't played in 4 months and got worse and worse till the point he finally won a match while he got better. I played OSPH and...

The play list. Someone (probably an evil kid) moved the camera while we were playing so you will miss some points during the matches between myself and DerEchte. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1xHYZmEaJtS9ipu3mOa3Sk7mSPQk7K-O

Don't let the sandbagger fool you. After he had clobbered me 3-2, 3-1, then I realized I had to attack even if I lost. That's what he means by attacking everything.

The high-toss servy b**stard still has it!

It works in the US now. Also works on mobile phones and devices without flash. Good job ittf.

You can flat hit anything - the problem is two fold - you have to read the spin correctly and most of the time, the ball has to be above net height for significant accuracy. I play a kid who likes to drive everything. The problem of course is when the ball is below net height, his accuracy...

Since every stroke must also be adapted to the incoming ball, this is mostly a feeling and not a reality.

That is mostly because of the speed of the blade. The throw stuff is so subtle and needs a high level player to feel it and is largely a bunch of EJ crap. The rubber determines the throw and the blade speed adds to the arc. Everything else is mostly EJ speak except in the hands of a precise...

The philosophy for looping with harder sponges and tacky rubbers is slightly different. There, you have to loop drive and because the catapult is relatively hard to get, you will get more spin and speed over a wider range of hard impacts than you will with softer sponged Euro rubbers. The...

It's not so much about energy but about how the contact point on a ball for a loop changes when it is on the rise, at the top of the bounce and on the fall. It is easier to show with pictures, but it is also the reason why you can push a ball with a relatively closed paddle if you take it off...

What about Tenergy 64 did you like and not like and why are trying to replace it? This will help with suggestions.

You can't make this thread up, it reminds me of the first custom racket I bought. I went to paddle palace and looked for their highest speed and spin rubbers with a low price and a cheap offensive racket. No discussions with anyone. I bought a Ma Lin Extra Offensive with Juic 999 Turbo for...

Same here.

Guys, the fact that the loop drives have higher rotations per second is not news and in fact Hurricane is a relatively slow rubber. The fact that it is the spin to speed ratio for slower balls that is higher is not news and this is how serves or sidespin loops get their best curves. In the...

Yesterday was a glorious day. Yes, I lost more matches than I won but I beat the 2200+ junior in my club in club matches after having quite a few close 3-2 matches recently. I did lose to a lefty (we split matches 1-1), but the good thing about him is that I need someone to play so I can track...

Watching the whole match, now I see why you think you played well, and you did. There is still stuff to work on, but the best part of the match for me is 22:57 to the end. The technique wasn't perfect, but I try to teach people that combination at your level all the time time (slow spin, get...

Interesting you say that. In this video though, the focus was on getting my elbow high. It's quite possibly that my wrist was slower than usual, but I didn't see that in the spin of the serves. In any case, it will be interesting to see where this all ends - are you playing Butterfly this year?