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While this has a good point, race car driving is like golf, where most of what other people are doing only impacts your optimal strategy so much - it is like dancing with yourself. In TT, just about everything you do is based on what the opponent is doing and when they win you lose and vice...

I read a lot of complaints about players not picking up balls. One of the things higher rated players need to realize is that as you become a better player, you become more ball sensitive. Lower rated players literally cannot sense the ball the same way higher rated players do. So while a...

Shuki's technique on the serves is clearly much worse. Decent rally strokes but it's mostly badly placed control stuff even on relatively easy balls. Gotta move the opponent around more on the easy balls!

Here is Timo - I am not a fan of that ZJK video - ZJK's record against choppers is not fantastic.

Why not just watch better players do it and then see what they are doing? Here is the guy with the best loop against backspin in the world (his record against choppers is impeccable) - he is the model when I am telling people to loop backspin. Straighten the arm on the backswing so that the...

I was the top seed in Group 2 of the PP league yesterday. I forgot my camera so unfortunately no video. It seems everyone came out for justice (or is it revenge). I played a usual practice partner (about 2000 playing strength) and beat him 3-1 in a match that felt like our usual matches...

OKay. You seem to like the Fang Bo video. Notice that he is hitting the ball closer to his body than you are. The other thing is that he has a much lower stance that allows him to rotate even more into the ball. The kind of position where you are hitting the ball is suited for hitters doing...

What happened to ZJK in Men's Singles?

Ah, how many hours do you train and play a week since you want that? IF you notice she is rotating her body using her feet and core. The most important thing she does is that she rotates her shoulders and then when she hits her shots, she uses her body rotation and her feet to reset her ready...

Many people do that and I think it is a mistake. The most important thing for your loop power is to hit the ball while your body is rotating. The further out in front you hit the ball, the less likely the body will be rotating when you hit the ball. This puts pressure on your upper body...

Here is some old video of my technique, issues and all. The blocker has short pips. I have all kinds of physical issues so don't copy my form, but you can see that I loop with different timings in order to improve my ability to adapt. IT's about 11 mins long - I move back so I can take the...

Not sure why people say that. He played two ITTF events last year and didn't blaze any trails. MAybe he will try more this year?

Not necessarily true - some people have real technical errors in warmup loop that you need to isolate.

For some reason, the way ITTF politics works, I don't think he has a chance. I say this not because I know anything about ITTF politics, but because I know about chess politics and FIDE officials have bribed so many small nations that it is hard to get those smaller nations to vote for good...

The kids are totally different. 7-12, most of your focus is on keeping their extremely short attention span with competitions. You also will probably be coaching for half an hour and playing games for half an hour. What you do is that you use the games a carrot or stick - if they do well in...

Usually, you get better commentary if you talk about what you are trying to do. At our level, everyone's game has weaknesses. A lot of where you want to take your game depends on what you are trying to do. Me, I am always trying to get an advantage on serve and serve return and shorten the...

Your loop is fine. Don't chase your tail. The only thing I would change is that you hit the ball where most people say you should hit it while I would try to hit the ball closer to the end of the backswing. You are also hitting the loop in autopilot when you should be trying to wait for the...

I like your game a lot. You did play pretty well - why did you feel differently? Good basic strokes both sides - there is room for technical improvement but that is true for everyone and there isn't anything really wrong with your technique. I am probably watching a different match from what...

The most important things are to encourage proper technique while playing lots of games (not matches but games like target practice or hitting twenty forehands in a row or even five and having fun). If the kids don't have some fun you won't keep their attention unless their parents want you to...

How old are the kids? Very important.