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For many people, that is neither here nor there. There are good arguments for both.

It's often proper technique for the left foot of a right hander to not move when they are moving into the table to play a forehand. It makes in and out movement more efficient.

Hi, Sakumi. You may have done this elsewhere and I may have missed it but can you briefly discussed your playing history and current level? Generally, I think it is important for people to know the playing level and styles etc. of those giving them advice. Even more important if they have...

I lost to him 0-3 in th Open Quarters and beat him 3-1 in the U2000 Final. I have come to accept that part the problem here is that I am not used to playing long rallies. I usually don't play 3-5 forehands and lose the point, but it happened at least twice in the match I won and more often in...

Boogar, Carl, Some of this stuff would disappear if we were looking for what is best for our games. and not trying to be right or wrong. None of this is quite important - just get to an agreement on what the main details are. Won and lost today in tournament play. Worst loss and best win...

I doubt playing in World Championships qualifies as pverlooked. You just have to be in the top 3/4 and have consistent results in international competition, especially vs foreigners. That's where Hao Shuai and Chen Qi really fell short.

I think I am in my first ever camp, so to speak, possibly because I am the organizer at my home club. Brett has been trying to fix our games for the past 4 days of camp. We've worked on serves (of course), short game (flicks and pushes, especially with the forehand), proper forehand footwork...

The thing is that he can rest. He needs to realize that he has a standing place on CNT whenever he wants. He should take about 6 months to get ready and take a long term view. Skip CTTSL if necessary.

As some of you know, Brett has been in my city this week. Doing some training and learning some advanced things that I may never be able to do. But it is always fun to learn ;). A clip from one of the general clinics he gave the club. He does some specialized sessions with TTEdge members but...

Yes, I am looking at it. Thanks - it's definitely a possibility.

In the first match, I also hit winners off my second loop as well. I think that's the part you are missing.

Well, some of you may recognize a player/coach in the background. The match itself, well, it will show you what happens when you can't read the spin on someone's serve. Thankfully, that problem went both ways.

Understood. The difference between us is that I have had 5 years of play doing this and I have no natural read of spin. I could tell the balls were going long because they were no spin balls but reading that they were no spin balls is something that I currently cannot do. It's one of the...

I think the brain dead play comment is unfair because it ignores the fact that the first game score was 11-3 and it probably ignores that I beat same opponent using largely the same tactics badly so what in part requires explanation is what changed. The part where I think it is fair is that I...

Thanks, pgpg. I think the ease of the games just made me too eager to end the points in 2 shots. I could definitely have won them if I was okay playing 3 or 4 shots and moving him around.

Thanks, Ghostzen. Always great to have a player of your level comment here. The thing is that I am not reading the ball properly. How to adapt or tell? Any signs rather other than to simply know after and get frustrated?

Here is the earlier match. It is largely the first set of the later match replayed three times. He probably twiddled here as well, but maybe checking the paddle before the match keyed me in in a way that was missing in the second match.

Some technical advice can be helpful because no one understands technique 100%. In the end I just take what I can and ignore what I can't just as we all do. What gets annoying is the technical know it all who will never post video of their play. I check the bat and you can see the first game...

It just makes it harder to play properly or train to play properly for more than a day. After the pain sets in like I am feeling right now, I just wonder what through point of playing is sometimes if I can't sustain my play. I go through periods where I try to bend my knees and give up.

I suspected as much. This is the third time this had happened to me and I didn't adapt. I have to be more observant and adapt much faster next time. I beat him very very easily earlier on the day and I think that hurt me in this one.