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Step 1: Remove those hard chinese rubbers from your paddle. Step 2: Just loop as if you are massaging your wife's back.

In TT, you sometimes need to solve the problems at your level before you start taking things to the next level. That said, I wonder what you mean sometimes when you say more body. Here is one of the best third ball attackers in the USA (neon yellow/green). Does he use more body than I do...

Well, I am physically stronger than you are Archosaurus. That matters a lot. In terms of using body, people have all kinds of misconceptions but the only use of the body when serving in terms of the quality of the serve ( as opposed to the consistency or the recovery) is how much you use it to...

Thank DerEchte. I used to be clueless about serving pips players and would mostly serve them no spin and then attack the third ball. The funniest thing is that even when I had bad serves, my only real deceptive serve was my backspin nospin serve. It worked but then the better pips players...

Gotta stick to structurally sound table tennis when playing the better players. Serve mostly short, play for first attack, and try to make sure his first attack comes from his weaker side (usually backhand from backhand side but depending on player, might be forehand from wide forehand side)...

For people who want to know the answer: http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28641&p=325072#p325072 For people who don't want to but want to guess, keep posting.

What is wrong with this pendulum serve? How do I fix it?

There is a point to it but it of course depends on how well you pushed your opponent and whether you found a stable strategy you can do well with if you execute it more consistently.

The analysis is thoughtful. The thing though is that you have to be sure your technique is right. Sometimes, bad technique places too much pressure on your game. I have seen many people say this or that is a problem but when I fixed their technique, the problem miraculously went away at their...

The one thing I try to tell my students who use robots is that they have to record themselves. Even if just for a minute with their cellphone, they need to look at what they are doing and make corrections. Unfortunately, it is hard to get them to listen. It is easy to continue to make...

The thing is that Archo has a point - he is just making it really badly. You can't complain about what makes a player's level his level. If a player is at his level because he has tricky serves and you struggle with them, some people use that to say that the player's level is not high - it is...

How old is he? Amazing that he could quit and come back.

And what makes you think I didn't? I know your boy since he came to the US Open in 2014. He has improved his attacking a lot - he always had great blocking game. And Steffen Mengel's kicking of the table at the end should be legendary - he actually moved the table with that kick.

Fan is playing people. Read the headlines!

Quadri Aruna!

Lol.. promoting your countryman with stealth... he played well.

You should either PM Suga D to speak honestly about the offer or just say that you accept or decline it without much comment. You are too new to table tennis to be acting like offers to get more experience with things should be turned down. I played with a year old sheet of Tenergy for most...

Archo, Higher level is acquired over a lot of matches. A specific match up or a specific problem with a specific strategy or shot or serve is about the player. For example, I am relatively weak against slow heavy topspin. I am also relatively weak at returning and reading heavy spin. That...

It's fine by me too. Level of play matters when making these statements. Is it possible to play at a high level using this cheaper stuff? Sure. But does the higher level of play do things to this cheaper stuff that most people who play at that level will find value in the more expensive...

The real problem is that you haven't used the rubbers yet and are speaking about them. I actually think you are right, and that Tenergy can reward lots of suboptimal technique when looping but you can't defend that position when you haven't used the rubbers before. Most of the players writing...