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OK. There was the 2012 World Cup vs CCY where he flew in late. Not the World Tour but still an ITTF event.

ITTF said 2008 China Open so my memory may be playing tricks on me.

I think he lost to Lee Sang Su 0-4 in 2012. That's as far as I can remember.

IT's interesting that the vocalized appreciation for Bobrow has improved in recent times. Before, the people who used to complain about him were louder. Now I get the impression that the appreciation is louder.

Chen Meng is physically gifted. Zhu Yuling, it really comes down to experience.

The kid was only 10-15 pts below me officially. I was down 0-2 and had to come back. Had a couple of match points but could not convert. In the end, my game just has to get sharper.

I use the same rubber on both sides almost all the time with few exceptions. I haven't used Rakza 7 for an extended period, but it can't be that different from the Baracuda/Genius/Hexer generation. I would have stuck with Hexer but for my newfound spring sponge addiction. I think T80 might be...

Just finished a tournament day. Looks like I am changing equipment again. Lost the U2000 semis to an up and coming kid 15-17 in the 5th. Could not handle serves to my short forehand. I also did not record any matches as I forgot my disk in my infinite wisdom. Played my last 3 matches with...

How long you have been playing is largely irrelevant to the main point. We don't know how good a player you are, but there are world champions who have gone back to the basics to develop their strokes when they knew it was their main weakness. I for example spent a long time working on my...

http://www.samsondubina.com/coaching/stance

At some point, with all your cynical comments and skeptical snide remarks and negative questions, I am going to put you on timeout every time someone says something good or fantastic (too good to be true) about TT.

Yes, it is.

LOL. I wish it was that straightforward. He is using a Butterfly Andrejz Grubba, an ALL+ blade. Now, I could also have gotten/used one, but I remembered how much I liked the Sweden Extra and why I left it for something faster. The other thing was that Brett stressed the importance of being...

Good to hear. Seeing is believing, ultimately, especially when you are involved.

By the way, some of you have noticed that I switched back to the Yasaka (Sweden) Extra. If you are wondering why, then I will clue you in. Guess what blade my opponent in this video is using (the rubbers are Tenergy 80 FX).

So there is a guy at my club who has a 2500 coach. The coach has traveled though for a couple of months and in the past, the guy had worked with the two other main coaches at my club (me, I am a relative newbie to coaching). So he has decided to work with me (not sure how long it will last but...

Do a running forehand and chase the ball. On a more serious note, if you can get it right, go ahead and try. IT's just that the details are not easy to see when watching people and you need someone to walk you through it carefully or you can make a big mess of it, especially the timing of the...

I will give you $100 if you post video of any of this and it is anything close to correct. Most people have no clue what they are doing when they talk about forehand footwork. I usually tell people not to do it period unless they have a good coach.

The gap is not just a lot closer, it is actually in reverse for *some* players. Pros make money from their game and do not take unnecessary risks with it. The question is if you are getting Tenergy for free or for large discounts, why change? Drinkhall changed, but most players do not like...

There are rubbers that match Tenergy out there in performance. The issue is that nothing plays quite like it, especially Tenergy 05, across various stroke speeds. It's partly because they have a very specific process for putting air bubbles into the sponge. In any case, a lot of rubber...