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Table tennis (and TTEdge) helped me understand what positive thinking is really about. That's why I liked Shuki's post. Positive thinking is not about making good things happen per se. Positive thinking is about getting the body ready to perform at its best. Let's take an example of...

This is a classic post. For real.

Abacadabra... hocus pocus... look, your backhand is fine now.... But wait, you have H3 Neo on your BH... But wait, you expect us to be able to help you without seeing you play...

You have an advanced stroke already and hit the ball a lot like I do. Your stroke comes round the side of the ball and doesn't play over the ball so you get more side topspin than pure topspin. IF you want more pure topspin, make sure your racket is parallel to the floor as opposed to pointing...

No, he is using a rating from the 1980s and using it to describe himself repeatedly. The other thing is that we are trying to give someone a compliment. OF course we know that he may be 1000 if we play tournaments for all we know because he can't return a sidespin serve. Everyone has a range...

Everyone has personal preferences. I have a designed head heavy blade for swing practice so I don't feel head heaviness as much anymore, but I try to avoid it because it can make recovery of the wrists from whip motions challenging. But this is not all or nothing.

The senso V1 has this hollow handle that I personally want no part of. If you can make it work for you, great.

I have responded to you already but the bottom line is that it hardly makes a difference. Obviously it is easier to loop with some rubbers and block with others but the real differentiator is always the hours spent training and the reliability of your technique relative to your practice hours.

It's not as uncommon as you think. The problem is that over time, unless you are training, the brain resets to producing the same quality of shots you demanded from it earlier. When you switch equipment, it has to be a long term choice based on specific desired results. Short term fixes will...

It doesn't matter as much as you think it does. Just continue to train, pick something and stick with it, and all will be well. Whether you are on the best training program in the world or not, everyone goes through funky and tough times. Eventually, as long as in addition to your technique...

At every level, rallies end if you get in the opening loop most of the time. The exception is when you are playing good blockers/defenders and this is your real problem, not your practice partner's level. There are many 2000 level players who cannot defend - they just try to attack before you...

Higher than kukamonga. That's all you need to know.

By the way, here is me practicing my serves. I don't serve faults on this serve in matches and you can see why.

BTW, Carl is a master server. People who don't realize this (and Carl probably doesn't realize this himself) are not in tune with high level service technique. When Carl describes the service motion for his hook like the motion for using a drumstick to hit a drum, he sounds like Brett who...

I'm obsessed with serves sometimes so that is not the problem - just don't miss 6 of them in a match! And my favorite serve video... And my second favorite...

Yeah. Your 1400 rating is as valid as 1900 rating in chess from 2003 - as in who the heck knows?

Hahahaha... the most difficult piece of footwork for the two winged looper in all of table tennis... The most important thing is to turn your shoulders first. IF you do that, the rest will make sense. The other part is that you need to hit the ball before your left foot touches the ground.

You can't fool me with your "1400" rating anymore... lol...:p

A friend and I said that we wouldn't be surprised if one day, FZD suddenly stopped losing to everyone and went on a 1 year winning streak or something like that.

Carl channeling his inner clown. What's next? Face paint to intimidate opponents before playing matches? Hmmm.. we could paint the left side of your face red for when you hit a backhand and the right side black for the forehand...