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Hit downwards. Most topspin strokes are upwards or upwards and forwards, even when relatively flat. No body hits a ball along the bottom unless they are pushing heavy backspin. The point of a flick with some measure of backspin is that you do not want the opponent to simply block and get the...

In general, these "how do I play against X" posts were generally answered in a book by Larry Hodges and if you don't buy the book, you can find the advice in his tips on the internet. The truth is that if you are young, you simply beat any style by ... you guessed it, playing good table tennis...

Hit downwards on the back of the ball or with a fairly flat motion. Ball has to be high of course and the flip will feel relatively heavy and need to be lifted. I do it all the time in matches when I don't want to flip with spin into a blocking or hitting opponent.

Yes. Especially when a blade is great for looping and will turn my good forehand loop into a great forehand loop.

You love fast blades tho. I like the blade but when someone says a blade is great for looping, I want to see their loop so I can get an idea of what they are really saying.

Can you post a video of your loop, laistrogian? I don't find the IF ZLC particularly special.

JeffM, The other thing is that different blades even of the same exact type play differently. Wood is a living thing. Weight matters. So unless you get the exact blade you tested, you may not like the one you ordered that is different. TT is like that. In the end, the more you use a blade...

For members in the Tristate area, Brett will be at Westchester Table Tennis Club. On Wednesday evening giving a clinic on serving. Definitely recommended if you are under 2200 or just want to work on your serves. http://www.westchestertabletennis.com/events.asp?id=64

Ah... your eyes are better now ;).

To get better faster, you need to learn to read and loop a variety of spins, sometimes with control and more spin, sometimes with power and more speed. The key reason why getting a good control loop helps is that being able to put spin on the ball against an opponent who is not ready to go...

Sure we can agree to agree while you keep on pretending to be arguing in good faith. And no, you are not frustrating me. It's always fun to have a chance to speak about something I enjoy speaking about. Even if the person I am speaking to pretends to be listening while they aren't. The other...

This is just devil's advocate speak and I am not sure you understand whip mechanics so you might just be having a meaningless disagreement with me. When you are looking at whip mechanics, you are looking not at some black or white thing, but at the efficiency of the motion used to generate...

Both players use whip mechanics. The problem is not their whip mechanics, but that they use these whip mechanics to play risky and relatively flat games. You see short whip mechanics all over DeWitt's game (he would be toast without it) and M's real problem is that he plays a forehand punch...

Well, if I am accelerating my racket at a certain speed to generate spin and power, you think you can just wave your racket at my ball and consistently stop it without any attempt to accelerate your racket even over a short distance? If so, good luck with that. It's a good theory, but the real...

OSP, every advice I give is in the context of the specific player. JeffM has some issues with health, but I doubt they are as and hope they are not as severe as mine. He is also young and seems to have a fairly fast swing. What he needs to develop is the timing to put more of that swing speed...

Both of you are on the inferior end, to be honest. You really need to learn and embrace the concepts of spin, semi-circular strokes, whippy swings and thin/thick contact. I don't think that your problem is your foot positioning or anything like that. The problem is that you were playing...

He really should start his own thread.

Hurricane is a relatively slow rubber. That is a part of the reason his swing is large. In all honesty, I am not sure what the point of the drill is, other than maybe as a short ball to the forehand, long ball as you are backing out drill, and I am not sure whether I could do much better on...

Every criticism is part of a system and should be tailored to how you want the player to play. All my post is pointing out is that you should be more detailed about what you are criticizing and place it in context. We should all take our comments on the play of others as seriously as we want...

I think Archosaurus and Shuki made comments that are neither here nor there, but need to be placed in context of the specific situation. I agree on the Hurricane comment but it all depends on where JeffM wants to take his game. Most of Hurricanes advantages show up in the short game and at the...