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David, when you are around better players, you just absorb things from them. A lot of real learning occurs because of mirror neurons. If archo had someone qualified telling him what to do or to watch in person, he would not be asking the question. This is not something you tell someone...

So let's take archo at his word for a second. I am watching a TTEdge video about footwork that William Henzell made a while back. In this video, he discusses the situation that Archo seem to be describing (high ball short over the table that requires and over the table topspin). The first...

David, would you advise a 1400 player to loop short balls over the table? DerEchte, your solution is better but why not just force the kid to show some damn video before giving him too much advice? He was getting looping lessons from Carl and now he wants to flick and loop balls over the table?

Video?

Usually, it is better to post exciting and competitive matches but I will post matches where I played Freddy Krueger vs. medium pips. I think the biggest benefit of going back to Tenergy 05 is that I don't have to drive the ball past pips players most of the time. I can get them to block off...

Softer rubbers are usually better unless you have good arm acceleration. If lifting underspin is the goal, the Baracuda is usually good but he needs good technique on a variety of shots.

What do you glue with?

Those robot balls are pretty short even if they do come off the table and you are taking them pretty early, which is easier for the backhand to do with a loop and harder for the forehand given how you are doing it. The one thing I will stress is that when using a robot, one has to be careful...

I was dead serious when I said I will never wear Nexy clothes because it is a weed leaf. Really, Carl?:p

Robert is ready to defend those points too ;).

So last week, I forgot my camera for the Tuesday league. I played league on Saturday but fewer higher rated players come. The one who came didn't want to test his skills against mine, so we both largely beat up in everyone else and then went home. Playing more especially and using Tenergy 05...

Just try anything answer see how he plays. It is better to play with something you have tested and liked than you just spend money and see what happens. He can loop with anything. Unless we see his technique, we can't say whether he should be using something this fast or not. I am backhand...

If I boost Hexer, I prefer it to many of those rubbers.

That's an odd question but I will let Baal answer. ESN makes just about every popular euro rubber not named Tenergy with a few exceptions made in Japan and China.

Just compare the strokes you use for both results and you will figure it out.

The pot leaf is why I don't use Nexy stuff. I usually test it, but when push comes to shove, even if I like it, I think about what message I am sending to my opponent by wearing that stuff. Given all the kids that play this sport, you can see why I don't wear it. It's unfortunate that they...

Not just low spinny pushes - low balls period - spinny pushes are just the ones that you can kinda make reliably low in practice - pushing no spin low is a bit harder for most people. The basic loop with proper form is ideally suited to deal with the lower balls. IF you aren't playing...

I think it was and Schlager seemed to be ready for it and treated it as such. But I have seen many of KLH's opponents do something entirely different and dumb with that serve. Those same opponents would probably not struggle with a pendulum serve. But when they saw that serve, they just...

The jumping is not really jumping though you probably were a bit higher than most - many people jump similarly when looping powerfully or smashing - to rotate that fully with that stroke - you do need sometimes to lose contact with the ground for the weightless feeling of full rotation. The...