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Princeton Pong, Lily TTC and NJTTC at Westfield are all close to train stations so you can go to any one of them by train (you might need a short ridge at Princeton).

My family is aroubd so it is going to be interesting. Most suitable club for me is my home club, then Princeton Pong, then Lily Yip TTC. None of these are in NY though.

Combine that with not responding to so many people as if you know what you don't know and you will get a perfect score.

Archo, unfortunately, you still writwant a lot of things that show you have ways to go. Just a lack of self awareness I guess.

Yes, it is, but there are nuances that you need to be aware of and for most people, it is better to have a stroke that you can adapt to multiple balls, including tricky ones, than to have a stroke that you can only use when the ball is easy (which is what most lower rated players already have by...

To get proper feedback, you have to share some videotape.:p

Pot calling the kettle black,,, But seriously, the nuanced differences in the top CNT strokes are part of what makes them so appealing to watch, but are also part of what leads many people astray in wanting to play like them and copy their techniques. If you have good coaching and train a lot...

And the 10 year old almost always plays everyday. Who wants to bet that the 30 year old does the same?

Someone once asked a top player whether he holds the racket the same way for forehand and backhand. The player said yes. Then the person asked the player to show the forehand. The player showed it. Then the person asked the player to show the backhand. The player showed it. The person...

IMO, even those warm up strokes are relatively advanced and there are better players for amateurs to emulate but to each his own. Ma Long has multiple forehand swings adapted to a lot of balls and his shot selection is supported by his experience and training (physical) and footwork. Its just a...

Ma Long is one of the worst player for a learner to imitate - his technique is very advanced and he has multiple swings, many of them consequences and components of his extremely tricky game. Zhang Jike's swings are far less varied and much easier for an amateur to imitate and understand. They...

Brett likes to say that if you read the spin correctly, you can do almost anything to the serve. Sometimes, when I play my junk style against better players, I do much better than if I play with straight topspin. It's pretty simple to explain why. When they see straight topspin, they can...

JP is way too advanced (Mark is too, but at least, his age and style allow for discussion). There is an old lady in my club that I wish he could play. Her max rating is 1600 and she is really more like 1400 if you know how to play pips, but I am sure Archo will not get a game. Maybe Boogar...

I was once 1200 and I am not sold that Archo would beat a 1200 player. Technique is not everything. And I was not the training and looping 1200 player either - I was a hitter and blocker with some coaching.

Ben is actually a 2100-2250 player (he is top 200 in England IIRC). A lot of his stuff is thoughtful and intelligent and often correct at the basic level and even if not at an advanced level it has merit. As a good coach once told me, coaches disagree all the time, and not always in ways that...

The more nuanced and useful video because it actually looks more closely at what they do even with their supposed neutral grips. A nuanced video, but not telling you what happens even with a neutral grip.

I don't play penhold, and I don't understand it enough to coach it. I don't pretend to try. I can probably teach forehand loops and basic serves but anything else is beyond me.

You are really stubborn about these things so good luck.

I think all the videos have something for you.