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I wouldn't expect most people to serve any differently unless they have been taught how to serve by a good server. And since he cut the video to only include serves that were not missed, I can't tell whether he served some real backspin serves or not. IT might amaze you but I have seen better...

Multiball is usually how some people avoid this. That and hard training of course.

To post videos over 15 mins, you have to agree to something on youtube. I can't remember the process but that is all that is happening.

Stiga has made a spinny rubber????

How long is the whole video? And I don't mean the whole video, just the points is okay too. It might be file foremating as I have videos as long as 90 mins on youtube. Or maybe you haven't registered or done the things that permit you to put longer files on youtube.

One of the great things about TT is how so many people enjoy it no matter how bad or good they objectively are. Those of us who have pushed up the improvement cycle sometimes forget this. And we aren't professionals so enjoyment always comes first. So I think Andy's classification of the...

I think you've done pretty well. I wish I had the last video to see if I was overthinking this but the back to forth motion of the wrist looks much better and the arm on the whole feels much more relaxed as I watch it. How do you feel? The backhand looks much better. The forehand could do...

I would argue that it is really more about changing from a results driven mindset to a mindset that rewards hard work and process mostly and results secondarily. Once you praise people too much for how well they do as opposed to how much effort they put in or how they do it, you are setting up...

Tony, in anything this complicated, you know that there are a lot of hidden and emotional assumptions underlying any argument. Feng Tianwei for example speaks about the attention and good that her bronze medal did for her and the sport as it was only the second Olympic medal in their history...

Tony, The standards are not the same for every country. But if only China is winning the medals, then no one else is really investing in the sport. And while you may not agree, other countries winning medals and China getting shut out is healthy for the sport even if only in the short term...

No, you didn't say anything wrong. I was complimenting you. I think any disagreement you get from a player over 2000 USATT around you would be relative and not absolute - I would go as low as 1800 and I am pretty surprised that anyone around you would disagree - they may not be as aggressive...

For the second time in two months, someone walked behind me while I was forehand looping and walked into my backswing. The first time, it was at my home club and I had a cut on my hand. This time, it was at Westchester during my warm up and this was the result. People, stop walking behind...

David, You were trained in a proper TT environment. When I wrote that, I was trying to explain to people who were not how they were supposed to play. People like you and DerEchte understand it and know when you deviate, but some of this stuff is totally abstract to many adult amateurs.

Do I really need to confirm the first and only Rambo Looper is an aggressive player?

Hexer is a great rubber. Start with that.

That was one of the most impressive matches that I have ever seen Joo play. Extra points for beating a KNT teammate.

When he plays his fellow KNT members, he looks terrible. JY is making JSH look really bad.

I still prefer Hexer and Baracuda and Genius to all these newer rubbers. Just saying.

This is more up Shuki's alley: THE 5 SHOTS + RALLY FRAMEWORK Most TT matches at the high levels have a paradoxically low shot average per point, usually less than 4. Yet most players trying to improve paradoxically spend most of their time on rally shots rather than serves, serve receives...

Article 1 - the short summary: So, to cut a long story short, always be aggressive against the passive and easy ball. Your ability to make more and more returns from your opponent attackable is what determines your level as an attacker. It takes practice but if you train that way and don't play...