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Hahahaha - now I know who you are - not that many GMs in Australia. I used to be USCHESS 1900 (probably 1700-1800 ELO) and I used to read a lot of Ian Rogers articles. I never trained at an age when it mattered and we didn't have the computers back then people have today to get good back...

Put the camera on the right corner if you are both right handed players as you will both be playing forehands with your right hand and will have your back mostly on the backhand side for shots and serves (left side of the table) and will not block most of your shots from the camera - if you are...

The issues are more complicated than that. What you need to appreciate is that the Chinese are pushing in lots of athletes and producing lots of TT players and sending those at the very top to compete. One of the three greatest Nigerian and African players of all time, Segun Toriola, said he...

Watch the second video - the guy in Black is WAY too good. Would be fun to see him play kowabunga. In any case, I find the U2000 claims interesting. These guys, their serves are easily over USATT 2000. And that is where I usually start. But the touch of the T25 guy, while it is clearly T25...

Ahhh... that explains it...

Yes, I noticed that later - the rubber is not likely to be the same thickness as his forehand. I forget that old school players don't have over the table backhands so I tend to think that they are pushing with pips for some reason. But in any case, he is definitely a class player - amazing...

I wouldn't be surprised, but I think one guy is clearly better. And I think the match up is too lopspided for it to be just playing each other all the time.

Playing well is one thing, but technique does not lie. And other than the inability to read and play the pips ball or return the serve, the player in red did pretty well against balls he read properly.

I am probably the biggest opponent of the concept of a BH rubber. Such threads nauseate me. That said, as someone who has used the same rubber on both sides 95%+ of the time in my TT playing, sometimes even Chinese rubber, I think stroke speed and technique makes a big difference. My backhand...

The guy in blue is over 2200 - how much over, I am not sure. Could be as high as 2400, but I would need to see him play a better opponent. The guy in red is under 2200 - definitely over 2000 IMO, but not much less if under.

So you think the Chinese are superior in just "the attacking forehand". So things like serve and serve receive and short game play (remember that the average rally in table tennis is usually less than 4 shots) - where did that factor into your analysis? Rally strokes or sometimes third ball...

Archo got real strokes now... :cool:

The stroke in the link below - at 3 mins 55 sec in - is almost uniquely Chinese and is what many people think of when they think of the Chinese wiping out weak balls. If I was at home, I would have given you a better link from a better video. It is the ability to do such strokes that makes it...

Yes, but part of what happens on the first few balls is related to what happens when you make that mistake on the serve receive and let the opponent open. Not everyone can put away easy balls with the same level of power and that power at the higher levels is the difference between getting the...

Again, take kowabunga seriously only if you don't mind pulling your hair out with your own fingernails.

Ooops, wrong video ;):p:rolleyes: This is me:

These are my idols. This is me. Don't you dare laugh.

As I said, I have never read seen a good player frame the issue like this - maybe it is because good players contaminate the minds of each other. The good players even when looking at technique look at the other issues related to nature and nurture, especially if they have tried to develop...

I suspect you are being too kind and largely overestimating OP's level. I haven't met a good player who framed the issue like this, ever. Seriously.

More powerful forehands definitely play a role. But I agree with your overall point that you have to get a chance to use that forehand. There are lot of balls that Europeans simply spin up that the Chinese just eliminate. That counts for something over time. And it isn't always clearly...