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It's best to post video if you want proper feedback. You have been given good advice which may or may not help with your specific case.

While it is a preference issue, there are things that factor into the preference. How deep or shallow your grip is is one of them. People with grips lower on the handle or shallow grips prefer straights usually as they like a uniform feel wherever they hold the handle. People with grips higher...

No more posting here for me until after your tournament is over. I have found someone with your grip BTW so it will be fun after the tournament to compare tour games. He is a leftie though

Der_Echte, Was at a Korean tournament in Lansdale, PA today. Where were you?

I got it from Brett. Not sure his source. Usually, coaches or statisticians review matches and look at statistical patterns. The average length of a point is pretty short (3-4 shots in most studies) so that places a premium on serve, receive, third ball, fourth ball and fifth ball. Rallies...

Yes. Off center contact.

The pop is a speed glue effect/ boost sound. Don't bother with it.

IT all depends on how well your rubber stretches. Boosted rubbers or speed glued rubbers just stretch and pop differently. You are a student but if you ever bought or tried Calibra sound or a boosted EL-P, you would know what I mean.

The noise in the Andy Pereira video is from a loud rubber. Not all rubbers will sound like that unless you boost them.

Give adult players a break - they are so focused on getting the ball on the table that all things technical are largely secondary. And ask a typical coach in the US to explain why you need to counterhit that specific way and not this specific way and you will get largely answers that are as...

Yes, but the block is a shorter version of your drive/topspin. If you have a technically incorrect drive, you will often have a technically incorrect block unless you have trained the correct technique for a period.

Yes, this is part of the technique. I would just say you need to relax your wrist and turn your forearm inwards but people think about this stuff differently. The turn the wrist over advice is correct. The problem is that people don't do it instinctively unless it is built into their hitting...

In case people think that Ma Long never spins up the ball or has never practiced it in his life... I know this thread is about looping contact, but ultimately, it comes down to the fact that no one can hit the ball one way every single time. Even Timo Boll. His style is relatively softer in...

I had a whole response written out. I used to think that spin was all about the rubber, but as you get better, you realize that all spin is about the blade and the rubber - it is all a matter of degree. The ball can't move fast unless you get good impact. That said, for ANY spin shot, the...

You forgot equipment. EVerything is spot on. Just remember equipment. EDIT: I see Carl pointed it out.

I don't see any disguise at all - I think you are overthinking this. His follow through is part of the full motion for his stroke - it's one of the things that people who focus only on contact get wrong about stroke theory. A different follow through often indicates a different stroke because...

All great advice. I would also recommend stuff from Samson Dubina's blog or Larry Hodges blog for playing your first tournament

I told you exactly the same thing. This is all for after the tournament. Right now, you just play hard until the tournament. That said, remember that you have a lot of time to play TT. Don't take anything in TT so seriously that it makes or breaks you. IF you enjoy playing with your grip...

Lots of approaches to grips. You can have a grip for every shot if you want to play that way - I know kids and other players who do that and I was on that track too sometimes. I now prefer the approach that ttmonster and myself have taken - keep it simple. Of course, you need to find a grip...