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So in order to not sound cryptic, let me point out the influences on my game so you know my biases. Brett is obviously one. Brett believes in having uncapped technique on your strokes ans serves and footwork then using those strokes and serves to play and get better with experience. He tries...

Shuki, I get it. You have a good countering game. Conventional TT wisdom says that among level.players, he who gets in the first topspin wins 80% of the points. I don't remember upsetting a better player without getting in my fair share of first topspins. In fact, more than my fair share. I...

You pushed the ball way too much and got lucky that the long serves were not looped back at you. But you were playing someone who didn't threaten you so I guess you were relaxed. At one time, you served, got a long ball above net height, then pushed it. IF you do that against me, you probably...

Haha - and you have had some pretty great coaches too. I am doing that too so great point.

Believe it or not, you don't have to take the ball as early as possible if you have the right technique. Just do the right stroke and eventually, you will figure it out. It's actually better to wait for the ball and catch it at the right point in your stroke. It will not rush the opponent...

Yes. If your counter hit is like Persson's (I actually think Henzell's finishes too high for someone of his height), then yes, use the same motion to block. Someone described the motion as wiping the ball up and down with your wrist while hitting through it.

The block and the counterhit are very similar strokes with one just being a shorter version of the other. The problem is that if you don't have a proper counterhit motion, you can't have a proper block motion because the arm motions are exactly the same apart from the length. The inward turn of...

That said, it's not always easy to see someone with a grip and know how that grip expresses itself with play. There are some no-brainers (high fore finger, high thumb on face of paddle) and you interesting sometimes combine both. There are worse grips, but it is a huge credit to you to play...

Ahhh... maybe there was something else taking up my brain space and the problem with threads is that because of the notifications, you usually post where you last posted - it takes a lot for new topics to attract me. The transition from service logic, I fully get. It's one of my struggles with...

I remember that thread - we focused on all the wrong things. What is really wrong with your grip is how high the indexfinger and thumb are on the blade. The cocked wrist thing is minor. You need to get your finger and thumb lower to a truly neutral grip like the ones we displayed in the...

Master hitting the ball EXACTLY the way Jorgen Persson and Oh Sang Eu are doing it here in the first 30 seconds of the video - take the racket back, start at ball height and swing forwards (not upwards) into the ball. Finish at chest height at most (not head height), no matter whether you are...

This is a lower rated player so you got away with a lot of stuff, like long serves and high pushes. But that happens all the time. You are playing with a very interesting grip to say the least and because of how it limits your play, I can't stop focusing on it when I watch every stroke. Since...

So you didn't believe the hype... so you are not like your cookie monster namesake...

Kowabonga likes doing whatever gives him kicks. As long as you just don't get sucked too hard into the play, it all works out.

kowabunga rules... flawless victory!

ttmonster, Let's just say that if you read loopadoop's posts on other forums, you wouldn't be surprised by what he is writing. He has an inimitable writing and notation style and a unique approach to TT.

Looks like only Nevaskrov showed up amongst our usual crowd of big male players...

Most people put in one Bronze medallist, not two. It is unlikely that either winner guessed England.

Yeah. Come to think of it, that's probably a huge part of my problem as well. I remember SchemeSC asking me why I often reached out to the forehand with a very straight arm when flicking or returning serve and I might have given him some answer related to my recovery and bad movement, but its...

Did you try putting this in the review section?