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We need to stay on topic. We just need to decide which one. :rolleyes:

Hit with or hit on? But the way, I use Omega V Asia which is arguably slower than Tenergy 05. I prefer it largely because of the variation I can get on my loops. But I wouldn't tell anyone to go back to Mark V or Sriver to get a better loop. If that is what you want to do, don't do it...

Usually, most blocking is built into counterhitting technique. So the full counterhitting motion of most top players who are seriously counterhitting is a whip motion that closes over the ball. A block is simply a short version of this motion or a forehand topspin. Therefore a proper block...

OK - fine - I rebuilt my technique with Big Dipper and enjoyed it. Slower rubber than Tenergy 05. Not a bad idea to go slower to rebuild technique!

Who made him look like a trash talker over this matter? Is it fair that you are talking about people doing something that no one did?

Your personality is quite testing so I don't blame them to be frank. I hate to say it but I have siblings like you so I know the personality type. If I can't change them, I won't pretend I can change you. At least my association with you is voluntary. With them, it is mandatory.

Coaching to student is a specific relationship. Better players teach worse players all the time and vice versa. It's hard as a worse player to tell when a better player is teaching you the right thing or the wrong thing. Many people confuse better technique with the ability to hit the ball on...

If they are happy to listen to you, by all means, coach them. In life, we get what we deserve.

Coach someone and tell them to close the paddle more when blocking heavy topspin. See what happens. Then let me know why you think it is bad advice. Do the same and tell them to raise the paddle higher vs heavy topspin. I don't say things from rationalization, I say things from experience.

ttmonster, Everything I have watched so far is at a good level and I have nothing easy that I could really add to your game based on the few things I saw in the video. My specialty is arm mechanics and strokes and yours are very solid - I could substitute your game for mine and vice versa with...

When better players told me these things, I learned over time to just keep quiet and try it out in the hopes of one day figuring it out. It took me 2 years to understand what someone meant when he said you needed only one topspin stroke in table tennis. One day, you might figure out why it...

You need more zen in your life, Archo. How pros learned and think is not on video. If you pretend to do what they do without learning or the right thought process, the results will often be very different.

IMO, Andy, I think you will realize, hopefully not when it is too late, that you don't experiment with your technique enough. You are always playing shots when you are early to the ball and on time and the ball is above net height. I tell people that this is what builds anxiety when you have...

Practicing with a partner has more benefits once you understand your technique and your primary focus is on reading the partner and the ball. Quality of said partner also matters and the lower the level of the partner, the more work you need to put into making the practice work. When you are...

IMO, this is very right and very underestimated. I wouldn't say necessarily improve technique but it might be semantics - I would say understand your technique better. Experiment with different contact points on the ball, experiment with different stroke trajectories. Experiment with spinning...

IMO, this is very wrong. Very wrong.

Everything you have said is on the money. But I keep telling people that this is not a sport where you win points for looking good. I look bad because I don't have good knees but my mechanics are often correct as far as my arm usage but some people will tell you I have no technique (I am now...

FWIW, I don't believe in using traditional rubbers to do anything in TT related to topspin unless you just like to use them for the blocking. Advanced topspin is just harder to play with Mark V etc. What I do for cost and commitment reasons is to start most of my students on Dawei XP 2008...

I know Parvis. The key thing here is that you are both close to the table loopers - that is part of the problem - therefore, your loops will tend to have lower and more easily blockable trajectories. Sometimes, you have to let the ball drop a little and load it up as a variation or use some...

Here is NextLevel vs JP. This a long time ago and my game has changed slightly. That said, I would play JP similarly to the 5th game in terms of strategy. But whether I would beat him I don't know - he beat some people at FIT that were pretty good.