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1. Don't throw the ball up. Loop out of your hand. Or make the toss pretty small and not a high one. 2. Or bounce the ball on the floor or table and then do your stroke. Both are different from tossing the ball up - they present a different kind of challenge and are helpful.

Here is another more obvious example - notice how the ball kicks out after the stroke. You would think that with all the effort he doesn't need it but he does it anyway. And Zhang Jike

That kid is good....

Too much topspin, too little sidespin.

Let me try to reproduce it again - there is pure snake draw and randomized snake draw. A pure snake draw has 1 and 2 on opposite sides then 2 plays 3 and 1 plays 4. At every stage of the draw, the higher rated opponent is guaranteed the lowest possible opponent he can play. So 1 would play...

When you remove the time between points, it is easy to watch any match in less than 10 minutes, usually 5 unless it is a pro 7-setter. Take this example. Or this: It just makes it easier to take interest. Watching match highlights when you don't know the players or the score is like a...

Just give me the whole match with all the points with the time between the points edited. That always provides more info than highlights. Even pros miss serves too.

I am saying that the amount of spin you get with the plastic ball is significantly less and that trying to get it to the same level with celluloid exposes you to injuries, yes. I would be seriously surprised if he hasn't experienced that people are countering his openings much more easily...

You are right, and these are highlights so it might be missing. But the point is that none of these serves tested your ability to attack over the table and the one or two in the highlights that came short were consistently pushed deep, with very few pushed short. Again, this is a matter of...

The injuries just haven't set in yet - we can revisit in a year or two.

Yes. There isn't enough short serving at the lower levels to contain the first attack. Not saying it would make a huge difference because these guys block and counter well, but it's always a good idea to see if someone is willing to fight for the first attack or not. No evidence of that in...

That's a guy whose ranking is going down with the plastic ball for sure.

Now that we have discussed the topic, look at how this guy who is hitting with a guy who we do not know is contacting the ball. Hopefully, you may see something you never noticed before. Like I said, this is advanced contact. I am showing it vs. an amateur so you don't think that he only does...

I guess you could call it topspin but it is mostly the result of what is more commonly called spin avoidance. I teach people to loop that way all the time. But some people have a hard time listening to me. It's the best way to learn to approach heavy backspin and topspin. I am largely a...

I serve more backhand and backspin - no spin. The forehand serves are more recent. Basically, I just look for a serve that my opponent is struggling with. The backhand serves I prefer for the reason you gave about recovery because I had no footwork and no forehand. Since I have the semblance...

Thanks. I am trying to serve short and fast and this makes the risk of going long a bit higher. I do have a high toss serve, but it is for my backspin/no spin combo - my pendulum and reverse pendulum tosses are not high. I try to make my first bounce and my contact height on my short and...

Also, note that in reality, the ball spins one and only one way even while affected subtly by air currents that decrease or increase its rotation in a certain direction. Corkscrew or sidespin etc. are just ways of describing aspects of that rotation. Even when it comes to serving, side top and...

I loop the same way so you will have similar problems against me. The thing is that there is no pure corkscrew spin in TT but you are right. The ball curves in the air because there is no way of getting cork without sidespin in practical table tennis. It just doesn't happen. In theory...

I use the corkscrew terminology to describe what most advanced loopers do. Side top and corkscrew are the same thing IMO. We can argue the distinction to death but it's potato - potatoe.

Thanks, guys. I am varying between backspin and topspin in the video. Is it obvious?