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When your rating is really higher than it should be and is artificially depressed by playing only in events that you are better than, then all is well, isn't it? That said, they both freely admit that they are not in the mood to compete with the better players and their peers consistently and...

I am trying to improve my forehand serves. I have only been seriously doing forehand pendulum and reverse pendulum serves for about a year and a half now. I think I finally have the right technique, but wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions. Thanks.

The angle is weird if you don't want to bend your wrist backwards or turn your body, but the advice is sound. Just re-orient your body slightly and do it. Or use your forehand to receive. OR get your elbow out well in front of you. That helps as well.

While I don't want to get into the details, what you also need to look at is the frequency with which these guys enter events that are higher than their actual rating. Because they don't play players that they can upset fairly often, they tend to stay in events where they can manage their...

Not too many people who started playing seriously after the age of 30 have beautiful games. There are a few, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. Many people who judge others start as kids, so they get taught the right stuff from start and don't know what it is like to learn seriously...

Honestly, it largely comes down to serve and serve return. And those things are not in the videos. As an adult learner, I have issues reading spin, but some people don't serve well enough to take advantage. If they do, then my level drops significantly. I have also worked pretty hard on my...

A former Australian national champion and coach without knowing my rating called me an above average club player two years ago based on the serve videos I sent him despite not having ideal form. He might have seen my match videos online but those where almost a year old at the time if not more...

Sounds like what I say all the time - people who post video of themselves playing tend to be far more careful and kind when evaluating the play of others.

I am about 2000 USATT (or as someone aptly put it, I play anywhere from 1950-2100, depending on health and opponent and my results largely reflect such). I have played at that level for a year despite health issues and rebuilding my entire game. I came to England recently and I was about even...

TTR or USATT?

This is good. Now you are getting real spin. Now you can have fun doing all kinds of things. But you had to get to this point first. Need to see your serve from the front before I can make any technical comments. For thr height, just get lower and contact the ball closer to the net...

In general, your left leg probably has to start bearing more weight. I get the impression that your right leg is much stronger and that you are comfortable staying on it without transferring weight to the neutral. IT should get better but try to feel weight on your left leg more in general.

We can talk about it in person sometime. I would just say that having a good organizer who is willing to keep things fair even when trying to grow the league matters. Allowing people to register very late after first matches were played or skip matches slated at other venues was just poor form.

There is no financial remuneration for many of those sports in the US as well, and honestly, with the possible exception of bowling and very recently chess, the financial remuneration is higher for those sports in the UK. MY point, which I really messed up, is that those sports are largely...

Canada is not as individualistic as the USA but it has many of the same problems that the US has when it comes to organizing and playing TT. Anyone disagree? I actually tried to play in a team league in the NY area. I put together a team of Philly area players and did the driving. In the...

The USATT does and it sanctions rated events. We don't have a focus on rankings separated from ratings. The ratings have their issues but they are pretty helpful for certain things.

You have often written such things Tinykin and I am never sure whether your conclusion is sourced in your ideological understanding of the US or the facts. There are lots of non-professional sorts doing very well in the US, both individual and team. TT in America just competes with too many...

Ratings are earned in tournaments based on a n ELO type system. There are individual leagues established in many clubs, but team leagues are being set up on a small but hopefully growing scale.

I play a lot of defenders and I don't dummy loop. And William Henzell does describe the no-spin loop on TTEdge and it's mostly a regular loop with a locked wrist. Hence my point that just vary the amount of spin on your loop and you end up in the same place. I loop with less spin to opponents...

Guys, he is obviously playing far from the table. You don't buy rocket launchers to play at the table.