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I don't drop the paddle, I just straighten the arm a little. IT looks like I am dropping the paddle but I am not. In fact, the higher the ball, the more I have to stay at the height of the ball. The most important thing is to brush - if the ball goes long, come around the side more and finish...

\ Since there weren't more than 5 serves, they were virtually all your favorite then :p.

Always do what your coach says and take him comments/insights from other people. One thing you should realize is that at the amateur levels, many things are possible but as you get better, limitations in amateur technique become easier and easier to expose. But in the end, you should always...

You are going to have to come around the side of the ball more but usually, you want to catch a ball on the rise or on the fall when looping, depending on your preferred timing. Even "the top of the bounce" is usually on the very early fall. Off the bounce with a few exceptions is the late...

Generating sufficient arc and topspin is hard with a low finish - most people who do this end up side swiping the ball in some way, especially if they want to get power, and get more sidespin then topspin when they come across the body. Boll compensates with extremely fast wrist action, more...

There are few reasons but the easiest one to understand is recovery - finishing on the same side of the body facilitates you entering the ready position, keeps you in balance and lets you transition most easily. The second one is holding line of site with the ball longer. Most people need to...

Yes, you've identified it. Some people would call it finishing on the same side of the body but other people like to say that the topspin must go over the eyes. There are some pros who finish lower, but they have some mechanics and other things that let them get away with it and there is...

I purposely left this out but now I realize that I wasn't looping at the beginning of the first video so people don't see my technique. But I would like people to compare my technique and see if they can spot it. In the first video, I start looping about 6 minutes into the video. The others, I...

There was no trap - it was just an excellent rally which matched BLUE's description. FZD felt that his forehand should overpower Ma Long's backhand in a consistency battle, but the blocks didn't let him get good shots off and Ma Long made an excellent but clearly imperfect counter - I call it...

Here is my theory - his real problem is that Dima is a bully - he is used to having more power than his opponents and overwhelming them with his power. I compare him to Sharapova - once the opponent does not have any trouble with his power, he has no real plan B. That is why his German...

I decided to post this because of a recent web board post. This is an illustration of my improvement on what Brett Clarke called "the number one mistake" that amateurs make on the forehand topspin. First video is the old technique - the two last videos are more recent. I have bad knees so I...

I guess "constructive and negative feedback" are not as welcome as the OP suggested.

I prefer the arc of fx-p though Grip is the more advanced rubber.

T05FX, T80 and T80FX are all options as well. I know people with excellent BHs who use them with the plastic ball. Me, I am sticking with MX-P on a slower blade.

Blades often have different sizes depending on the design. You have to know the two particular blades to be sure.

Don't worry about it. I wouldn't pay that much for a blade unless it was a collector's item from a top player unless they cut the money out of my fighting hand while I was dying.

How much do you want for it, Shuki? What's the weight?

I tried the black tag Viscaria of a club member - felt so much different and better.

It seems that Carl and you are speaking past each other. The reason why you finish on the same side of your body for the most part is to hold the line of sight with the ball for as long as possible. When you finish across your body, there are minimum height requirements (somewhere above the...

Timo Boll also subtly changes the length and size of his movement but not as much as others given his focus on spin. He is predominantly a spin player and developed his style in the era of the 38mm ball. The feature of his style that translated to the 40mm ball era was the close to the table...