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No - I was saying that this is what FZD was relying on, but Ma Long obviously practiced pivoting that wide especially for him. FZD should have relied on a more deceptive scenario with two possible locations and then get ready to play the point out - Ma Long was baiting that ball. You can't...

Here is the proposed first drill:

I am not that old, you know. Diseased but not that old ;).

Yes. IF you look at the World Cup Final, to shut that down, what Ma Long did was serve straight into FZD's backhand and start and early pivot. What he banked on was that FZD would have faith in how wide his banana curves (FZD is not a power banana like Dima on those plays). Of course, we all...

I don't have any video to post here yet but this thread is about killing the robot (or your multiball partner) when practicing. Feel free to practice something crazy like putting the robot on superheavy backspin and performing 10 Ma Long loop kills or something like that. Don't get injured...

Sure - so what should the first shot be?

I will open a thread and try to film something this week. My knee has been killing me. Should we allow editing or not?

I have always felt that the Banana flick would lose its "importance" over time. The real issue initially was that most people were used to being safe when serving short heavy backspin. So the original issue was that they were not trained to attack the fast topspin or side-topspin ball after...

The main things that worked against FZD were nervousness and a lack of experience. I watched the match again and concluded that Fan is still too tactically and psychologically immature to coach himself through a match like this. I don't believe that XX or ZJK would have failed to find ways of...

Both 05-FX and FX-P are hard and spinny enough to be used on the FH and BH - it all depends on your style and approach to the game. If someone stuck me in a tournament and said that I had to play with a racket with both sides having either rubber, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72305&PID=885932&title=committing-to-offense-vs-playing-recklessly#885932

If you try to play with fast with short quick strokes away from the table, H3 Neo is harder to use on the BH so you won't see it in the pros on the backhand unless with a custom sponge that pros will have access to. Many amateurs use it, especially those that play close to the table in China or...

It all depends on what you are trying to do. Slower or tackier rubbers require relatively larger strokes, while faster or grippy rubbers with catapult require shorter strokes. The problem is that the catapult can interfere with a desire to make hard, spin drive contact on a low ball. But...

Chen Qi had a lot of training attention and opportunities - in fact, some people felt that Liu Guoliang liked him too much and that he got too many relative to his results. Zeio, the Hong Kong contributor on MyTT, translated an article in a post that (I think Li Xiaodan) says that Chen Qi's...

First of all, I believe that most serve practice should not be done at the table! People who practice serves mostly at the table never develop good spin on their serves! This video gives a flavor, though at TTEdge, there is a step by step series on the serves you already do. Other videos...

I don't agree with the details as contact point is not the same thing as resulting spin. The real issue is that a sidespin ball lacks stabilizing topspin and is more risky to hit hard and fast. Since the Chinese prioritize speed over trickiness, they will usually look for the power shot.

These is the best videos I know for learning the backhand loop and backhand flick and I am not as convinced as some that FZD falls in the Chiquita category. I believe he definitely uses both.

IT is an attempt to minimize the impact of random unfairness as much as possible. It's that simple. IT doesn't mean it is a perfect solution, but the attempt is meaningful. It's the same in all other sports where opponents play on two halfs of a court. Some players never switch in practice...

One week of short push training with the proper footwork led me to exactly the same conclusion.

There is a Chinese national Champion named Xu Xin who also happens to be the best doubles player in the world. He might just go in as #2 given that he beats everyone not named Ma Long.