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That 10-9 point with Dima vs. Mizutani is one of the best examples of topspin smashing I have ever seen.

OF course because he is playing non-CNT hackers. FZD is CNT - finito.

The only things that clearly and immediately get rewarded when you improve technique are your serves and serve returns. When you think about it, they are the only things that guaranteed to show up in a point. But to go beyond that, you aren't going to improve much if you focus on all these...

Ma Long has no chance of beating FZD - pushes too much.... (that should get someone riled up and something started... tee hee hee)

IF we put aside the obvious technical issues that he has made work at a high level, the problem Dima has is how to find an practice partner that has as much power as Dima does and plays a better short game. Those do not exist outside of CNT.

Sponges come in different types so the effect of sponge is not always exactly the same. Broadly speaking, you can think about sponges in general as being some combination of pillow and trampoline and their ultimate effect on spin especially depends on how they interact with the pips/topsheet...

I know. Would still be good to hear his perspective. At any age, you have to want it. It's just much easier to want it or to self-select as a kid without much effort because a kid has fewer responsibilities.

I wish I was this smart earlier in my career... and even now...

To cut a long story short, work on stuff that addresses immediate problems in your game based on your point losing/winning patterns as at least 40% of your practice. This can be wrapped in with strategic stuff to make it 70%+ that makes it more valuable or be purely tactical at 40%. This is...

MX-S is the ultimate European rubber for Chinese play - I came to that conclusion after comparing it to MX-P and getting a better understanding of what MX-S is designed to do.

My point exactly, Der Echte. Props to you too. So the question here is how many of those guys played with fast setups?

It's largely because you don't play enough. Another story about me - in 2012, I had switched coaches and my new coach had helped me get to a new rating high in the 1500s or so. We then went to a tournament together and he watched me play (I went 1-10 or so on that day). After I lost my last...

As Carl said, I am talking about the fact that even the mental game improves when pressure situations are practiced. IF you play deuce alternating serve matches a lot, your game at deuce points improves. I play a lot of tournaments so i can write a lot about the mental game, especially in the...

Coming under the ball is fine. Maybe it's the video but it's not clear you are getting real backspin - the serves look like mostly sidespin to me even as you label them backspin. However, do realize that while curved trajectories look good, the ball is easier to manipulate in the hands of an...

Too much sidespin on all the backspin serves. That's my view at least. Your wrist action also looks much less than it could be.

Kevin, You are a smart man.

Get something more modern if you want to loop - if you don't at least get a Sriver/Mark V equivalent - Flextra is a bit too slow.

Tsuboi Assar Appolonia PF PA PF PA PF PA 8 11 11 6 11 8 5 11 6 11 11 5 11 9 5 11 9 11 8 11 8 11 11 8 11 7 11 7 7 11 11 4 11 4...

98g is not going to happen. Lots of good blades that are cheap once you reduce the weight. Ask for a heavy Appelgren AR Exclusive or a heavy Yasaka Extra.