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Fan Zhendong is not going. I think when you think about what he signifies for the future of the sport, the fact that he hasn't played one yet because of the two players per nation rule is pretty amazing.

The ignore list is extra cool!

Efficiency is one thing, but then there are the persistents - as in, those kids that rally so persistently well that if you decide you don't want to move, you will lose the match because they will hit the ball to places that you just don't like. When I play those kids, I wish I had footwork to...

In decisions such as these, I usually find consistency reasonably important when judging whether a decision was fair or unfair. Moreover, I see no reason why Boll should be treated any differently from say Samsonov with respect to this kind of decision.

From the host's perspective, definitely Kallberg. As someone pointed out, the tournament has missed Samsonov for a while as well. Would the tournament not be better with him? Ultimately, not everyone can play.

The way I see it is this - Mizutani's relies more on away from the table defense than other top players and is sometimes seduced by playing it as a match strategy because it can win him points against players who are inconsistent or who don't practice sufficiently against it. In fact, one of...

Welcome Debo! Have fun here

On mytabletennis.net, someone made some very good arguments. He pointed out that in 2011, there was LEgout and MAttenet. In 2012, it was Pitchford and Drinkhall. In 2013, Germany had 3 spots and Belgium didn't try to get the 2 that had been customarily established at that point. In other...

I guess my description of things sometimes assumes too much knowledge of my situation on the part of the reader - I need to get better at the full context. IMHO, footwork is not the same thing as movement. Footwork is learning and drilling the technically correct ways of moving to the ball...

A pity. But sometimes, it's frustrating how susceptible Timo Boll is to injury and illness. But I think he will also be obviously ranked high enough if he plays more events.

What is the co-ordination ladder?

Great post, but you weren't disagreeing with anything I said. Part of the disconnect, and I have to stress this, is that my posts are usually directed to adults who are learning the game and not people who were lucky enough to drill and train for hours as children - children need to learn...

Thanks for the kind words. Let me take the opportunity to add a few things for Liten about the players. By the way, that is one of Alex "Breaking 2000" Polyakov's best wins. Wetzler is the current VICE-state champ of PA and I think he might have won last year, though we sometimes get the odd...

Since just about every expert player here is unable to grasp what you are saying, they are either all stupid or you are just a compound, stubborn fool. You probably don't realize that it is possible to hit/smash backspin, but if you did, then you might actually get a better idea of what your...

I'm not surprised no, because I watch myself a lot. Movement in the sport is more than a little overrated at the lower levels. The reason better players do is is because their opponents force them to move. Also, they have played a lot and trained a lot of footwork so they know where to move...

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Tournament will probably end too late for me to hop over, more so because I am not coming alone. Will do it some other time.

Ah, so that's where PNatchwey gets his inspiration - The Princess Bride - he thinks I (or we) committed a crime against his family! Meet the real Pnatchwey and see why our arguments have no effect on him!

The Korean flavor was perfect.

All I will say is that I need to be forced to avoid anyone's backhand. My game is about inviting a backhand battle. The way you make me avoid your BH is to go down the line. Otherwise, I will go to your backhand and exchange with impunity. Pushing to anyone's backhand can be suicidal - it...