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Hello! Have been a long time lurker here. Held pretty good level when i was "active" for ten years ago. Needed motivation so changed to penhold for maybe 14 months ago. Unfortunately due to health issues, mostly with dizziness and blurry vision i have not practiced for maybe 11 months. Have been...

My experience is that if players have a hard time to brush the ball it can be easier if they try to hook the ball and hit on the right side. I think this help getting the correct forearm snap motion. Also important to have the racket high. If you drop to much the ball will be so much higher so...

If it is the push Pistej and Karakasevic is great at i think it is very nasty but also very hard to read the correct amount of backspin and topspin. Personally i think it is easiest against short sidespin shorts. Feel like it is hard to the opponent to read whats in the ball. Often are a bit of...

I think many short pimples will be pretty similar to backside. Need to go medium pips or faster anti.

will add this: - maybe the ball before the opening loop have to little quality - do not get these balls in matchplay. serve and return so you get topspin against you - but maybe a non issue? if you know they will counter you van be ready to block - just practice opening loops and it will get...

How are you going to eat and sleep? I think the best would be to get tabletennis at the school time. I find this ambitious but i also think it would be hard to do long term and get quality. Especially with the early mornings. I coached Truls in his first club, and pretty sure he got training in...

I do not find it justified to burn so much money on one rubber sheet if you an hobby player. Maybe it is just me that need to get payed more haha

I think you need a good forehand attack. The opponent need to be afraid of something, otherwise they will just loop soft and are not forced to errors. I personally think short pimple choppers or twiddlers are really nasty. Very hard to play a hard stroke if the opponent do not know the spin in...

Your ambitions are impressive! With this attitude you will get better with any technique. Technique is also so relative! All players do differently and coaches focus on different things. Like some others in this thread say, as long as it is good quality and work in match play it is good. This...

Good players counter loop hard on opening loop.

Better to step out: - moves faster forward. Better to learn to step in/jump in on left leg. - need to have body with weight forward to be able to play the stroke forward, as we need especially on topspin. - if you are close you get on the heels and can not move well - hopefully you get a...

I think everyone do a bit differently, as long as the quality is good but in general: Push from the ground with legs and maybe belly out then forearm if you have little time or if the ball comes deep but mostly arm. If the ball comes slow and not so deep i think people tend to try to use the...

I find the exercise too difficult. Would be easier if you know where the block is going. Also think just hitting in the air, like you are throwing the racket as far away as possible with backhand and forehand. Can not get energy into the ball if you arent relaxed. Then do the same with multiball...

I think if you tell a player to hit on top of the ball, then they are forced to close the racket angle and can only hit back and forward. But probably easier to just close the racket angle, then you are forced to hit on top of the ball, than back and forward. As long as it works for you i think...

Haha you make this way more difficult than it is :D

I think this: - get a playing style and idea of how you want to play. Do not need to be good at everything, use your strengths and practice that, awell how to get there from serve return. . Practice serve and return. To be able to do the above - Still use your playing style but try to change...

Hard to compare. Spin was much more heavy with 38 mm ball i believe so could not play the same as today. Even with todays bh flips and counter loops i think it would be harder with the older ball. Also playing Waldner or Gouliang with nasty hiddens serves and they get to serve five in a row must...

A friend have used it for a couple of months. He likes it more than the other stiga blades.

But surely the equipment matter. Without grip he can not make good spin, and with more grip he can make more spin.

Only watched forehand. Agree with another user. Much better to play much slower, get more balls on the table and learn how to move. Try to move first and then hit. Maybe filming your legs will make it more evident that you are not moving. Forehand i think is a little better, less armswing good...