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Training again today. Partner didn't show so no footage. Day mostly consisted of blocking and looping. I'm still spinning the ball too much, but I think I'm inching towards a better shot. Maybe 2% of my shots during the day were proper based on how fast they came out vs how little I put in and...

I'm not sure that the Chinese players' low backswing against topspin is a mistake per-se. It's probably not fully optimal, but I think sometimes you need techniques with a safety net. Like you say in that very video, starting lower and going up can be safer than trying to start at the 100% ideal...

It might not matter terribly much in the future once everything is homogenized and everyone has the same tech, but for now, it really does matter if it was made in Germany or China. It definitely matters for cars! :P I think Loki is the first Chinese brand that has acquired similar/same...

Hit a bit more today, no usual partner, but there were some decent players. One good H3 user showed me a bit how to properly hit with my setup. According to him maybe every 4th or 5th is good, but the others are "too brushed and slow". I don't yet fully appreciate what's the technical...

I'm pretty sure that rubber's made in China, so...

Sure, probably not more inconsistent than his return will be in hindsight. And he gets to practice serving with more spin.

Would an useful drill be to have my partner push my serve with spin and I just try to get it over the net with my arm only? Then when I can do that in my sleep, slowly add some more backswing and body into it?

@blahness Thanks for the detailed explanation. I've been told the same, especially by H3 users at my club. "Hit more!". To me it feels like I'm always barely missing the ball and just grazing it with the topsheet. I think I can do it better when I hit a ball I fed to myself, but not against a...

Really? I'm usually told I over-rotate. https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/attachments/loop1-png.43461/ https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/attachments/loop4-png.43464/ That looks like about 70deg or more to me. Do I need to rotate 90deg or what? I think the only shots I don't rotate...

In the batches they make for commercial production there will always be QC rejects which you can just simply use for harder or softer variants, like how many of the Chinese manufacturers do. So it might not cost almost anything more apart from some labor costs. I'm also kinda assuming it costs...

Cost and opportunity cost. Of course it will scale depending on if you're making an entirely new product with entirely new molds, or just a modification. From what I can gather it starts from tens of millions of dollars for something unique. That could be a highball, though. For obvious reasons...

I think there is a lot more to even doing step 1 than you appreciate.

It's not really possible to make unique non-market rubbers in a specific batch for just one player without incurring a huge cost. I think when manufs do it, they do it knowing they will incur a huge R&D cost, but recoup it later by selling the commercial version. For blades it shouldn't be like...

I think because in a way *all* blades are one-off handcrafted specialty items and *all* batches of wood are special and individual in some ways, it's possible. Amateur blademakers exist after all, making one-off blades. Haven't heard of a lot of amateur rubber makers. :)

I took the pictures as a form of telemetry because they're more objective than video. People will all have 5 different opinions about video, but pictures are harder to misinterpret, at least when talking about angles and timings. I will work on shortening my swing a little bit for clarity and...

At least in the clubs I've been in here, all the good players and coaches keep to themselves. They don't even talk to the adult amateurs. All the focus is on pros and juniors. There's no hired coaches to hold group training sessions or anything at all. So it's mostly adult amateurs trying to...

It's not super uncommon for the 1st layer to basically not dome much at all, especially if the sheet is old. If it's very old and used it might not dome *at all* from *any* booster amount. I would expect a lot more on the 2nd layer. I suggest leaving the rubber in the package if you plan to not...

I thought my backswing is already pretty compact. The only way I can make it more compact is by bending my elbow and dropping my shoulder less. IS that what you suggest? When you say "without moving your arm/hand at all" how literal are we being here? The only stroke I can do that with and even...

I feel like you're mixing up a lot of things here so I'd appreciate if we simplified it even more. Is the swing technically wrong? is the swing choice suboptimal for shot quality? Is the swing choice suboptimal for success rate? Is the swing choice suboptimal for energy use? From what I...

I don't really understand how I can make it more compact apart from if I stop it short on the followthrough or don't let my arm be loose at all. Do you suggest I intentionally do that but at a lower power so I'm not stiff? It's not Ma Long's swing, it's my swing. I can't imitate him even if I...