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Could you look at these pictures and tell me in each of them how the timings are wrong? In my opinion the only major issues are that I don't load my feet correctly in 2 (right foot too forward and to the left, so I roll onto the outer foot instead of pushing off it) and my arm is slightly...

Maybe Australia isn't so far from Germany after all... :P

I don't think so; I feel more of a "stretch" on the right side of my body and less of a "turning around a point" sensation. Arm also feels more relaxed and outstretched. Those ones in that video feel like I'm hitting them inside of a closet if it makes sense. The ones I miss in games are usually...

Thanks for the posts. I have no qualms with them. Make more if you wish. The Dictator is merciful once in a while. The things I do well (in other things, not in TT) are completely the result of having excellent, genuinely world-class super-genius mentors and a good environment and a load of...

You're probably right. I've actually stopped giving advice in person *entirely*. I should probably stop it online as well lol. I never do it maliciously but even if I'm right (arguable) I don't have the credentials for it, and I also don't know what I don't know. I've been in the position of the...

Usually I'll play 4-5 hours in the middle of the week, although actual hitting is probably -1 hour. Sometimes I'll play a 2.5 hour session in the end of the workweek, actual hitting maybe 2 hours. Sometimes I'll attend a 4 hour on the weekend although not always staying the whole time, bit more...

I really agree with this, but everyone around me bar one old guy is telling me to do the opposite. One guy at the club is telling me to "keep going for the big shots" but everyone else, online and in person, is saying it's all bad and I should stick to drives at low power to build fundamentals...

The UK must be amazing then, because even Division 1 players here can only return them adequately maybe one serve out of the whole set. I drilled with a Division 5 guy (Severely underrated because he's winning every game) once and his success rate was maybe 2%. I'd serve buckets of random serves...

Oh, okay. Yeah. I'm not paying much attention to that, and in games the depth of the ball is my biggest issue most likely. I often get caught with a high ball flying at my face, or a low ball going for the ankles. :) I think part of it is laziness on the footwork side ("I can probably reach it...

I'd have to agree, but a lot of models pretty clearly have at least one layer's worth pre-applied.

Coaching here seems like a complete waste of time unless you can find someone who has some achievements and pedagogical understanding and is willing to work with you long-term. Most "coaches" are amateurs who play in the club divisions and all I've seen them do is drills without really any kind...

I don't disagree, but I'm also not paying someone 70aud/hour to block for me and not give any advice or otherwise do anything else. There's plenty of people who will do that for free who won't make a mistake after 30, 40 shots. It might be a better investment to just get a table and robot at...

Sanwei says the sponge is different and the tackiness of the topsheet is less. I think 30% but don't quote me on it. I think Dario Grd's video has more info. I don't know otherwise. @tomfusionz I don't use Target anymore, but I liked both the red and purple one. I tried the white "Special...

You have a habit of assuming. Not great when engineering. Take it from someone who learned the hard way. :) You see the issue is that my phone is a very low spec model, so I can't even choose the rate. It's locked to 30Hz LOL. If I could adjust the rate I'd have put it to 50Hz already to match...

I haven't used the new one, but from what I can tell, the new one is faster but is less tacky, while the old one is more classic style. The old one is more cost-effective.

Maybe our idea of serious is different. The highest ambition I have is to not get crushed in Division 7 next year and I'll see from there. In all likelihood I will lose 90% of my games but it's just how it is. Everyone "serious" already has established partners and our level is too different to...

Target National 3rd generation has 3 basic grades, Commercial, Provincial and National. Commercial is the silver one, Provincial is the red one and National is the purple one. They get better in quality and higher in price, and the National has a different(?) sponge. The New Target National is...

We're not serious players at all though, I'm not sure where that impression came from. My partner hasn't even attended his first actual training session yet, although he said he's coming to the next one. It's unlikely we'll become serious players any time soon if ever. I'm teaching him a bit...

Yeah, I agree. That's what I told him to do. He got a lot better during the course of the video. The ones I showed were some of the better ones. We'll work on it more until it's solid and I'll try to find ways to make it easy to do the right stroke. But I think it's also more complicated than...

Lol, yeah. His strokes are unstable as far as what stroke he is making. He's definitely more of a power player on the backhand and doesn't really know how to feel the ball and use the opponent's spin. Of course a lot of it is my inconsistency as well. He does a little bit better if an expert...