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If you're not able to make HEAVY spin, at all, with your loop, and people aren't blocking it long at all, maybe a fiber blade isn't the smartest option to learn to do that. Casual players shouldn't be able to get anything on the table.

You might want to consider how professional players get so much speed while still getting the ball to land down on the table when they hit it from under the net height. Hell, I play extremely badly compared to you, and I can probably still film a demonstration video for this some time. I'm sure...

I think this is the 729 one.

DHS and 729 quite literally have posted PSAs where they claim that their products are Shore A and "European" are Shore O. The most unique one is Butterfly who uses a JIS scale. Nobody's making their own scale. The durometer measurements are just for QC and consumer information anyway, actual...

I think against an actual real ball that will compress more pimples as it sinks more, the actual real-world k is a lot more progressive than what an isolated test in a tiny point would suggest. Just intuitively I'd think the topsheet will always want to be a bit softer, and easy to sink into...

Maybe a decent measurement can indeed be had if you remove the topsheets from the bits that were discarded when the sheet was cut and stack a bunch of sponges together, then do some math to get the hardness for the thickness you want. If you assume it's linear (it won't be, but it'll be pretty...

DHS claims the sponge hardness is separately measured, but I don't know about the others. I know ESN is usually a series stiffness. With my method I get +-0.50deg from the numbers ESN claims for their series stiffness on ESN sheets, so I'm not inclined to believe it's incorrect. The correct...

Ugly strokes can be good up to a decent enough level, because they can be pretty difficult to read if you're just used to looking at orthodox technique. I know I struggle a lot more with the old guys who have been playing casually for 30+ years than the juniors, even if their play level is...

I get what you mean. Yeah, you're right, one of my major weaknesses is underestimating backspin that's "not heavy enough". I don't think there's a shortcut to fixing that. The returns I get are often similar so I need to probably just bruteforce adjust my technique and go from there. There's no...

I don't have anything to say about the tables, but I will say good luck and I hope it works out, because running a club doesn't seem like it's super easy.

@jk1980 I played a lot when I was in my teens but I'm back after 8 or so years. No training. The timing and coordination is probably off because I'm thinking about it so much + it's 4 hours into the session and we're both pretty done. Although I will occasionally miss half-long light backspin...

I think know what you mean, assuming "early" and "late" means swing timing and not fall timing. For whatever reason I can do that against heavier backspin. I'll see if I can get my partner to chop for me and I'll film it some time. Topspin no chance, light-ish backspin/no spin most of the...

I swear if I ever post video of me playing well, only good old fraud was used, but no AI.

It's definitely a thing, but it's a followthrough component, at least against balls which are there for the taking. If you look at the swing you'll notice I don't do it until after contact. You don't need to envision it. That tendency messes up a lot of swings, though, if it happens during...

To be fair, when all the courts are full until late into the night, it's pretty hard to do the table side bounce one. :P We get maybe half an hour of "everyone has sat down already" time, so if I remember I'll film some for fun. There's no way in hell I'm able to do the catches, though.

Let me just confirm I'm understanding right. You say I started the swing from the shoulder, but I'm not so sure about that. What is pretty clear is that I end it with the shoulder. :) There's also for sure a lack of drive from the legs, particularly the right leg. Ridiculous comparison aside...

Yeah, you're right. I tend to not do it as severely against strong players, though, mainly because you just can't. The problem is when I'm not rushed, I tend to be late for the next ball because I'm just looking at the old one. So I should definitely just eliminate that. My right arm is a bit...

If you want to demonstrate the proper body backswing then by my guest. I'm rotated pretty far already, my chest is pointing more "rearward" than my right knee is. Of course there's plenty of shots where I under-rotate on the followthrough.

Yeah, makes sense.

I'm really limited by what the partner can get back FWIW, although I realized that a bit later and put a little bit more into the shot. You're right though that I shouldn't struggle as much as I do with the timing. I don't know what slower pace for the serve means; my contact is too fast? From...