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Sorry I think I was being misleading. I meant height-wise above the table only, the racket is still behind the table. I only tried it for like a set yesterday in real game situations, but tonight I did that the whole night and it worked pretty well! It felt really awkward at first, but it was...

Over the past week I've started mixing in some service/receive changes. I'm doing a bit more service training than before, mostly spurred by a grip change with my regular pendulum service. I used to grip it like I would with a reverse pendulum service, with my hand only gripping the rubber and...

So as I continue to work on my BH, I'm discovering some more tidbits. On relaxing my shoulder, I found that I was doing it wrong. It always felt wrong because whenever I did that I felt the racket starting from too low of a position. Turned out I was relaxing too much and letting the racket...

That happens with just about all protective films, they all start deforming after a while, whether sticky or non-sticky. H3 can get oxidized, and the parts not covered by the protective sheet like on the edges will be the first. I use a racket press, specifically the Revolution #3 racket press...

They're about the same. If anything D09c is slightly (but negligibly) faster/spinner on average as it's just easier to generate power with it.

Spin/speed ratio is about the same. My theory is the trajectory as well, but it goes one step deeper. The friction of the table should allow a bit of skidding during contact with high energy balls, and that skidding should be increased with a lower angle of incidence (i.e. lower trajectory...

Not that amazing lol, this is exactly how adults trying to change their technique is like. The higher the level, the more it's like that.

Oh yeah, I've never minded structuring training and league matches for improvement rather than winning. Focus and discipline is key for improvement in anything, I can certainly get distracted by the desire to win now, but I need to rein myself in whenever that happens. Oh, and that nut's...

You can certainly improve your judgment, but a shorter action is something that'll always be useful, short term and long term. You can actually generate a pretty powerful shot from a short stroke, but for BH receives power isn't usually the focus, but rather placement.

You both hit on something important, and in a sense both are right. First, you need to accept that yes, it is primarily a technique issue, but I'll explain later why you're also right. Second, you hit on an important point regarding time to adjust to the incoming ball. A bigger motion has 2...

Basically what I think as well. It's not particularly spinny or fast, and there isn't that much variation. The key issue is technique, not spin reading. It's a bit deep and has sidespin, things that tend to make a BH shot somewhat uncomfortable. One way to tell whether it's a technique issue...

What do you mean open? She's fully, fully open (externally rotated). Do you mean it's not fully extended? You definitely don't need to fully extend it, even many Chinese don't do that these days. From straight arm loops using the entire arm to not even fully extending the forearm for some, the...

Not sure how much that applies to @Zezima though. ZJK specifically qualified what he considers to be "effective" technique, which should result in good contact. He even demonstrated what he considers poor contact, a brushy shot that exactly represents what @Zezima was doing and the main thing...

Right, and that means the wood is sectioned horizontally. Single ply hinoki blades should be sectioned vertically, ideally in the middle so you can see the "eye" of the circles on both sides of the blade.

It's more significant than anything else, e.g. all-wood blade vs a slab of marble, speed glued eurojap rubber vs no speed glue/boost Chinese tacky rubber. Nothing was more significant than a blade with 1 rubber vs 2. Is that significant enough for you?

Objective testing has shown that they're not the same.

It should be significant compared to 0X LP, and the Tieffenbach study did show that the only thing that really matters to speed with a hard hit is the weight of the setup so there could be some advantage to it.

Brush loops are always slow, but slow loops are not always brush loops. You can go slow with a more hitting motion as well. In fact, when I have coaching sessions that's all my coach would allow me to do, slow regular loops. Nothing more than maybe 40% of my power, and no brush loops unless I'm...

You're always welcome! I'm gonna be working on some things and see if it makes a difference as well. I'a bit inspired by the TTD video with Annette Kaufmann and Spinsight. The whole TTD team managed 110's to 120's in the BH loop vs backspin, similar to me, while Kaufmann was consistently in the...

No hidden message really. I think the overall message is just to go back to the basics, the very basics. A lot of shadow training when you're not at the club, and when you're there start with the absolute basic shots like the FH drive or loops against the slowest, least spinny topspins you'd...