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All wood has those little dots that are the pores that bring fluid nutrients through the tree from roots, through trunk, to branches and leaves. If you don't see them, you are not looking closely enough, or at the correct angle. The pores run parallel to the grain so you will see them...

Another thing that might help you improve these kinds of skills: Do you ever practice shadow strokes with footwork? Practicing combining the strokes and the footwork without the ball (you don't need the table either) can really help you get the coordination to start using the footwork when the...

I think what I meant was: Victor's original post was clearly in English: In your reply, Victor's post is now in Portugese: When you quoted Victor, his text is in Portuguese when clearly, it was originally posted in English. It got translated into Portuguese somehow. You could also write...

It is good to hear you are out there. :)

And when you are taking the ball at the top of the bounce, you can often loop forward over the top of the ball which gives you a much more direct opening loop. Maybe that is advanced technique. But if you learn to take the ball as it is rising, or at the top, it is much easier later on to add...

The way your strokes are calibrated, you are trying not to use too much force in your strokes. You are holding yourself back from adding power because of how fast that racket is. If you took the time to get used to a slower setup, all of that would change. If you did that and only used the...

For you to be able to do this well in match play, the consistency would need to be near 98% in a RANDOM drill in practice. On FH your consistency vs backspin is at just about 60% and on BH your consistency is well below 50%. And that is with you knowing exactly what is coming and where the...

And in practice, the ball is being hit directly to the racket and you know where it is going. In a match you have to read where the ball is going, how much spin and what specific spin, and move to the ball before taking the shot.

I think I have to reread the rules.

Good job posting. You should look at your accuracy. You are slightly over 50% on accuracy on FH and way below 50% accuracy on BH. It is good that you are starting to get the feel of this. But, to me, it looks like it would be worth you doing bucket after bucket of this. And in those videos...

I actually see a stroke that is kind of stiff and with a lot of mechanical issues. Probably the biggest of these is that the feet, particularly the right foot, seems a little glued to the spot and don't want to move and the knees don't want to bend. But also, if you look at your arm, the bend...

I just figured I may as well add some levity to the issue. Still, it does seem MZ is correct about the trend.

To sum up: It works for me. Why doesn't every one do this? Why don't the pros do it? I am sure it is better because it works for me. If it works for me at my level, it must be good for someone who is 1,000+ points higher level than me. :)

If you play vs LP players and learn to read what is coming back from them, you will improve at what you need most improvement on. So, that is good.

It is worth reading that a few times. And then you should pound that like button. This is worth understanding.

The jersey I am wearing in this monumental video we made about how I seal my blades: From this thread: https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/the-upsidedown-method-of-sealing-your-blade.15836/#post-199078

We have the same birthday so I think he agrees with me. :)

I like just the last name. So, the back of my shirt says: TroubleMaker (one word). :) That, at least was the shirt Der_Echte made for me back in the day.

Also, it is fine to use the serve however you want. But if you learn how to use the serve to set you up for your third ball so you can take over the rally, rather than trying to win the point outright with the serve, you will develop a lot better strategic skills in table tennis. If you do...

It is worth thinking of the serves as a pair. If you pair the first and second serve in a good sequence you can use the first serve in your set of two serves (in a match) to set up your second. Something that works pretty well is one serve heavy and the next serve light or dead. If you can...