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Talent is in the genes, but not everyone is born with it. I think we wrote about the Saive brothers here a long time ago. Philippe, the younger brother of the world-famous Jean-Michel, was incredibly talented and could hold his own against J-O Waldner. Despite having started at a young age (3...

Not only that, but Noshad is also left-handed, and that almost always gives you an edge, if only psychologically.

I reckon Noshad must have read one of my previous posts somewhere around here…;) To score points against Tomo, you need to play backhand (and possibly another backhand, then another backhand) > forehand (and possibly another forehand). For the very simple reason that Tomo is backhand-oriented...

I agree with you for the most part, but Ovtcharov clearly hasn’t trained enough to master his short forehand push, because that’s what he’s doing there with his backhand.🤫

Do you have a good serve? Try not to serve first at the start of your match. If necessary, let your opponent serve after the toss...

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In the women’s event, Hana Goda (Egypt) won gold in the final against Xiaoxin Yang (Monaco). In the men’s event, it was Mehdi Bouloussa (Algeria) who took gold by defeating Youssef Ahmed (Egypt) in the final.

There is (new) hope for Belgium. Aiden Braekmans-Cepeda (born in 2015) lost the final against Vladimir Filimon from Romania.

What I notice at a glance is a stiff wrist, and arm movements that are usually too short and too slow – you need to turn your body more. (Compared to how I hit topspin) May I ask how old you are, or at least roughly... :D

@Gozo, Why don’t you use that Zyre03 anymore?

Absolutely correct, I can confirm that. I developed a joint mouse in the bones of my knee at a very young age (15). It affected both my lower and upper leg. I’ve already posted about the outcome here, as I had two total knee replacements at the ages of 49 (left) and 50 (right).

I’m fairly certain that left-handers derive certain advantages from their motor skills. And not just from their motor skills, but also from their way of thinking, which sometimes differs slightly from that of right-handed players. JM Saive didn’t originally particularly enjoy playing against...

Yes, indeed, the first time was in ’80 at an official tournament. We still have all the details here – the date, location and result. We beat him then💪. The following season, we played him twice in official tournaments and lost both times:LOL:. It’s incredible how he became his country’s...

Stellan Bengtsson introduced me to table tennis (because he’s left-handed too) when we were 16, after we’d seen some footage of it on the news, and because, shortly afterwards, in 1977, we went to watch the World Championships in Birmingham. Saive will always remain my idol because of his...

This isn’t the first time Lab has reported different information about Andro. It was the same with the Ligna_TP series.

Table tennis is therefore one of the few sports in which the ‘winner’ cheers exuberantly when their opponent misses a ball.

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to watch Gionis Pana training live here. As you know, he’s been playing with Zyre03 on his forehand for a few months now. It was remarkable that (given his age) he didn’t even need to make a fast, powerful movement to generate speed in his shots, which were...

True, I believe him. Totally different ball-angle.