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Alrighty then..... As Der said, I would focus on a few small improvements rather than getting bogged down by loads of things you can change. The immediate biggest issue for me is how far in front of you, you take the ball. You are losing so much spin potential by taking it where you do, but I...

Hey Cypereze, Just a quick one - It's always worth editing the videos to only show what you want feedback on (backhand in this case) - Even if the backhand points are only 1 minute combined, it saves having to watch 12 minutes of forehands 😅 Let's start with the good news! You are clearly...

Before I watch 20 mins of the wrong person, are you in Blue or Red? 😂

You need to change the settings on the video to "unlisted" rather than "private" - Assuming you don't want it to appear in YT search.

Are they long!? Maybe they are (I’ll be honest, I don’t check anymore as I’ve played him so many times), but you may be right thinking about it. Put it this way, he hasn’t changed anything, so if he was using long before, they are still long now! He switched the pips from red to black, that’s...

The more you play them, and the more confident you get, the easier it becomes. But there are some incredibly good players I know who struggle with these types of players as well. It helps to have the power to put the ball away early (otherwise the rallies last forever!)

It is! I beat him 3-1 in last years Top 8, he beat me 2 out of the 3 times in the league this year, but I beat him in the final of the MK Open….. So this put me 3-2 for the year against him (although 2 of those wins were for the important trophies!) He’s probably the player who you have to...

Hey everyone! We had our annual “Premier Top 8” tournament last night, which is for the best 8 players across the last season (based on average). Amazingly, I had won it the last 2 times (2018/19…… 2 year break for Covid and then again last season in 2021/22). I managed to win my group (2...

For the record…. This thread is significantly more spicy than it needed to be! 😂 On your point above, I’d absolutely agree with you. If Table Tennis didn’t exist, and was created tomorrow, with a huge percentage of the interest coming from America….. it would certainly encourage American...

I didn’t say you did, but you did say “Popularity has everything to do with it”, and my response was focussing solely on that one point, without giving exhaustive reasons on the other issues. The rest of your comment seems to agree with what I said if I’m reading it right? Interest will...

Without getting into the other argument 😂, I just wanted to highlight one flaw in your observation. If popularity is important, why are companies like Nike, Apple, Under Armour and all of the other huge popular "American" companies not producing everything in America? Simple - Cost. Having...

I don't know about anyone else, but the fact that Timo Boll, Butterfly's "Poster Boy" of the last 10 years (and more) has been using a custom *handle* material for years(?)........ Just seems like huge news that was swept under the carpet 😂 It seems people knew as well? @Shifu - When did you...

The Butterfly marketing and brand awareness is very strong though, which shouldn't be overlooked. How many people wear mid tier Nikes, when you could get "better" or equivalent shoes from other sports companies for less money? I've only briefly used Rozena (not for very long and on someone...

I clearly need to be playing in your leagues! If someone is watching me play (other than my team mates), it's because I've just given a big old "CHOOOOO LAYYYYY" (which is a once in a lifetime thing for me!) 😂

We are pretty much set on T. Boll format, just so it looks nice and neat! Haven't you guys got your nicknames in there as well? We aren't cool enough to pull that off 😅

Ooooo controversial! 😂 I thought that would be the least favorite! We are kinda between 1 and 2 - But I thought I'd give 3 as another option!

Apologies for not being able to do a poll (like I've seen others do). Am I missing something really obvious?? Anyway..... The question is. If you could get your name on the back of your table tennis shirt, what format would you get? Option 1: T. Boll Option 2: Boll Option 3: Timo Boll

This is such a massive topic, I'm not sure 1 post could ever do it justice. One thing I wanted to share, which people may disagree with is teaching good serves to juniors. I have no idea if I did the right thing or not (I sometimes question myself), but I didn't teach my son good serves at...

@Dan - You've got to be the most improved player on tour. Look at those silky shots! Darko's backhand is an absolute cheat code though - So good 😍

I think this is what I was trying to say - It's almost like you are "sitting down" a bit too much, and whilst you get movement from your legs (pushing off etc), it still looks like your centre of gravity is too far back, which will lose a big chunk of power in your shots.