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cytivrat, you may want to read the first post of this thread which gives special rules for this thread. Your post seems okay. So I am not going to delete it. But....you should know that this is a thread where only certain people are allowed to comment on footage.

I guess, one question here would be: how many of you guys would consider using the term "coaching" in reference to bonking a ball around casually in a social setting? And would that version of "coaching", where you are purposely hitting the ball with no spin so your girlfriend can get the...

BTW: what corkscrew spin is is spin like a football where as the ball is flying forward the ball is spinning clockwise (like in that video) or counterclockwise, while the axis of the spin is front to back in the direction of the path of the ball. This ball, in the air will have a relatively...

Well, everyone is different. But it would not work either way for me. :)

To me, that looks like a lot of corkscrew spin. One of the ways you can tell is how much the ball kicks towards the left (BH side). If it is corkscrew (and it is), then touching that side of the ball will actually be downspin. If he touched the left side of the ball (the side of the ball on...

Yeah, if it is just having fun bonking a TT ball around or you know, what families do in their garage with a TT table, it could be fine. But would that cause you to go from the title of this thread to being super enthusiastic about the sport? Would that apply to the suggestion for the OP...

This depends. It could be. Have you ever been playing with someone, and, somewhere during the act of playing TT with them, for a moment, or a few moments, you were really angry and upset with the other person as a result of something that happened while playing TT? If you have had that...

In the end, Duke, you can choose what you want. Just remember, if you are dating someone you coach and play TT matches against, there may come a point where, without understanding exactly why, you are seeing anger or resentment from that person without quite understanding why or what is going...

There is a difference between something where, I show you something and you learn it, and now there is no difference between us: I can cook the broccoli or you can cook the broccoli. I can do the taxes or you can do them....and something where, 3 years from now one person will still be the one...

BTW: me personally, I would not want to be dating someone who was a TT player. I personally am not actually very competitive. I like to play for the training much more than for anything else. But, I think, for a lot of people, not everyone, but a lot of people, the competitive thing pops in...

The issue is, if you are the one who knows and she is the one who is learning, no matter how you communicate, there is said to be an imbalanced power dynamic. Now this kind of thing happens all the time in our lives and we navigate them. So it is not always something that cannot be navigated...

You guys are silly. If you are in a relationship with someone and you put yourself in a position where there is an imbalanced POWER DYNAMIC, it obviously something that will risk the long term viability of your relationship. Which is also why I would not even look to get a sexual partner too...

Agree with NextLevel on this. It might be good to have things that you do in common with a significant other. But it is also good to have things that are interests of your own that give you some space from your wife, girlfriend, significant other.... There are other kinds of activities and...

If most of what you say in the last paragraph is true, then coaching is worth looking into. As far as fun money, one of the things for me is that I know I earn 5-20x as much per hour (depending on who I am working with) with what I do professionally. So, I am not sure I would call it fun...

Der_Echte is a unique character who has an interesting approach to coaching and I think he may be an exception.....I would also say NextLevel is as well. These two work with people very differently than what you might think of as a standard coaching model and they are very effective at working...

From the science and training side of things: taking a week or two off periodically will actually cause you to improve faster. The first reason is that, in that two week period of not playing, your brain processes some stuff it was blocked on when you were training day after day. The second...

I agree with your point about BrokenBall and I have nothing against Zeio even though I have seen his barbs specifically about me in this thread. If he actually wanted to understand where I was coming from, I am still here. This is part of Zeio's misunderstanding about things. I would like...

This is really an excellent point. Sometimes a few weeks off from playing is actually really beneficial.

And Golden Viscaria isn't? :)

Your partner set you up well with a nice high ball. You have a good doubles partner. :)