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Hey Michael, As always, thank you for posting video. You’ve done so outside of the “video safe” thread, so you’ll get lots of opinions from people, and it’s up to you to work out what you take onboard. Some pointers from me…… 1. All of your serves are horribly illegal and a little sloppy...

I’ll state the obvious, but without seeing you play, it’s very hard to recommend anything accurately. Is the Primorac worth the value? Probably not. Butterfly are the Apple of table tennis. Their products are very good quality, but on the more expensive side. I’m sure others can recommend...

I’ll throw out the classic…. Do you have any video of you playing? Generally speaking, someone playing for a few months should be using a very controlled “all around” blade with slow rubbers. Hurricane 3, is a massively versatile rubber, but still probably a touch too quick for a beginner...

Cookies are the reason my footwork isn’t good enough 😂

It’s a subtle change, and certainly no magic thing that will make you play better shots. Good players will be able to hit better attacking shots with a defensive blade, vs someone who isn’t as good using an attacking blade. Certainly when you start looking at fast(ish) All+ blades right the...

Be honest @OldUser….. are you just trolling now? 😂 I asked you what you were hoping to achieve with this thread, but my post was clearly too boring for you to read….. But my question still stands. It’s just going round in circles now, with nothing useful being added, and either common sense...

Ok, I’m on my phone so I’ll try my best to answer in order. At virtually every level (certainly every level that most of us will play), spin is more important than speed. That’s not to say speed isn’t important, you need to combine them both. But those quick backhand punchy type shots you...

Hmmm, if I trained with a sandpaper bat, it would mess me up completely. I know the likes of Andrew Baggaley stop playing with reverse rubber for a month or two before the big tournaments so he can really get the difference in technique down..... Perhaps it can help at the entry level of TT...

It's so hard to comment on this, because it might be 100% true, or the other player might just be saying that. It's also virtually impossible of someone who is a lesser player to know *truly* if the high level player is trying their hardest - Especially if the gap is quite big. I'm not an...

OK, that makes sense. I found the thread from before, and had a look through your videos. Firstly (and I know this was before the "video safe" thread), I think it's great you put those videos out there. That thread did get a little overwhelming, but I've always said it should be a requirement...

This is an interesting take. I've played some very good sandpaper players (the best being the Scottish champion and last 32 at the World Ping Pong Championships)..... it's such a strange game, playing against a sandpaper player when you are playing with "normal" rubbers. I find playing with...

This thread took an unexpected twist! 😂 I'm pretty sure PingBirdPong meant that "Offensive" in the thread title, can be used to describe someone being rude/nasty/horrible to someone else. Just one of the joys of the English language, and nothing to do with your comment 😀

I've only just seen this thread, and I was going to post some video of my backhands, before I realised @Richie has already posted a Liam Pitchford video which is very good! I did want to highlight one thing though..... Size matters (sorry guys). By this, I mean your own height and size, and...

Hey Michael, I saw Carl mention you had put a video of your play before - Do you have a current one? If you've only been playing for 8 months, it's either a miracle that you are even competing with someone who is 2000+, or they are taking it easy (sorry!) I know when I play people of lesser...

Just my opinion, but I think it'll be a few factors. 1. It's what they are used to. They will have been using outer carbon blades for most of their life, and clearly doing quite well..... 2. From MY experience, outer carbon is better when playing an all out aggressive game. When I'm feeling...

OK, so a question back to you @OldUser..... What are you hoping to achieve here? What started off as a point that has been repeated many (many) times, about players using Carbon blades when a slower, All Wood blade would be better...... Has turned into some sort of weird "Gatekeeping" on what...

Hey Matt, Some great videos there! Looks like you are already on the way to becoming a very good player - Keep up the good work!

To play devils advocate here..... (because, I find that a really popular method of communication online /s) You've listed a few people who use all wood blades to good effect.... But they are absolutely the minority (significantly so) - So on the face of it, it's better to use a Carbon...

I think in this respect, you need to explain to him that you'd like to have some more "safe" options when it comes to service return - Just whilst you are learning the more aggressive options that you can learn when you are good enough. Adults do learn much slower than kids (generally), and it...

Your coach is absolutely right. But there are some things to consider here. Side spin can be easily countered by topspin. BUT, it needs to be a fast topspin stroke. If you try and play “safe” and do a slower controlled shot, the side spin will have an effect, and the ball won’t go exactly...