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Serve very short dead to light spin ball very short to his FH as close to net as you can and keep it low... he will have to step in severely, then have to step out... you do a quick push high to his BH and invite him to attack... since he may not have good recovery footwork, he will be off time...

Yes Tony, your assessment is reasonable. I gave a similar assessment replying to broken ball's post on the degree of contribution. It is a principle at stake that the amateurs have a disproportionate voice or control compared to the amount of funds from them... it is a free economic world pretty...

There are a LOT of ways to face and overcome fear. Ultimately, you have to figure it out for yourself. it will take some awareness, learning and experience (failing). Some of it is expectations... you are expecting to compete in a certain way... you could lower your expectations to something...

ICC and 888 or TTA or such too far? I think those are reasonable, like one hour away. It takes me almost one hour to go to the Slavic Church for reliable TT action and almost all city streets or crowded freeway, so one hour driving is reasonable enough in my jacked up opinion for quality TT...

Yes, this is overall in my opinion a bad thing, similar to barriers to enter a trade, like union dues or a membership in a trade association or mafia safe money protection payout or similar thing... anything that makes it difficult to enter a trade works against free market principles...

Yes, still, in USA, in order for a club to be listed, a club must pay USATT to be listed and be seen. That is a PORTION of the money. (but it is not a lot) (and BB, you rightfully articulate that almost all income of a USA club goes towards its high operating expenses) If a club does USATT...

I am certainly not confused about socialism and its evils, the goal of socialism is totalitarian control and later communism, it is out there for anyone to read and know. Now to address your "Beef" (an Amercian word for complaint) about the national association taking amateur's money and...

BTW dingyibvs, what club you play at if I never asked? Maybe I cause trouble there one day on a travel adventure one day.

Yes, if he doesn't punish your first push, that push can setup your offense if the first ball (3rd ball) doesn't look so appetizing. You are taking little risk and increasing your chances.

I know you were joking, but for the record, it is a big thing when some higher ups try to take control of a system and force out people who have trained and professionally qualified themselves to be able to participate in an occupation that makes them enough money to take care of self and...

Yes, if it is not economically sustainable by the players, it will fizzle out soon enough... but with many bad consequences.

Look at it like this... if you are not certain where the 3rd ball is going and what is on it, then playing aggressive vs that ball is gunna get you in big trouble fast... like you maybe make it 25% of the time... so you push it deep, and if the other guy doesn't show wants to or can attack, you...

YES. I call this growing by GOOFING OFF, which is really a discovery mode without pressure.

LDM7 had a third consecutive night of discovery and performance and growth. He got to see up close again how to get to the point of attack (especially on Sergey Tsos real heavy slow topspin and medium loops), hew SAW what was happening, REALIZED what was going on and what he could and should...

Get a Schildkrot 900.

Get a 115g SDC Blades Spartan XD and call it a day. :D

Hi dingyibvs, Try to serve low tight underspin, get underspin return, then spin heavy, If he does not attack your push on your serve receive, AND you do not quite read the ball AND he is not inclined to attack your push, then give underspin on that push and attack the next ball with spin.

I operate on the opposite principle. I have a lot of spin on my serve and I show that right away, then I change the spin severely, along with placement and depth and vector. My serve sets up my offense, especially vs those dreaded OX LP players. It is SUPPOSED to be a big mistake to serve with...

The use of fingers to whip the bat from leverage off of the bottom of the fat part of your hand is something people rarely discuss or explore... but it is hugely important in the final part of the whip of the bat and adds a LOT of extra spin to your shot. I have very small, fat stubby short...

To be honest and agree with OP in his assessment of DNA rubbers... I tried 3 or 4 versions of them, wasn't impressed much as they were hyped up to be - a super powerhouse dynamic offensive rubber... at best, the DNA rubbers felt like control oriented offensive rubbers... and there is nothing...