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Pros usually choose setups that accentuate their strengths. They can do that because 1) they have a set style already with strengths and weaknesses and 2) they've developed strategies that allows them to accentuate their relative strengths and hide their relative weaknesses. As an amateur, if...

That's true, I'm not saying that I don't push those balls, just that I see it as a failure in anticipation or footwork if I'm forced to do so. I'm gonna be in China next week! But yeah, bring Ali around, I do wanna try out the 968s, can't get enough of their massive FH power!

I consider it a failure if I push something I could've looped, even if I win the point :ROFLMAO: This gets a LOT harder when you face good servers. They don't necessarily need to trick you with their service, they just need to give you some hesitation, and then the quality of your opening loop...

Hmm, I'm not sure how to "hook" a FH loop to the opponent's BH side, especially when the ball is curving toward you. When I think about hooking, I'm thinking hooking a FH shot to the opponent's FH side.

Oh you're right, he must've changed. That looks like a Yasaka Athletico Power.

Golden Vis or the FZD variant of it I believe. He's one of my fav commercial players, has beaten a lot of ex-CNT players on the commercial circuit like Yan An, Zhou Yu, etc. It's interesting to see how he managed against the bigger names like FZD and Xu Xin this tournament.

Yeah, start that way for sure, then work your way to against the spin. It's easier to go against the spin when you're hitting cross table, e.g. looping a FH pendulum serve with your FH to the opponent's FH corner, or looping a reverse pendulum serve with your BH to your opponent's BH corner...

Those can be tough because it's harder to judge just how much backspin is on it than a push. At first what you can do is just take a little off the ball, make sure you're accelerating right before contact and through the contact, but don't actually use that much power. Aim a little bit higher...

🎼~If at first you don't succeed~Then dust yourself off and drive again~You can dust it off and drive again, drive again,~🎷

I think @NextLevel has been telling you the same thing too about attacking all the long pushes/serves you get! Anyhow, I find myself amazed again and again how after each revelation in practice I can watch the same pro practice or game video and see new things that I never saw before. After...

For question #1 the answer is usually timing. If you're accelerating your racket too early or too late then you won't "catch" the ball. Having a setup with more dwell can help with that, but it's primarily a technique issue. For question #2, try contacting the back of the ball, if you start...

It's a bit hard to work in the intricacies at this moment. At the beginning stages of this I find myself straightening my back in my forward swing. I did a frame by frame analysis of my motion and I see an incongruency between my body and my arm, where my body lifts while my arm gets lifted and...

Well, it's good exercise, I just do some TT training at home when I've got some free time. I was working on this just now, and it's gonna take some time lol. Watching my videos my body start straightening up after a few shots. I've slowed down the feed rate to give me a little more time to think...

So, anyone else a bit of a perfectionist here? Now that my BH is at a solid place, I'm starting to focus a bit more on my FH. Watching my videos, it still felt a bit off (using Ma Long as the standard). So now I'm on a quest to get my form to look more like ML's. :sneaky: I just can't leave good...

Hard to compare partners, I thought LGY played well. Not a lot of competition for them though. As far as I can see they're the only pair with 2 CNT A team members. In fact, LGY is the only core team member in the XD, and other than QTY I don't see any current or former CNT core player on the...

They did have problems with all rivals....

Right, every senior would have similar issue, but those with a less drive-based game would be less affected. That IMO explains the inordinate number of shocking results in the ATTC. When he plays in a circuit where everyone is used to the ball, he comes back down to earth a bit, returning to...

Is there a rule that says you can't play with 2 rackets, 1 in each hand?

I don't think fake losses, I think it's just the ball is something they're not used to. I play sometimes play at a club which uses a variety of balls and with a higher friction table. By far the most troublesome shot for me is the forward leaning drive as it requires a big swing and early...

I guess what she's saying is that to beat the Chinese, you have to be Chinese. Although perhaps Miwa took that interpretation a little too literally 🤭