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It is totally ironic that nearly ALL of my improvement sub 1800 to near 2100 happened in a 2 year span where I did ZERO lessons or structured practice and mostly goofed off or helped out others at the club... and only did that 2x a week plus 1x a week Russian Church, which was enjoying games or...

You have legitimate concerns. For you stated obvious reason that you put in so much work and expense, you should see a gain, not backwards trend. Players should understand, and I try to be clear about it at all stages is that progression in TT does not follow any exact path or ratio. (although...

LDM7, you would pop your eyes out if you saw and heard the things I said about myself and how hard I was and still am on myself. A reasonable person would see Der_Echte in his TT formative years and properly deduct that Der_Echte being too hard on himself was helping nothing.

This guy went from scrub to regional Div 1 in several years as an adult learner... he has a different approach to developing topspin.

I would encourage many to comment... my thoughts about LDM7 doing RR whether his newer skills will translate to improved match play at this point are that in boxing, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the nose. RR success and failure can give many valuable data points if one goes at...

The League Round Robins are not the pinnacle of competition, but are certainly an elevated competitive match opportunity where one can see if and how the training is paying off.. they are not the end of the world if one does not succeed to the level one wants and are not the summit if one does...

In every shot, one must "see" the opponents impact and quickly discern (almost immediately) at a subconscious level what the opponent did to the abll, so you can know where it is going with what and when and how... so you can decide what shot to play, how to play it, and set position and...

There were also a few moments where LDM7 discovered how to "approach" the ball to set his position. Several times, LDM7 set his position and wanted to hit the ball a certain direction, but the foot position he ultimately ended up with took away any leverage. I told him to circle the ball a...

The times I said (a lot) to wait for the ball to come some more and drop... it was because the ball did not yet reach the strike zone. This happened a lot when the ball was going only 3-6 inches past the endline and did not have a lot of energy. I do not feel the position LDM7 established on...

The "side" spin (some corkscrew spin) on the BH loop was when LDM7 got the ball a little bit to the inside part of the strike zone and got the bat a little on the outside, but with position and leverage... but did not slide the forearm to the right those few inches to align the bat for a...

Here is a youtube vid of the Korean National Team selection from the Korean pro league players. Oh Sang Uhn's son in this tourney too.

I cannot articulate enough how PROPOUND tonite's LDM7's discovery of WHAT is Strike Zone and its importance was. LDM7 FELT and EXPERIENCED it and you had to be present there in his shoes and mind to even come close to comprehending the significance of it. It was way more contrast than night and...

LDM7, Next time you in Church, ask Pastor Roman how I do him when he is on the other side. He absolutely HATES me serving. he loves it too as he is a dude who really relishes a challenge, but after all this time and reps with my serves, he still hates me there. I have too much possibility and...

A good, consistent BH loop vs underspin is a tonic. Look at how Primorac played vs Joo Sae Hyuk late in his career when Primorac waz over 40... dude RIPPED JSH a new hole with his BH vs the chop. made Kreanga right proud did Primorac. This can be done at the amateur level too is you are setup...

Yes absolutely, LDM7's largest discovery of the year, the decade, and maybe the century is finding what is the strike zone and how to get balls to get to the center of it. Once that happens, it is pretty much like nothing else matters. The shot is going in. Once a player can discover the strike...

At large national tourneys with a large field, a LOT of the top of the field is 200+ points under-rated... and they are ready to compete... so one MUST have a tourney performance of THREE FULL LEVELS above your rating if you are fairly rated just to have a chance to get near the round of 8 or...

I sometimes make my way down to San Diego, one way or another, we would link up and have a hit or three.

MZ, I am in LA area 2x a year, prolly will be down there for Meiklejohn Senior Tourney Laguna Hills in May or whenever it gets back on.

Hi Thomas, MK Hybrid? That is a new one to me. I use K1 Hybrid on BH, I know of that one. Maybe this is for another market like Japan or something.

LDM7, There are 2000 level players who do not make adjustments in Doubles in an important tourney... ask Ali and Suhir. Do not feel too badly about it, you got a gazillion worth of experience and reps that will help you a lot later. You noticed that Roman, prolly 800 points higher rated did...