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I agree that he doesn't need to get so low, the height in the 1st video is fine. Shorter players have the advantage of not needing to squat down so low + he is using pips so going too low will actually cost him time. If we look at Koki Niwa he doesn't stay that low either. I agree that he is...

Wtf happened, how did LJK, Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan all lose prematurely?!

i use fake movements for everything and it pays a lot of dividends in general, as a lot about TT is about deception. Wrapping is bad if you do it using the upper arm (for eg by raising elbow). But you can achieve it using forearm pronation as well as the hip rotation itself.

If you wrap the ball properly, you can deal with ambiguous spin balls much better. Basically you can use a very similar loop stroke for all balls if they are low ish in spin this way. The really bad thing is to have a linear straight line stroke - that way you have to be incredibly precise with...

I would highly recommend watching the short push tutorials by Fang Bo and doing the exercises with a partner. You would fix all the bad habits (for eg arm backswing, not putting right foot sufficiently into the table, reaching etc) real fast in the process. Because you can't short push reliably...

Sorry had to say it, this is a bit of a pedo thumbnail...

Tbh the FH smash and opening can be tightened up a bit too so that your elbow is closer to the body and also turn off the arm backswing a bit. This should improve consistency. If you watch some of the top FH pips player they barely have any arm backswing - Yuan Jia Nan for eg

Wow this is some quality play. I liked the fast connectivity between shots (which Im working to achieve too) and really good recovery step footwork after every shot. The BH loop is a killer (especially down the line). I also really liked how you are always very aggressive in finding your spots...

Racket angle isn't everything. Too closed of an angle means that you will miss the ball a lot. Obviously you should close it but not too much. You should learn how to control and press down with your body, and how to absorb the incoming momentum with sideways movements. If you use sidespin it...

FH chiquita concept looks like this (obviously will need to add footwork and body rotation later on) Very similar to the "world fastest serve" movement. You can even disguise it with a FH push preparatory movement. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work, except that it is a completely...

In the pursuit of a FH chiquita off short balls, i was theorycrafting and found potentially the best way to really juice up the spin and power with the wrist. This is achieved by using the BH rubber on the FH side (even when using a FH stroke). It is a bit like a reverse shakehand FH loop in a...

i think the left arm would be left too high and ppl might accuse you of hiding serve. But tbh, it is just easier to pull the elbow backwards hard after the serve contact. This achieves the same effect and also helps maximise the spin to speed ratio. I can see pretty much all the top pros doing...

Imo the most effective fake movements are either going back behind your body or down below the table. This is because your body and the table can hide the racket's after motion (perfectly legal, the ball is not hidden). You have no obligation to show the racket except during contact, so it is...

Tangential catapult is where it's at, this is the stuff that generates a lot of spin

Yes, it is easier to use the BH dominant loop if you start with reverse serves to their BH. One of the best patterns i found is to serve it to their extreme BH, they will be scared of returning it down the line if you are deceptive enough and your spin is strong. And then you simply treat it...

Against the FH hooked "loop" if you block it passively obviously it will go into the net. This is basically an opportunity ball for you as it is just a slow sidespin ball (depending on how he hooked it it will either have sideunder or sidetop), just treat it as a pendulum serve from a righty and...

I'm actually quite curious how hinoki would play with a slower boosted Hurricane. Wouldn't that be the ultimate penhold loopkill machine, especially when coupled with the short game from the Hurricane?

I played against one very high level Jpen player who also used some hinoki some months ago and it was ridiculous how fast the TPB punch was with such tiny amounts of input power that he put in. It was a tough as nails match which I lost mostly due to not being able to match his speed in BH-BH...

On the good side, you can simply rely on the blade speed and use cheap af rubbers, might be a lot more economical in the long run? Lol

That hinoki is a bit crazy then...it seems way bouncier than my Viscaria tbh which is already very bouncy! I have no idea how you played it with Tenergy last time, it must have been like steering a rocketship. Also how do you even do short pushes using that setup lol, i think it would be so...