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I do think you are hitting on the root cause of the problem: the nerves and mental issues in match play that the OP has described is the disparity between the level he thinks he should be and the level he is and the lack of stability of his skills. If you are just flat out missing serve after...

Very interesting seeing trolls trolling trolls. But it makes me wonder why anyone would waste time bothering with all this inane banter.

Well, with the microwave thing, I was just joking around. But, there are plenty of people who do strange things.

Then the joke is on me as well.....hahahaha.

I think I want to emphasize what I am saying here. A lot of that stuff that many TT coaches focus on, if you were 8-14 years old and absorbed what you learned like a sponge, that stuff would make sense. If you kept training like that and kept training like that, as an adult learn for the...

Misspelling: Here, I think he means this: https://revspin.net/blade/american-hinoki-wrc-9mm.html

Spelling is never going to be my strong suit. :)

All I was doing was giving a context for the OP to understand how to apply the idea of random practice to TT. Which is also why I only quoted a small part of your post. It actually was not so much about what you said. My post was much more about letting the OP know ways of applying the...

In table tennis there are many ways to add random elements that help you be able to read and plan the plays in a match better and help you think inside the game better. There are an ocean of things you can practice in TT and it is worth doing lots of different versions of training. But...

Not great music for Table Tennis. But great music for skating a vert ramp. :)

Yeah. It seems like there is so much to explain about why you would want to do at least a good deal of training that is game simulation. Why, when the coach is feeding you balls it is easy to look like you are doing well and why, when the opponent in a match is trying to mess you up it is a...

I guess I should add a little context. Watch this. Watch it again. Try to understand what they are saying. This video explains a decent amount of why the way a lot of Table Tennis coaches coach is good at making you look better in practice but not better at playing matches. It is also...

I don't change my grip. But my grip adjusts as I change the angle of my wrist. So, my grip changes. But I don't change my grip, it changes based on the shot I am taking and the angle I am holding my wrist for that shot. If you really examine closely, as you change the angle of your wrist for...

So many people overthink equipment. What Lazer posted is the actual important information.

I always sand the wings of my blades till they feel good to me as well.

JZ: Have you ever put your pips in a microwave oven?

Depends. I know some guys who played with adding chemicals to the pips to make them play differently.But what makes you think the chemicals in those non-VOC boosters present a health hazard? Is baby oil a health hazard?But I agree that, it is better to be up front about that stuff. Like, if you...

Wiktor145, your comment was good. The photo showing the sanding on your blade was particularly useful. Even if the basic idea is the same, your comment still was useful.

Last thing you said: file the wings so that they are more beveled; just the way penholders file the blade to fit the contours of their hand. File how ever much you feel you need for the blade to be comfortable on that shot.

If boosting is against the rules, and someone is playing for fun, does not enter tournaments, plays with friends and likes experimenting with equipment, does it really matter if that person (Michael Zhuang - who I can say all of the above about because he fits that description) experiments with...