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WCQ's racket looks horrible. I would be screaming left and right if that happened to me. That is completely unacceptable.

Kenji missed a lot of serves. It makes me wonder if his racked was "inspected" by the referees taking the rubber off.

I have no idea but I am currently watching a match and things don't seem right with another player's racket as well. Very weird,

Part of it is a natural ability to see the ball early and track what is going on. More of it is from playing hours and hours. The sad reality of the situation is that the younger you start playing, the more massive advantage you will have in tracking the ball and figuring out quickly what is...

If you loop from both sides, then definitely being fit will help your game. I would say however in the vast majority of cases, the thing that is holding someone back the most is issues with their serve/serve return as well as their ability to instantly discern what is going on and formulating...

I am laughing at all the people posting that fitness has anything to do with getting to 2100. Being fit has absolutely nothing to do with the game until you are over 2450 or maybe higher. NOTHING. You need to read the ball and react quickly and correctly. I personally know several people who...

I used to train with someone who could not run a 15 minute mile but ended up breaking 2450. Fitness has nothing to do with getting to 2100. I would say the #1 and #2 skill is serve and serve return. It is debatable which is more important. I know quite a few 2100+ players with horrid...

In ancient times with the 38mm ball, all 3 star balls played similarly. In modern times, every 40+ ball plays so differently that I would only practice with the brand of ball used at a particular tournament I was preparing for. This also goes for the pros I know personally. Nittaku, Gewo...

Seriously follow one coach. You are lucky you don't have a traditional Chinese coach. A player who was around 50-75th in the world at the time saw me play and suggested I make a change in my game. I asked my current coach what they thought about what the player suggested and I was...

Without outing anyone, it is possible lol. I asked one former province level player what would happen if someone on their province team acted like that and they said the coach would just kick them off the team. I think my advice is just geared towards a worse player trying to find a way to...

Here in America, there are some very decent players who absolutely cannot feed multiball. They have no clue what they are doing and it is almost an absolute waste of time doing multiball with them. I also disagree with blasting the ball past a pro to impress them. Do the drill. Do what...

Two things you can do to greatly increase your odds: 1) Learn to feed multiball 2) Learn not to be a moron during practice. If your partner wants to do a drill, do it to whatever specifications they want and try not to upstage them or make it unnecessarily more difficult than what they want...

A lot of clubs in my city charge by the hour to play. You are essentially renting the table for the hour. So if that happened to me I would say "My friend and I arranged beforehand to practice. Maybe when we are done I will hit with you." If they became rude, I would say "Look, I paid for...

In general everything looks good. I think two small changes could help: 1) You are 1-2 steps too close to the table. 2) Sometimes your left hand is too far to the right and interferes with the smoothness of the stroke, Watch a video of a pro and their left hand won't be near their belly...

The videos of Zhang Jike, Fan Yinchi, Fang Bo and Wang Kai are excellent. However pick one thing at a time to work on. You can try various things they say but if something works for you and makes sense to you then focus on that. Since you started playing at 10, you can reach a very advanced...

Drop out of school. Start practicing 8 hours a day. Unless you are already good, starting at age 13 is considered late and breaking the top 50 in the world will be extremely difficult. You will also need to find excellent practice partners and a world class coach to guide you. This will cost a...

There are a few reasons why not. 1) Many mid-level players in China can make $150,000 a year playing local tournaments. Even if you aren't great by Chinese standards, you can get paid to just show up to tournaments. You get an appearance fee, you get paid travel money, you get free housing...

Do you know how the world ranking system works at all? Is English your native language? If you are regional champion you get a ton of points. If you are top dog in your area, you get to go to the world cup, you get points from just losing in the 1st round. If you qualify for the world...

Remember what I said: "How many players in China could crack the top 100? With the way the weird ranking system works, for women at least 10,000. For men at least 1000 but probably way more. With local champion points bonuses, if they went to a weaker area of the world and did well in that...

I would define pro as someone whose income is derived from playing table tennis. This could be prize money, salary from a club or government, or sponsorships. You could talk about what is a "pro level" but that is subjective and difficult to define. How many players in China could crack...