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I was told he can make a lot of money playing in big corporate tournaments in China. That is what he wants to do apparently as opposed to playing internationally.

If you have very bad sweaty hands there are two popular solutions: 1) Get a prescription based aluminum topical solution and apply it daily. 2) Get an Iontophoresis device and use it daily. I would strongly advise against #1 as there are health consequences to having too much aluminum in...

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My friend said it was a new different version of H3 national. It looked exactly the same as the other normal sheets of H3 national she had.

One of my friends was trained as a pro in China as a kid. She is friends with one of the former women's world champions from China. I cannot remember which one. When my friend was in China she bought a lot of H3 national and the former world champ gave her 1 sheet of a new type of red H3...

If you watch the 87-91 worlds, you will see such a crazy variety in styles. Some players would retrieve like Applegren, some would play like maniacs hyped up on 1000 cups of coffee like Lindh, there were backhand oriented players like Grubba and the Mazunovs, some of the Chinese like Xu Zengcai...

These are excellent videos! Thanks! In the video posted above, Ma Long is using his wrist as he loops. Jang Woojin is exaggerating a bit in his demonstration to let people see how the wrist moves clearly, but Ma Long definitely has a wristy type loop.

Anytime these guys play against each other: Ma Long vs Zhang Jike Ma Long vs Bojan Tokic

One thing not mentioned so far is Timo's form. Both his forehand and backhand are a bit different than most players. He has extremely compact strokes and is incredibly balanced when playing. He almost always seems in control of the point and rarely overextends himself. He might not have won...

His video channel was great. Hopefully he will make some new videos soon.

Sandbagging is a pretty big problem. Lots of people do it, especially those around the 2500 rating and the 2200 rating. The people who are around 2500 have no chance to win the open, so being rated 2501 will ensure they can't win money at tournaments. The under 2500 event usually pays a...

That is amazing dedication. I played for my city's soccer team and got invited to tryout for a national level traveling team that played international matches when I was around 10. When my parents found out they would have to drive me to practice everyday about 100km each way, their answer was...

All of those players and Ulf Karlsson were definitely awesome players. Having that many quality players definitely helped out making the training camps extremely beneficial.

The equipment is irrelevant. China could be forced to use any reasonable brand and rubber and after 1 month of practice they would still dominate the world championships. No other country in the world, except maybe North Korea, could take that many kids and make them practice that hard...

China just has a superior training system. It comes at a cost to the players who don't make it but it will produce the best players in the world. The players start young, can play 6-8 hours a day, have great coaching and an abundance of practice partners. No other country can come close when...

You wouldn't like being in America much then. For some, the rating is the be all and end all of everything. Even when picking a coach, the vast majority of American players will pick the coach with the highest rating rather than say a good track record of helping players improve. If I were...

One fact people might be overlooking about "2000 rated players" is that they might not be telling the truth about their rating. All the time in the club people ask me to train and then spout off some rating. More often than not what they say and what their max rating was, are two different...

NextLevel is spot on with his analysis. I think table tennis is more like speaking a language than playing a typical sport. Something happens and you must instantaneously react in the correct manner. How many people do you know that learned a second language as an adult and speak perfectly...

Hugo's dad is a PE teacher as well I think. If you are going to try, good luck. One important thing to remember is your improvement will not be linear. When you learn a new tactic you might actually play worse for a while until you get used to it and perfect it. The important thing is to put...

I should be clearer. When the coach said decent level of playing, he meant Chinese National Team level of playing, not necessarily world champion. There is quite a bit of difference.