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I don't personally believe that having great serves would slow progress. I just understood NDH point (if I understood correctly) that if you rely too much on one strength it can distort your game kind of. I think it's really important to get a good serve asap and then you're forced to deal and...

Good post. There is often some kind of compensation going on. If you start to develop some strength, it's possible that you'll rely on it so much that you don't develop other things. And these weaknesses might not become apparent until you play certain players. I played local league in the UK...

Fully agree. I think the fundamentals of sandpaper and regular table tennis is very similar. In both you use your body in different ways to propel the arm. But the contact is different. I saw the ping-pong (sandpaper) world champs in 2017. One TT pro (Filip Szymanski) was there and did a good...

Yeah spin is important, it gives you safety in your shots and it gives you time to set up your next shot. And at lower levels where players have a tough time countering, even a high spinny loop can be very effective. Then you can build on your speed from there. Thin contacts to get high levels...

One of my training partners recorded a few points from a training match I had with a 2300+ rated Swedish player who plays in the second highest swedish league. I guess it's a response to the troll comment (that was deleted) in the thread, sorry I couldn't resist. 😂 Seriously though: Of course...

I wonder if anyone has actually claimed that they "need a carbon blade".. It has been said on this forum time and time again and is painfully obvious that equipment plays a small part in performance (assuming the equipment is of the relative standard). I'd think it plays a very little part in...

Yeah the difference between the top amateur players and actual pros is absolutely massive. I played against Xu Hui a few years ago (he used to play on the chinese national B team and has beaten Ovtcharov and other top players). I lost 7, 4, 4. But the score makes almost no difference against...

When Timo talked about tensing the core in his video I while back I experimented with that, but I haven't been able to get it to work. What's funny about that is that my physiotherapist is helping me with an injury atm and while she was testing for muscular imbalances she said my core was strong...

So much this. I've had a few coaches say to tense this and that, to "use" the forearm etc. Maybe I misunderstood what they meant but I could never get it to work when thinking about my strokes like this. It'd just cause this conscious tension that doesn't work well. I've improved so much since...

I'll copy and paste a comment I made in the video feedback thread where I referenced Pitchford's backhand: "You can see he has his arm quite well out in front and just does a short whip motion with his wrist, since you're hitting backhands close to the table I think this is what you should...

What a dream to visit NYC and hang with the goon squad 😍

I would guess it's because there's quite a big difference in the way it feels to loop with a carbon blade compared to your allwood blade. That difference may have made you unconsciously change something with your technique. Maybe you're compensating in some way because of this difference. I...

Man, there is a lot of wisdom being spoken here. Thanks BRS and NL. Guilty as charged on many of those points. I've been trying to internalize some of them before, and it has at least made my game much less frustrating. This approach to TT is the way to go imo, both in terms of improvement and...

While generally when you loop against block your FH may end up at around eye level, it's not a strict rule. Sometimes the finishing position will be like all the way across your body and down by the waist. It depends entirely on the type of ball you're dealing with. When you have a lot of time...

Hmm I see. Check this video out: You can see he has his arm quite well out in front and just does a short whip motion with his wrist, since you're hitting backhands close to the table I think this is what you should aim for. The turning of the upperarm and a push with the legs is what drives...

I think you could try experimenting with adjusting your arm structure slightly. To me, it looks like your elbow/arm is too close to your body so you don't have much space to swing. With the older type backhand technique this is ok since that technique relied more on body rotation and that body...

It isn't easy. But that's also the beauty of it. My advice to you would be to try the serves you're having difficulty with, if you can generate similar spin yourself you might be less surprised when you face them. It's difficult to teach someone how to read spin, it's kind of learnt from...

People seem to watch too many highlight videos of top players. Maybe everyone should record themselves playing more, it'll humble you. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Experience is king in table tennis. Yesterday my team and I went to practice at this other venue with some really good...

Timo boll ALC is much faster, there's a big difference in feeling since the blades are totally different. If you want more forgiveness and better feedback for your shots the acoustic would probably be better for you.

I asked the same question a while back and went with Timo boll alc flared version, I used an acoustic before. The timo boll alc is slightly thicker but still quite thin. Fits my small hands fine.