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I just went by myself this time since Austin couldn't make it. It made finding someone to warm up with a little more challenging, but I eventually found an unrated player who also didn't know anyone . Yet another reason why it pays to go to lots of tournaments - you know people and people know...

No video this time. Sorry. As far as how I played, I don't think I hit a clean shot the entire day from either wing. Backhand especially was a real nightmare. But in the past 2 years, there have been maybe three or four occasions where I have played against anyone outside of the small...

I played in the U-2000 event at the MDTTC in Gaithersburg this weekend. This was my 4th tournament in 4 years. Summary: Great facility, lots of nice people, got destroyed.

I am terrible at backhand blocking, but I was always taught to keep the tip of the racket facing sideways. Your friend probably just needs to keep the racket higher and wait for the ball to come to him more. It's easy to have too much upwards motion in your BH block when you have the racket...

Arch, Try to stop thinking in terms of closed and open racket angles. It's not useful. Your photos suggest that you are not getting any wrist rotation at the end of your backswing. You should be trying to get the tip of the rubber (the part farthest from the handle) to face your belly...

I use a Square Jellyfish tripod mount for my phone: https://www.amazon.com/Square-Jellyfish-Jelly-Tripod-Smartphones/dp/B01LYGH7XN/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1490497369&sr=8-3&keywords=square%2Bjellyfish&th=1 Really well-built. You can have your phone in a thick case and it still fits.

Hah! Do you see that white board on the wall? That's where we keep track of the results of every game we play. Let's just say he's got a few more tallies than I do. The sad part about it all is: 1) Austin doesn't play table tennis anymore. Ever. He just comes to my house and feeds me...

One game to 11 after about 70 minutes of multiball and training. :cool:

A quote from Brett Clarke (emphasis mine): So, in summary: 1. The forearm starts to bend a millisecond before contact, so the arm is never completely straight at the moment of contact on any stroke. 2. Our goal should be to sraighten the arm as much as possible (even against difficult balls)

Brett does teach an elbow/forearm snap right before you hit the ball, so the arm won't be completely straight at the moment of contact.

I'd like to see a video of this low, heavy chopper that's giving you these nasty, unloopable, half-long balls.

Arch, My recommendation for you would be to loop every single one of those low, heavy chops. Nothing will put the quality of your stroke to the test more than heavy backspin. You should take advantage of every single one of those balls you can to practice your stroke. Unless you are saying...

Just when some things were starting to come together with my game, my knee starts bothering me. Doh! I'm missing a PCL in my right knee, so I have to keep my weight down and my quad muscle strong in order to play TT comfortably. Fat and weak = knee instability. That's the bad news. The good...

37:00 - 39:02 is where he talks about this, BTW.

In order for the Europeans to ever have a chance at defeating the Chinese, they would need a player that has the following characteristics: 1) An incredible athlete with size and power. 2) a world class long, fast server whose long serves are virtually indistinguable from his short serves...

I agree with you that the long serve has always been in play. But my interpretation of what Danny is saying is that we are going to start seeing a much higher percentage of long,fast serves versus short serves in the future. Let's say that the current ratio is 85/15 in favor of short serves...

I basically said the exact same thing on MYTT a couple years back. I took a decent bit of flack for it, too.

You're right. I am going to have to learn to pivot at some point to reach my full potential anyways. When I play a chopper, I cover the entire table with a forehand, so I don't have much of an excuse. I think the issue for me is going to be recognizing which balls constitute as "easy balls"...

Thanks ttmonster. Everything you've written here describes me perfectly as well (knee/weight issues, favoring the backhand on long balls to the middle, etc.)

Question for anyone that wants to answer: Does it make any sense for someone who has not yet seriously practiced the FH pivot to serve a standard pendulum serve? Even if the opponent misreads my serve, the ball usually pops up high to my BH corner and right now I am not well trained in dealing...