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Baal, I'm trying to PM you but your inbox is full and won't accept anything until you create some space. Please.

Oh, Dan, you didn't do the maths! If saying "table tennis" takes one second, you're up for 100, 000 seconds. Which is 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds - without stopping for meal breaks, sleep or table tennis. "I'm not sure what I was thinking." LOL.

You're still missing the point and I don't know how to help you. It's not about whether or not we can comment - even a moron like me makes comments. It's not about whether Jorgic is a "zillion" times better than us (does putting it in inverted commas help you?). Nor is it about my opinion -...

Darko Jorgic similarities with Bojan Tokic? Regardless of technical and stylistic differences between the two, I'm struck by their willingness to commit 100% to a stroke. The WTTC 2011 match between Tokic and Ma Long remains one of my all time favourites. The guy just shows absolutely no fear...

Yes, I was trolling you, but you still managed to miss the point. My point is simple: who are you (or me or any of us) to criticise Jorgic's backhand when it is clearly a zillion times better than yours (or mine or any of us)? The guy is ranked 39 in the world. His backhand is his strength so...

I suspect Jorgic could give RidTheKid a 9 point start and play his backhand to everything and still win. It's easy to mount arguments about the strengths and weaknesses of professional players but reality is we're nobodies and never, ever are we going to play at their level. This time 5 years...

I've just watched the video and, yes, Ma Long plays an extraordinary variety of backhand shots against the best available competition. (I loved how he despatched the great Ma Lin's serve.) Without a doubt, the youtube video shows an awesome player, amongst the very best of the very best...

Bravo, Team!

Okay, I'm completely mystified. How is that 200+ people have voted for the rankest of amateurs playing a crap shot and fluking it bouncing off the net posts as "the best shot in 2019"? That is nothing other than luck. As Carl says, Franziska plays the best genuine table tennis shot.

99% ? Have you done a statistical analysis to come up with this figure?

As the OP notes, it's a question of etiquette. Etiquette is always a matter of choice. Choose to apologise even if you don't need to, your opponent will probably think well of you. Don't apologise, and your opponent may or may not think you're a jerk. I always choose to apologise.

As far as I can see, the Chinese women beating the US men is not a case of top women beating top men. The US men are not in the first level of excellence. Yes, they are very, very good table tennis players, but they are not "top". And it has always been the case that the best women will beat...

Crazy, isn't it? Yet in this last season I've come up against and lost to a left-handed player and I have to consciously remind myself that he's a leftie! I keep forgetting and put balls right in the slot for his forehand. :confused:

Hmmm... Interesting that you think you're important enough to have a stalker. I'm not attempting to hijack the thread. Just pointing out that US table tennis ratings only apply to US table tennis players. If you actually are interested in opening the thread to anyone other than the Yanks...

No, it's not a thread everyone could participate in. How am I supposed to know what my USATT rating is? I'm not in the USA, never been in the USA, never ever intend to visit the USA.

This:

Wrong. Because you have titled this thread "How to implement strategy" people are deceived into reading a whole load of stuff which has nothing to do with strategy. By derailing your very own thread, you are misleading other members of the forum. You will note from the Forum topics menu...

I get the distinct impression he's a little more serious than she is. Male pride at stake? Either way, I wish I could "goof off" at that level.

There are times when someone opens a new and potentially interesting topic with an anecdote. Sometimes the topic then develops into an informative and beneficial discussion of the original question. Sometimes it develops into a long and entirely irrelevant ramble down memory lane. Guess which...

Because he practises it? It's totally obvious that he doesn't have anything like the same ability with his right-handed backhand. We only ever see Timo switch hands to play a forehand. Virtually all of Dan's serves were to Timo's backhand. It would have been a different game if Dan had only...