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At my last office tournament several months ago, I had a very poor result despite having spent months doing drills with coaches. I realized that I needed to focus more on gaining match experience. So for the past 7 months, I've been going to the club every week and playing people around my skill...

Less than a year ago, I had bought a paddle with 2.1 rubber (43 hardness) on the forehand and 1.9 rubber (43 hardness) on the backhand. (These are cheap Air Tiger rubbers from colestt.com - I'm guessing most people here have never heard of that rubber.) After playing with it for a while, I felt...

A couple years ago I was having shoulder pain (and not playing any table tennis at all) and was diagnosed with calcific tendonitis. I got a cortisone injection and did a couple months of physical therapy. I think the injection helped, and don't think the physical therapy helped at all. Then...

The majority of serves that I receive are backspin serves to my backhand side. I've been trying to do the backhand flick almost all the time with those serves. Only if the serve is really short or low, or if it's to my forehand, will I do something else. I just don't feel like getting into an...

I was going to change the rubber on this, but the wood in that area has come apart and is stuck to the rubber. Should I try peeling the wood off the rubber and glue it back to the blade, or just forget about that wood and live with the blade being thinner in that area, or just get a new blade?

A few years ago, my company had a table tennis tournament and I finished in second place. Then came the pandemic, and we didn't have another tournament until this year. For the past 6 months, I've been going to the local table tennis club, getting lessons and coaching, thinking that it would...

Last year I lost in the final match of a tournament. It hurt, really bad. Not sure if we'll have a tournament later this year because of the coronavirus, but I'm hoping we will. Hopefully the local table tennis center will open up and I can start training with a coach. I have a lot of stroke...

I am going on a trip soon and want to find a good audiobook I can listen to. I'd like a book that will help with mental preparation for table tennis. Looking at old posts, I have seen quite a few recommendations for "The Inner Game of Tennis" by W. Timothy Gallwey and "Winning Ugly" by Brad...

How can I improve my reflexes so I can return smashes like Koki Niwa?

I'm a beginner and trying to get ready for a big upcoming tournament. I went to my local table tennis club and got some coaching today. What sometimes happens during my matches is that I'll get into these unending pushing rallies. As the rally gets longer, I try to generate more backspin in...

I am a beginner player and I just got my first ever customized racket. I asked for the Air DefenderS 1.5mm for the black rubber, and Air Scirocco 1.8mm for the red rubber. I assume the thickness refers to only the topsheet and not topsheet+sponge? As you can see in the photo below however, it...

I'm a beginner and have been playing a lot at the office for the past year using some cheap Chinese paddles from Amazon. We have a big tournament coming up in a couple months and I'd like to get something better. I'm a defensive player and I just wait for the other player to make a mistake. I...

How does this Pongfinity guy do it? Go to 1:23 in the video. Is he using a special rubber, or is it just skill?