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Here, I explained the same thing differently for Siva S:
This is a mistake made by many players who don't have a good coach and are trying to teach themselves how to play. The fundamentals of a player like Ma Long were phenomenal before he started playing around with extending the stroke. You need to have the basics way before you start doing that.
If you want to copy Ma Long's form you want to copy the strokes he does when he is warming up. The counterhitting stroke and the looping stroke he does in warming up for a match are more what you would want to emulate until your strokes are much better.
I hope that makes sense.
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IMO, even those warm up strokes are relatively advanced and there are better players for amateurs to emulate but to each his own. Ma Long has multiple forehand swings adapted to a lot of balls and his shot selection is supported by his experience and training (physical) and footwork. Its just a different animal entirely. Watch a long point played by Ma Long and see how many different types of forehand swings you can identify. Few players take that approach even at that level.