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Hi, I'm very happy to see people like you! Unfortunately table tennis is hard to understand without playing experience, that's why are few people who just watch. Try to find videos from a different angle than official (recorded from top/back).I only watch table tennis not play.
Also, bear in mind that the Japanese, and possibly other nationalities, will call the loop a drive.
"Duraibu" in Japanese just means loop, or topspin.
Yes, because I said that the Japanese won't call it a loop or a topspin. I said that the Japanese commonly say "drive" but they don't always mean drive in the sense that we do. I think it's an older generation thing, because I'm starting to hear it less and less, at least online. You posted WRM, a modern TT channel and I can't remember anyone talking about "drives", at least.Actually, Japanese people will call it a loop.
I know because
1) I took Japanese for 4 years.
2) I talk to Japanese people
3) I watch Japanese Table Tennis Youtube videos. This one is really active https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ML1BOQVPYv6GLOz854S7w
It's just like English. They will call things loops, loop drives, drives, and topspins.
Yes, sorry about that. I re-read my post a few times, and I didn't express it quite clearly enough.Come on Archo. Do you really want to turn this guys question into an argument about your....ahem....your "expertise" in Japanese?
The subject is the difference between a loop and a drive. Why are you turning this into a discussion on Japanese?
Just drop it.
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