ERT Quote at 2:38:
"In western countries the approach is different. Some amateurs players just look at "pro's table tennis equipment" but don't focus enough in "how to spin the ball."
[Grammatical mistakes left as in the video.] If I was going to edit this to be not so offensive the first thing I would do is remove the first sentence. With that first sentence, there is a bit of a race bias being added that is totally not necessary to the point being made:
Here is how I would say what I think ERT means: "Some amateur players buy equipment that is too fast for them and that makes it harder for them to effectively learn to spin the ball. With a moderate speed blade that is 5 ply and all wood, and middle of the road rubbers that are easy to control, it would make it easier for many mid and lower level players to learn how to spin the ball more effectively."
No need to say anything about the west. And my experience in the west has been that every decent coach I have known and worked with emphasized how important spinning the ball is and how it is worth it to try to get massive amounts of spin you your shots. So, I am not sure where ERT is talking about when he says the west.
And, while it might be interesting to some, and it could also be informative, I am not sure I would call this kind of COMMENTARY coaching.
Also, at 13:58 ERT says: "You also understand why Chinese technique is superior:" Which adds to what I think is problematic about him saying "in the west" especially given how it is definitely not my experience of coaches in the west that they encourage you not to develop spin, not to use your legs and hips, not to improve your acceleration. In fact I have heard everything he says in this video from any number of good coaches IN THE WEST.
But I would also say that he completely ignores how you touch the ball, how you contact the ball, the way you let the topsheet grab the ball, the way you let the ball sink into the topsheet and sponge while making tangential contact, the way you let the contact of the ball with the topsheet and sponge compress the sponge to some extent while distorting the topsheet (stretching it) so that when the topsheet rebounds it helps create exponentially more spin.
But if I was saying that stuff with cool graphics of a ball stretching and distorting the topsheet, it still would be me pontificating, not coaching.
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If that graphic depicted a rotational force on the ball, and the ball stretching the rubber more towards one side with the pips bending, it would be close to what I am talking about. And if you are really talking about high levels of spin, it is hard to do that without talking about subtle details of how you get the rubber to stretch, distort, and then snap back to increase the amount of spin that much more.
But talking about those details still isn't coaching. The problem solving of trying to figure out how to help someone FEEL how to get some of that, that would be coaching.