So which one are you? I don't know about both of you anyway 😂
If you or your friend or anyone you know is visiting my country i invite you or them for play, nice game, so a lot to learn from that, thanks
It is said that the sign of having mastered a foreign language is that one can understand humor and
recognize cynicism.
With other words: We are just having a larf , taking the mickey or making a joke.
Simple : If after the sentence we add 🤣🤣🤣 then we mean it is a joke.............you may laugh too
Also, worthwhile stats for you if you are looking to improve:
In the first set your opponent opened up successfully 12 times. If I add the times he tried and failed, the number is higher. But the successful open ups were 12. Those were all the topspin rallies in the first set. You did not try once to open in the first set. You played passively and let him start.
In the second set you attempted 1 FH open up where you missed the ball. And then, on the last serve of the game, you punched a high dead ball serve. So, you actually opened successfully ONCE.
In the second set your opponent was successful at opening the topsin rally 11 times.
Through the first 2 sets, all but one of your opponent's open ups was on the BH side. Your opponent opened once with his FH. So, 22 BH open ups and 1 FH open up, in the first 2 sets; and of 24 offensive rallies, he opened on 23 of them; 23 of 24 is 96%.
In the 3rd set, he opens up 8 times, You open up with a FH Loop once and you punch another high dead ball once. So in this set, of 10 offensive rallies, you initiated 2.
In the 4th set you were a little more active. You opened on 1 FH and 1 BH and you tried on 1 more FH and 2 more BHs, but you tried, you became more offensive-minded and you succeeded 2x. This is important.
Your opponent opened successfully 8 times. So, of 10 topspin rallies in this set, he was responsible for 8 and you successfully opened on 2.
In the last set, you were even more active. You opened successfully 3 times with FH and 3 times with BH. 2 of the BHs were pretty nice loops. Your opponent opened 6 times successfully so, the last game was the first time where you each initiated 50% of the offensive rallies.
You may be winning, but he is working on the more valuable skill for improving in the sport for most of the match. Even if you can handle his topspin, he is doing the more active work a large percentage of the time.
But, when you do successfully initiate the topspin, it seems you do usually win. And your topspin open ups are good enough for you to work on opening much more frequently than you do.
Hopefully this is useful information for you.
That is the sub-forum: "Ask a Pro".
I am not sure this qualifies. But, I also don't think it matters that it is in the ask a pro forum.
And MZ did say he welcomes feedback from anyone. So, it would be cool if a pro answers. 
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No matter how you slice it, it will be good for you to work on attacking as early in the rallies as you can. You could think of that as training; making a goal of trying to open up on serves, on the first push.....you could even see if you can play a set where you DO NOT PUSH ONCE....where you try to open up on every serve he gives and on every push. He does not have to know that you have made yourself a rule for that set or match that you will attack on every ball and that you won't push at all....it is a good training exercise with someone you are that much better than.
You should also think about making a certain number of attempts at trying to open with your FH on pushes that are to your BH side. You can do that. On short balls to your FH side, you could probably footwork to open over the table with your BH as well.
Especially when you are able to win such a large percentage of the points against your opponent, you should start working on things like that that force you to use footwork to position yourself for the opening. That will also really help how you move around the table. He is really not a challenge for you. So you may as well work on some more complex skills.
Yep i will try to incorporate more techniques next session. I still think i missed plenty of blocks and hope to get that down.
I agree with this statement but the review should be done by a competent coach or player.
This is why in this forum we have the special thread to post these videos called the VIDEO FOOTAGE SAFE THREAD
Thanks really appreciate these stats. Im impressed that you can identify a dead ball from so far away.
I am trying to open up more, but i feel rushed when he is playing so fast.
Actually were not trying to beat each other. After each set, we are coaching each other on where we think the other guy is losing. I told him he is playing too fast and trying to loop too early in the rally, resulting in misses. I also said he seems to be losing the bh to bh rallies because he isnt building the point enough. As you said, not thinking.
He said that he feels afraid to hit to my forehand, because he seems to not be able to return my fh loop.
Excuse me if I’m wrong, but you shouldn’t be “coaching” him in forehand or backhand if you never played actively with either. From the looks of it, he serves better, and more willingly tries to attack. If he simply sharpens his loops a little, he would be winning most of the points.
