Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

[Archosaurus]

On this one Archo , your level is -2700, just so that you know . its not sacrificing your own happiness for others , its sacrificing a tiny winy bit of happiness to save your own life , peace and tranquility of your mind and ensuring that you don't become really really sad anytime soon and especially if you are in US and did not sign a prenup , protecting half your old age savings . Again I am not married but I am 15 years older than you and have plenty of friends who have been married ....

Well, most men in the US are fairly complacent in their marriages, and the divorce rate is astounding. Many couples report unhappiness. Same thing here in Finland: it's uncommon to not be divorced once or twice by the time you're 50. I can't help but feel something's up, you know. Although it could be anything: even the experts don't really understand for sure why modern western people are so unhappy, particularly in their marriages.

Okay, I will stop the Daily Social Dynamics Chit Chat.

 

[OldschoolPenholder]

@OldschoolPenholder

I've seen you post twice that you cancelled something at the last minute to go and do something with your wife. Although I acknowledge you're older and evidently wiser than I am, I'd still like to remind you that falling into the trap of complacency never makes anyone happy in any kind of relationships. Although whatever you were doing was probably actually important and warranted a change of schedule, so don't get me the wrong way.

Of course, I'm still young, so perhaps I don't really understand the whole concept of sacrificing oneself for the happiness of another.

Archosaurus,

There's a saying here in USA, "Happy Wife, Happy Life"

We have been house hunting for some time now. Thinking of our 3 children, something we can pass down to them as we are not getting younger.

Real Estate agent called my wife and set the appointment to view the house. Past 2 times I cancelled my martial arts for this reason (and if I had to cancel TT, i would too). We were not ready to buy a house a few years back when prices/interest rates were superlow Sadly other buyers can pay ALL CASH and we have lost out on some beautiful houses. For the record, we both loved yesterday's house... *crosses fingers*

I am older than you, but not wiser! There's no positive correlation with age and wisdom! LOL at me!

Re: serves ... great to hear! I used to stand a certain way, slight crouch, but mostly upright. My friend 42andbackpains mentioned some tips, mostly lower and closer to table. It's foreign to me, so i'm trying to work that in.

 

[Archosaurus]

Archosaurus,

We have been house hunting for some time now. Thinking of our 3 children, something we can pass down to them as we are not getting younger.

Real Estate agent called my wife and set the appointment to view the house. Past 2 times I cancelled my martial arts were for this reason. We were not ready to buy a house a few years back when prices/interest rates were superlow Sadly other buyers can pay ALL CASH and we have lost out on some beautiful houses. For the record, we both loved yesterday's house... *crosses fingers*

I am older than you, but not wiser! There's no positive correlation with age and wisdom! LOL at me!

Re: serves ... great to hear! I used to stand a certain way, slight crouch, but mostly upright. My friend 42andbackpains mentioned some tips, mostly lower and closer to table. It's foreign to me, so i'm trying to work that in.

That's good to hear. I somehow knew it was something actually important. I guess it's worth cancelling your martial arts for that, hah. I believe your house buying venture will go well.


I used to serve very upright. I'm young, so I figured that I have no excuse. But I can understand what you mean with feeling foreign: I couldn't even hit the ball when I got really low!

The foreign feeling will go away, and soon, serving upright is what will feel absolutely foreign and wrong. I think you will appreciate the switch, because the quality increase is pretty big. It just takes some getting used to: bear with it.

 

[OldschoolPenholder]

okay , got it OSPH , I do the same whenever I feel my partner is feeling Claustrophobic

LOLOL

Yeah, so they are professional athletes and world-class players, they could do stuff I can't - like stand and block your doubles partner's view. LOL

 

[pgpg]

@OldschoolPenholder


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Of course, I'm still young, so perhaps I don't really understand the whole concept of sacrificing oneself for the happiness of another.
..

Nailed it.

 

[ttmonster]

True, the one me and my doubles partner is having trouble with is the following ... the opponent serves , my partner does an inside out forehand loop over the table . he tries to cross my view after that because his weight transfer is going that way , but generally in doubles things come back crosscourt so I am having to figure out how to return the ball through my partner's armpits , its not that I haven't done it before. I have even looped while barely managing to not hit my female partner couple of times , of course the technique had to be very compact and my partner was very adept at doing a jig at the right timing ..

LOLOL

Yeah, so they are professional athletes and world-class players, they could do stuff I can't - like stand and block your doubles partner's view. LOL

 

[ttmonster]

I will let sleeping dogs lie Archo ... I consider myself not qualified enough to make such simplistic conclusions ... let alone argue with you on yours.

Well, most men in the US are fairly complacent in their marriages, and the divorce rate is astounding. Many couples report unhappiness. Same thing here in Finland: it's uncommon to not be divorced once or twice by the time you're 50. I can't help but feel something's up, you know. Although it could be anything: even the experts don't really understand for sure why modern western people are so unhappy, particularly in their marriages.

Okay, I will stop the Daily Social Dynamics Chit Chat.

 

[Archosaurus]

True, the one me and my doubles partner is having trouble with is the following ... the opponent serves , my partner does an inside out forehand loop over the table . he tries to cross my view after that because his weight transfer is going that way , but generally in doubles things come back crosscourt so I am having to figure out how to return the ball through my partner's armpits , its not that I haven't done it before. I have even looped while barely managing to not hit my female partner couple of times , of course the technique had to be very compact and my partner was very adept at doing a jig at the right timing ..

Is your partner's body straight and high as normal, or has he fully transferred his weight onto his left leg and his back is in a more horizontal position? I believe this would be a practical way to get out of the way in time. He can easily spin around while moving out of your view and get back before it's too late, being able to cross-step to cover the forehand and being in position to play backhand or forehand from his position. In the meanwhile, you take a hop backwards to get out of his way.
I'm not particularly athletic, and I can do this. Although it's very well possible that this is just not practical for amateurs when playing a faster, higher level game. What do you think?

 

[ttmonster]

My partner is a JPen , he has a very good loop but he likes to keep his entire forehand side open when receiving serve , so I have to literally stand outside the table and a couple of steps back to let him do his thing without feeling claustrophobic ...

Is your partner's body straight and high as normal, or has he fully transferred his weight onto his left leg and his back is in a more horizontal position? I believe this would be a practical way to get out of the way in time. He can easily spin around while moving out of your view and get back before it's too late, being able to cross-step to cover the forehand and being in position to play backhand or forehand from his position. In the meanwhile, you take a hop backwards to get out of his way.
I'm not particularly athletic, and I can do this. Although it's very well possible that this is just not practical for amateurs when playing a faster, higher level game. What do you think?

 

[Archosaurus]

My partner is a JPen , he has a very good loop but he likes to keep his entire forehand side open when receiving serve , so I have to literally stand outside the table and a couple of steps back to let him do his thing without feeling claustrophobic ...

Wait, so let's get this straight:

You're standing on the outside of your forehand wing, and he is standing in his backhand wing. Opponent 1 serves crosscourt to him, and he steps around to loop it crosscourt at Opponent 1. Opponent 2 returns it crosscourt and you must now take the ball with him in the way, moving out of his backhand wing. I am assuming you're both righties.

Is this the scenario, or am I really missing it?

 

[Liten]

Playing boubles is easy.. If you end up out of place for the incoming ball you just shout: - GO GO Gadget arm! ..

(Yeah you almost always end up punching your teammate in the belly or in the balls.... )

 

[thekleifheit13]

Finally getting back into the swing of things, I went to the club last night for 2 hours and worked toward my goal of playing a truly spin-centric game. I did not focus on winning, just executing quality strokes and adjusting my strategy to give me the best chance. I found that my backhand was much improved, thanks to freeing my wrist up for more movement and relaxing. My forehand was ok in structured drills but my footwork and prediction were too weak for my forehand to be useful in a random or game scenario. Next week I need to do drills on my forehand to groove the stroke better, then work on 1-and 2-step movement drills. Overall, I'm glad I took time off and reevaluated my mentality. Love reading this thread btw, keep it up everyone

 

[baumschule]

The last two weeks were very busy for me due to numerous things happening that needed my full attention. As a result of that I abandoned using T05 and went back to my usual setup since the season here is starting next week for us and our first two opponents are direct competitors to us wich means I need to be playing at my best. If I had two more weeks I would've probably steayed with Tenergy but right now it's too much of a gamble for me.
Also it seems like I missed quite a lot of discussion on here. Skimming through it briefly it seems like it what mostly about multiball. Anything important I should know?

 

[ttmonster]

You are really missing it, its simpler than that.

He is receiving serve , he likes to start his stance midway between the backhand side of the table ... and the rest follows.

 

[OldschoolPenholder]

or in the balls.... )

ouchy!

 

[OldschoolPenholder]

After work, will meet my wife. Archo and i jinxed myself LOL

 

[Liten]

On a serious note: Today I googled Arylate and Hinoki.. Not good! I have to get back to my other EJ-hobbies!

 

[Nuke Skywalker]

Making a (retired) 2300+ player go whoa by killing his serve has to be up there. Try hitting a serve that hard sometime.

Wow, knowing that player....(who was actually 2395 at his highest, so really 2400) That SHOULD be your new favorite shot! Asgarali is no joke.

 

[Nuke Skywalker]

Played this Sunday, started off chopping with my classic defensive setup (VKM, P-1R 1.0mm, TSP Triple Spin chop) total defense. Felt great and had a lot of success, but couldn't beat a guy that likes to flat hit and has a very soft passive but consistent push/block game. He out-consistent-ed me.

I then switched to double inverted and beat him in 3 straight twice in a row. I played as an attacker first, and a chopper (but with double inverted) second. He's about 100 points higher than me, but generally speaking (because I don't play double inverted often) I'm about a level or two worse. This is the kind of maddening thing that tempts me to stray from sticking with a style.

My biggest problem...I tend to get bored.

 

[Archosaurus]

Yesterday, I was tense as hell and couldn't play well.

My goals for today are playing as relaxed as I can and going slightly lower by squatting more. I've done the conditioning and I can control my muscle activation well enough at my current level to play relaxed, there's no reason I shouldn't be able to. At this point it's largely mental.

Let's see what happens.