I trained my backhand yesterday, for a few minutes, but we only had very little time and half of it was wasted.
I have looked at hours of video of myself and my partner, and even though I have seen him do some stupid deliberate mistakes on the block, he fails to admit that his racket is doing things that I can see but he can't feel. I don't know how I can convince him.
I made him hold the racket in place while he receives my stroke to prove that it is not the spin or anything and he can aim the ball if he tries, and tried everything including showing video to prove to him that his stroke is extremely inconsistent and keeps going all over the place, but he denies it because he can't feel it. His racket moves far too much and keeps going up and forward in a way that will throw even no-spin out, but he is adamant in that he is tapping forward and moving it slightly.
I don't know what to do. I will show him more and more video until he just accepts it. I have even blocked for him and told him to pay attention to what I do but it hasn't helped.
Now I kind of understand how TTD feels when I am stubborn and keep debating something that is probably a fact, just because I am trash at tabletennis and don't get it.
I would upload the video but he doesn't want his face to show anymore and it does show in the video, so take this. This is what I'm talking about. I think part of the issue is his need to extend his arm and keep the racket sideways, and I've tried to keep his elbow low and racket tip pointing up but it hasn't done anything.