says
Aging is a killer
says
Aging is a killer
I try for everything as long as it is safe for my racket. Never had a situation in an important match where I've had to decide between my racket and the point
One thing I notice, the higher level the player, the more I see them try for every ball no matter what and the more likely they are to make some kind of return on any ball.
That is the case in the pros I know. It is the case in the top pros too. I can't think of how many times I have seen Ma Long throw himself at the table trying to get a net dribbler when he was back in mid-distance. He doesn't always get them. But he gets enough of them to impress me with his ability to change gears and be creative.
Edmund Suen, the guy who fixed my forehand--or helped me fix some of it really--he explained that, you should be set before the ball bounces on the opponent's side, or try to be, so you can move to where the ball is going. But the backswing is part of the stroke so you get the whipping action at the last moment. And that, if you are already swinging before the ball hits the net, you are swinging too early. And ideally, if the backswing happens as the ball bounces, so you get maximum whipping action, then you can adjust to the edges too: even on be big strokes.
That is why the higher level players are ready for everything.
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I just cant forget this one..
Watch from 0:44
That's an important but simplified part of a very complex story that would take too long to tell... My answer would be more along the lines of once you have strokes and feeling that can control the ball, and you can move to the ball in balance, and you are able to read the ball better, you are willing to try to get to the ball more.
Actually sometimes edges can be predictable.. You can see it that it is possible to get an edge, when the ball comes too close to the end of the table. Therefore you can sort of get ready for it.
To me - more problematic are net quotes, because that is far more unpredictable..
That reaction was quite good, but (no offence) Eric looks somehow a little bored or maybe even a little absent minded. Or is that just his style?
Thanks I think it is his style as he is usually quite chilled and funny, and possibly the occasion, as I only come back to my home country once per year and we play together once a year.
Yesterday I played league matches and I have to say, I mostly won when I got net or edge. I won 7 of 10, so quite good for me to go for them. I only lost one that dropped too short and bounced 2 times on the table when I was under pressure away from table. One when (again) under pressure away and fell off the table and therefore I put it too high. And the third I lost was a huge smash that clipped the net and disturbed my stroke action. But those others I got and won a point because my opponent didnt expect that. So still good to go for it ;-)