Technique correction - Trying to Fix my FH backstroke + hitting through the sponge

[Dr Evil]

I am not sure if I understood you correctly. I do forehand drives like in this video using my hips only and almost no arm.
But my loop looks completely different. There I try to apply legs hips and everything but it all breakes due to many reasons.

1. Backstroke - racket angle goes from closed to open
2. I also hit at the top of the ball with that closed angle so I give more speed to the ball which makes it go out more because I loop with only the topsheet without activating the sponge
3. I loop with only the topsheet without activating the sponge - never cared or understood how to spin with activating the sponge only with topsheet and hitting it "thin"
4. Many errors since my contact window is even slimmer with that racket angle and brushing this thinly means I also miss many balls entirely -> loss of confidence or I loop "slower".
5. Point 4. makes me even more cautious so I have to be even more precise which only happens when I do the adjustments with my arm and hand in the last moment -> stroke doesn't look good

I do think before thinking about insane power I have to start practising and learning how to spin the ball by activating the sponge.
I will glue a barely used g1 rubber on a petr korbel jp wood (With the hope that, that setup is easier to active and spin the ball with the sponge) and then try to transfer that feeling to my setup later.
I think this looping with only the topsheet vs with sponge is my biggest issue atm and would also explain why all these rubbers I tried lately on my fh (d09c,g09c even g1 and now h3n) felt the same with just slight difference since I never really looped with the sponge and if I hit hard it was just the sponge without any brushing.

I am sorry for repeating myself a few times but just wanted to make my observation and understanding for now clear.

Agree you have good form, though it looks to me like you're using more shoulder/arm on many shots than you realize. This costs you extra effort and upper body tension. I think it's mostly this tension that's causing your timing and contact point to be a little inconsistent (harder to make small quick adjustments when you're tense) even when your partner is blocking right back to you. I think if you practiced playing almost tension-free with your shoulder/arm, getting almost all power from your hip turn, you'd quickly see your consistency and touch start to improve and eventually even your power. It would be a subtle change, especially on video, but could make a big difference.

 

[NetProphet]

There is an even better one. I think it is called 31° PJ which is kind of a arm cast that mounts your upper arm to your hip, so you really need to use underarm and rotation to put power onto the ball and with this you can not get the kinetic chain wrong, because without hip you simply won't even hit the ball

So it's this

That's interesting..... 🤔
Have you ever tried it?

 

[Dr Evil]

So it's this

That's interesting..... 🤔
Have you ever tried it?

Tried it. It's pretty good, but I found it too restrictive (may have been too small for me). I think resistance bands work better. Just takes some experimentation and adjustment to get the right fit.

 

[Zezima]

This is from todays Training Session.

Please make sure to Watch 1 Minute and then you can skip forwards and watch for a minute again. I would skip the first 2:30 Minutes. Take it as a warmup.

I feel like I needed some adjustment time especially in the beginning. I took a break every 2-3minute and then started over again. First 10minutes I felt something I am not gonna say what lets see if anyone can figure it out. Towards the end it was better.

I also change my Blade in the middle (going back to my old blade) I also loop with 2 different blades and 4 different rubbers.

1. Petr Korbel Red D80, Black G1
2. My Current Setup W968, Black H3N 39°, Red D09c
I do talk in the middle somewhere saying which Rubber and Blade I am gonna play (didn't do it in the beginning) I started with the Korbel Setup though.

I definetly Hit some really good FH especially in the middle of the video somewhere. Still many misses but I feel like I am getting there. I will need to watch again but the Korbel Setup felt not bad actually maybe even better in terms of feedback. My W968 setup felt really "soft" feeling but harder to break the sponge still compared to the Korbel Setup. Finally I start to understand if a rubber is too hard or too soft for me. I didn't really understand that before since I was looping just with the topsheet before.


Personally I will keep playing with the Korbel setup and switch to my setup here and there to compare the feeling. I have a trainingscamp in 12 days from now on. So I really need to "decide" with which setup I wanna go and play there. I am not a big fan of constantly switching setups. But ideally I would want to play with that setup in end of january for the season. But enough talk lets see what you guys have to say about my form now. It's obviously not perfect but its getting better I think.

@NakiMaki was also very helpful and helped me a lot getting this form.

Just to compare my old form:

my own feeling:

Best it felt with peter korbel FH
And with my Blade it felt better with D09c that I play on my bh currently

and worst it felt with H3N (just lack of bounciness?) It made me work even more to get the same quality as with D09c for example. So whenever it landed in the net I was like oh shiet right I have to use my hips more to get the same quality.

 

[NetProphet]

I mean my fh rubber is h3n and not d09c but I agree with your point about the hardness of the rubber. I just never understood the rubber mechanics to the stroke itself (read my earlier comments above)
So I could never say this rubber is "too hard for me" because I never really looped with the sponge and only with the topsheet. So I thought I can play with the rubber since all I cared for was me creating spin on the ball - so if I could create spin = rubber works for me.

I think this is possibly a big part of the problem. If you really can't tell the difference when looping with an Dignics 09c on your blade or the Glayzer 09c then there is (imo) a serious lack of feel going on. Now that to me says wrong blade.
But even taking D09c on its own, I can tell a very big difference between when I hit the ball properly with a crisp fast FH and penetrate that sponge V when I only half hit it because of passive, poor timing, poor technique etc.
I can feel it and also the quality of the ball crossing the table is so inferior.
I really think you should speak with a coach you can trust who will help you to develop what you want because (for me) trying to learn this by yourself with a W968 and D09c that doesn't seem to be giving you the output or the feedback you need along with inputs from 10 different people in here, it seems impossible that it will lead where you want.
I don't know how hard/soft the H3 is after boosting but I would put all my money on this being easier to learn by going back to more beginner/intermediate equipment for a year while you train it.
And if you have D09c on BH I really don't know what to say. Maybe it works for you and I just don't get it but I can't generate much spin with 09c on BH unless I am absolutely ripping the ball and at that speed my success rate is very low.
Just my opinion but without a coach who can tell you outright that this setup will work for you I think you're on too hard (excuse the pun) of a road.

 

[NextLevel]

This is from todays Training Session.

Please make sure to Watch 1 Minute and then you can skip forwards and watch for a minute again. I would skip the first 2:30 Minutes. Take it as a warmup.

I feel like I needed some adjustment time especially in the beginning. I took a break every 2-3minute and then started over again. First 10minutes I felt something I am not gonna say what lets see if anyone can figure it out. Towards the end it was better.

I also change my Blade in the middle (going back to my old blade) I also loop with 2 different blades and 4 different rubbers.

1. Petr Korbel Red D80, Black G1
2. My Current Setup W968, Black H3N 39°, Red D09c
I do talk in the middle somewhere saying which Rubber and Blade I am gonna play (didn't do it in the beginning) I started with the Korbel Setup though.

I definetly Hit some really good FH especially in the middle of the video somewhere. Still many misses but I feel like I am getting there. I will need to watch again but the Korbel Setup felt not bad actually maybe even better in terms of feedback. My W968 setup felt really "soft" feeling but harder to break the sponge still compared to the Korbel Setup. Finally I start to understand if a rubber is too hard or too soft for me. I didn't really understand that before since I was looping just with the topsheet before.


Personally I will keep playing with the Korbel setup and switch to my setup here and there to compare the feeling. I have a trainingscamp in 12 days from now on. So I really need to "decide" with which setup I wanna go and play there. I am not a big fan of constantly switching setups. But ideally I would want to play with that setup in end of january for the season. But enough talk lets see what you guys have to say about my form now. It's obviously not perfect but its getting better I think.

@NakiMaki was also very helpful and helped me a lot getting this form.

Just to compare my old form:

my own feeling:

Best it felt with peter korbel FH
And with my Blade it felt better with D09c that I play on my bh currently

and worst it felt with H3N (just lack of bounciness?) It made me work even more to get the same quality as with D09c for example. So whenever it landed in the net I was like oh shiet right I have to use my hips more to get the same quality.

The improvement is real and it is good that you could implement it. It will take time to see the benefits to your game but while you may not believe it, there are good players who do well with your old form as well. Let's see how it goes when you have to hit a ball with variation.

 

[dingyibvs]

Fix your backswing by not doing it. Don't backswing at all (i.e., keep your elbow stationary with respect to your hip), and just turn your hip. Let your elbow extend and then flex/snap forward as you contact the ball. The point is to keep a solid connection between your elbow and body, with your legs/hip turn providing the power. That connection is why core tension is important, so the power transfer from legs to hips through core to shoulder and elbow doesn't get dissipated. A "forehand fixing machine" might be helpful:

View attachment 39521

I second this. It's difficult to describe technique, it's much more effective to use a specific training method. My backswing was just like @Zezima's, and I had a really tough time trying to correct it after a similar number of years playing. What helped me to finally get it is a training like in the above video. I didn't use a band, but it was the exact same concept. These are my exact steps.

1) Hold your arm out a bit in my normal FH position, keep the elbow and wrist joints relaxed but not loose (i.e. don't let them dangle and be floppy).
2) Practice drives with a training partner while:
a) Using absolutely as little spin as possible.
b) Hold the elbow in position relative to your body, using only hip rotation and a tightening of the elbow/wrist at contact to drive the ball forward.
3) Gradually increasing the intensity of hip rotation to generate more powerful balls, find where your limit is before you need to add spin.
4) Add brushing at the point of contact to create the loop or...
5) ...Don't add brushing and instead shorten the motion to create the block.

These steps will give you a good foundation to improve your FH technique. There'll be a lot of fine tuning thereafter but you need to get these things right first.

 

[blahness]

The main issues is in excessive arm backswing (it literally needs to be nothing so that the body initiates the movement first), but other ppl have already mentioned that. The other thing is the contact philosophy which I think was not mentioned. It is a bit like Lin Gaoyuan where he tends to go around the ball (be it over the top or sideways) ie a brute force brush action rather than through it (for eg Hugo is really great at going through the ball).

But tbh i have seen some players with similar stroke structure to OP who also do very well so maybe it is not that important after all. for eg if OP learnt some deceptive af serving and receives he would gain far more points than working on FH technique.

if OP wants to fix it, I agree with @dingyibvs that just using the body (not shoulder or arm) to drive the ball for a long time with little or no spin, and then one can add finger action on that foundation. Mainly it is because it is far easier to get higher contact consistency with a drive compared to a pure brush. For me the loop is basically a drive action with addition of finger/pronation action to convert some speed into spin.

But the other problem is that OP needs the topspin to feel safe, so maybe he needs to gain some confidence first by learning the 'finger' brush method where you literally dont use anything except the fingers to generate strong spin. One really good exercise that can be done (copying from Ti Long) is literally sitting down on the ground and then brushing the ball with topspin with the fingers only and making it spin. You can even do it without a table. Once he learns this he will realise that it is not necessary to engage the shoulders or elbow to create the spin, and the rest of the body can focus more on having a solid impact on the ball.

Of course this is a different philosophy which may take a lot of time to ingrain, so OP needs to think if it is even worth it or not, when there are clearly other lower hanging fruits (for eg serve and receive).

 

[kindof99]

This is from todays Training Session.

Please make sure to Watch 1 Minute and then you can skip forwards and watch for a minute again. I would skip the first 2:30 Minutes. Take it as a warmup.

I feel like I needed some adjustment time especially in the beginning. I took a break every 2-3minute and then started over again. First 10minutes I felt something I am not gonna say what lets see if anyone can figure it out. Towards the end it was better.

I also change my Blade in the middle (going back to my old blade) I also loop with 2 different blades and 4 different rubbers.

1. Petr Korbel Red D80, Black G1
2. My Current Setup W968, Black H3N 39°, Red D09c
I do talk in the middle somewhere saying which Rubber and Blade I am gonna play (didn't do it in the beginning) I started with the Korbel Setup though.

I definetly Hit some really good FH especially in the middle of the video somewhere. Still many misses but I feel like I am getting there. I will need to watch again but the Korbel Setup felt not bad actually maybe even better in terms of feedback. My W968 setup felt really "soft" feeling but harder to break the sponge still compared to the Korbel Setup. Finally I start to understand if a rubber is too hard or too soft for me. I didn't really understand that before since I was looping just with the topsheet before.


Personally I will keep playing with the Korbel setup and switch to my setup here and there to compare the feeling. I have a trainingscamp in 12 days from now on. So I really need to "decide" with which setup I wanna go and play there. I am not a big fan of constantly switching setups. But ideally I would want to play with that setup in end of january for the season. But enough talk lets see what you guys have to say about my form now. It's obviously not perfect but its getting better I think.

@NakiMaki was also very helpful and helped me a lot getting this form.

Just to compare my old form:

my own feeling:

Best it felt with peter korbel FH
And with my Blade it felt better with D09c that I play on my bh currently

and worst it felt with H3N (just lack of bounciness?) It made me work even more to get the same quality as with D09c for example. So whenever it landed in the net I was like oh shiet right I have to use my hips more to get the same quality.

This is what I call fake feeling of using body power. You probably felt that you used a lot of body power for your drive/loop, but from the video, it showed your body move do not really provide power or speed for hand/arm swing. Your arm power mostly was from your shoulder. To get more body/leg power, loop when the ball is dropping. Or do more drive that move your leg/body solely without shoulder/arm/hand power

 

[NakiMaki]

The main issues is in excessive arm backswing (it literally needs to be nothing so that the body initiates the movement first), but other ppl have already mentioned that. The other thing is the contact philosophy which I think was not mentioned. It is a bit like Lin Gaoyuan where he tends to go around the ball (be it over the top or sideways) ie a brute force brush action rather than through it (for eg Hugo is really great at going through the ball).

But tbh i have seen some players with similar stroke structure to OP who also do very well so maybe it is not that important after all. for eg if OP learnt some deceptive af serving and receives he would gain far more points than working on FH technique.

if OP wants to fix it, I agree with @dingyibvs that just using the body (not shoulder or arm) to drive the ball for a long time with little or no spin, and then one can add finger action on that foundation. Mainly it is because it is far easier to get higher contact consistency with a drive compared to a pure brush. For me the loop is basically a drive action with addition of finger/pronation action to convert some speed into spin.

But the other problem is that OP needs the topspin to feel safe, so maybe he needs to gain some confidence first by learning the 'finger' brush method where you literally dont use anything except the fingers to generate strong spin. One really good exercise that can be done (copying from Ti Long) is literally sitting down on the ground and then brushing the ball with topspin with the fingers only and making it spin. You can even do it without a table. Once he learns this he will realise that it is not necessary to engage the shoulders or elbow to create the spin, and the rest of the body can focus more on having a solid impact on the ball.

Of course this is a different philosophy which may take a lot of time to ingrain, so OP needs to think if it is even worth it or not, when there are clearly other lower hanging fruits (for eg serve and receive).

Ehh, i agree to some of this. All top players and just normal good players with good consistent forehand topspins has the framework like this, with the backswing. Maybe It's a little exegerated for him now, but take into consideration its the first training session trying it.

Here Liang Jingkun has the same framework.
1. Drop arm while turning hips
2. lift up while arm is a bit behind the body
3. forward and upwards acceleration with an open racket
YouTube

 

[Amayzde]

Saying it's the change in rhythm that causes misses is too general.
What does the change in rhythm actually cause?
It causes poor timing, and that's caused by a breakdown in the entire stroke mechanics because it is not ingrained enough, not fast enough and doesn't track the ball properly and it's also linked to the follow through and reset from the previous shot.
You also say the technique is good enough. But what is good enough? That's totally open to interpretation from absolutely everyone. I don't believe he thinks it's good enough, and not to be harsh but nor do I. I expect one well placed or fast block means FH mistake and end of point and I've also watched more than 10 of his matches, there is lots of room for improvement and he is trying to do exactly that. I can't see how saying it's good enough is helping.
As for the robot, I could not watch 40 minutes of it so I only watched the first two minutes but more than half of the shots were missed in that 2 minutes 😬.

I dont like making things more complicated then it has to be. Too many people focus on perfecting the small details, while the biggest gains are made elsewhere.

So sir, Im sorry I wasnt specific enough for you. Luckily this isnt your post, so it doesnt matter.

If the OP has some questions I will happily explain myself.

 

[Zezima]

Alright my thoughts again for yesterday:

A) It was really hard to focus on every step for the backstroke (not pulling the arm with a closed racket back - I do this only against block balls against backspin balls I open the racket automatically) So letting the arm loose and rotating with the hips AFTER. In the beginning I was still moving the arm cautiously down and back without using the hips. I am very happy after just 1 Trainingsession with how my backstroke looks like now I need to focus on the follow through

B) Follow Through:

a)from 0:00-4:41 I talk into the camera saying I am using too much biceps. I don't feel anything in my shoulders but biceps was pumping (I never had this before even though my stroke was very arm only driven before aswell) During the shots it felt all relaxed much more relaxed than before. Keep in mind I also really didn't do that many FH Topspin in a row before. But I doubt in the first 4min this should happen?? Towards the End it got much better no more pumping.

b) Here some good shots where I managed to activate the sponge
Blade Korbel:
3:23 D80
4:17 G1
6:06 G1
6:39 G1
7:46 G1
8:11 G1
8:49 G1
Blade W968:
12:48 H3N
13:45 D09c
14:03 D09c
14:05 D09c
14:15 D09c
14:39 D09c
15:01 D09c
15:54 H3N
If we look at this it looks like G1 > D80 (a bit biased because I played much longer with G1 than with D80)
Also D09c > H3N (H3N activating the sponge was just harder for some reason. And D09c gave me that nice additional power which helped when I was getting tired towards the end).
Overall it's still biased since I started with korbel and then when I got better the hang out of it I switched to my "comfort" blade. I will still stick with Korbel for now atleast = more feedback. With my blade the only feedback is if the ball lands on the table or the sound (but I am bad at memorizing sound for now lol)

c) Racket is too closed on those shots that go into the net.

d)No Topspin because the follow through motion is more forwards (Actually I prefer it this way since when I look at my matches my elbow almost never passes my body) Correcting it back is easier. Tbh the Focus was activating the sponge.

e) I couldn't think about everything at once. Sometimes I forgot the hips sometimes I forgot to open up my elbow and wrist sometimes I realized myself that my racket angle is too closed. And whenever I did something right again I forgot something else instead. With the H3N for example it made me use my hips automatically to get that extra power. So much that I sometimes caught myself almost falling forwards. Then the balls started landing on the table again.

Focus next sessions:

a) Racket angle more open when going forwards
b) Swingpath more upwards (only works with fully compressed sponge)
c) Do a Drill against long backspin and then apply this stroke on the incoming block ball

I still have a bit longer than a month time to implement it into my league games after.

 

[Zezima]

So my question for now is. How do I use my biceps less? I didn't really feel my shoulder or any shoulder pain during this robotersession (1h).

Also I wonder if it would work if my swingSTART starts lower and goes more upwards. I would say the ball would have a higher safety instead of right now going into the net sometimes or just above net. My goal for now is adding good topspin to my strokes now without going back to looping with topsheet only. And for that I don't know if I should work on my swingpath and more open racket (if thats gonna be enough) or focus more on the wrist and brushing motion with the hand at contact. I think you can do both.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

sorry you posted too much footage. i can't see it all. in the last 5 minutes with the robot, it looked overall good. I see that most of your misses is hitting the net, not the ball going out. tells me sometimes you don't contact properly and hit too much instead of brushing.
If i were you I wouldn't spend so much time practicing single stroke at the same place. Thats not what happens in match.

I noticed in other videos that you didn't see also when there is a little backspin from the robot, and again you hit the net.

Also the (older?) video with the smash, thats quite wrong. timing and feet positioning. also you're practicing more like a FH drive kill rather than a smash . Its actually better IMO to try to drive kill (taking the ball from above and putting spin on the ball) as its often safer than the smash, but thats not a smash, where the racket is more open and like in tennis you just hit straight as hard as you can

 

[NetProphet]

I dont like making things more complicated then it has to be. Too many people focus on perfecting the small details, while the biggest gains are made elsewhere.

So sir, Im sorry I wasnt specific enough for you. Luckily this isnt your post, so it doesnt matter.

If the OP has some questions I will happily explain myself.

You don't have to be so defensive about it. But specifics are needed to help people, have you ever had any coaching? It's all specifics!

And snarking because it's 'not my post' isn't really helping anything either, your comments stand up to criticism or they don't, are helpful or they're not.
But why would the OP have questions, everything is perfect right 🙄

 

[NetProphet]

So my question for now is. How do I use my biceps less? I didn't really feel my shoulder or any shoulder pain during this robotersession (1h).

I reckon you'll notice the bicep less and less as you do it more. It's likely just the muscles reaction to being used this way all of a sudden.
You can't really use the bicep less because closing your arm like that is the bicep function.

Once your back swing is initiated by a backwards rotation of your core, your stroke is initiated by the forwards rotation of your core and the accelerating racket speed is coming from that arm snap (and bracing/engaging of the core muscles), the rest of it will follow.
It's a lot to just automate those 3 parts and get the timing so that you are hitting the ball at the correct moment.
From what I've seen across training/coaching at my club it takes ages to really automate the back swing so it's coming from the hips/core rotation rather than then shoulder rotation/arm reach.

 

[jk1980]

So it's this

That's interesting..... 🤔
Have you ever tried it?

Tried it and yes for anything but a very controlled multi ball or robot feed you would have the perfect footwork to make it work, because you simply can not cheat your way around having the perfect technique when you want to hit the ball. I can loop right now, but if I ever considered my forehand to be in need of improvement because I got no bigger issues, I would definitely use that one

 

[Zezima]

I am really not happy with this forums format on threads.
I want to use my progress and where each session post stands out and all the comments can be made on that post. But right now my post just goes under between all these comments. And its gonna be really hard to dig it out later. I just started using Onenote on my PC where I will organize my videos and comments under. But need to figure it out how to do this more appropiate for those who join this thread later and don't want to go through every page me included.

Would it be better if I can post it the very first post? I guess there is max character limit? Maybe I can write it someone else and link it to the main post. I want to use it like a diary with each session a different section.

Also I am not a big fan of everyone commenting where I don't know what their level is. Because its not easy to take the actual good advices. Some people just watch a few shots and then start commenting which is not helpful. Not only that they don't even read what my goal is and come to this post and talk about how fine my fh looks like when in reality it doesn't. Maybe I need to make my goals clearer.

I do want to change my fh:
1.backstroke relaxed open arm and open racket angle
2.Whip motion without looping with arm only (I got it down atleast I can see the whip)
3. Going into the ball activating the sponge and not just looping with the topsheet.

I did see now that my swing path is a bit weird and not right. I think I start too low and start opening the racket as compensation before contact. My weight shift is also a bit to the left instead of hips just rotating forwards.
I also think there is a problem with the forearm and elbow position during contact point. But gonna watch it later in more detail.

 

[NextLevel]

I am really not happy with this forums format on threads.
I want to use my progress and where each session post stands out and all the comments can be made on that post. But right now my post just goes under between all these comments. And its gonna be really hard to dig it out later. I just started using Onenote on my PC where I will organize my videos and comments under. But need to figure it out how to do this more appropiate for those who join this thread later and don't want to go through every page me included.

Would it be better if I can post it the very first post? I guess there is max character limit? Maybe I can write it someone else and link it to the main post. I want to use it like a diary with each session a different section.

Also I am not a big fan of everyone commenting where I don't know what their level is. Because its not easy to take the actual good advices. Some people just watch a few shots and then start commenting which is not helpful. Not only that they don't even read what my goal is and come to this post and talk about how fine my fh looks like when in reality it doesn't. Maybe I need to make my goals clearer.

I do want to change my fh:
1.backstroke relaxed open arm and open racket angle
2.Whip motion without looping with arm only (I got it down atleast I can see the whip)
3. Going into the ball activating the sponge and not just looping with the topsheet.

I did see now that my swing path is a bit weird and not right. I think I start too low and start opening the racket as compensation before contact. My weight shift is also a bit to the left instead of hips just rotating forwards.
I also think there is a problem with the forearm and elbow position during contact point. But gonna watch it later in more detail.

When you open threads, it is not quite possible to control who will comment and where they will and there are always pros and cons to comments. We do have a thread where commentary is limited to players who have posted footage of their play and who have played to a decent level, but with the restricted posters list, you would not have gotten the comments of @NakiMaki. Then again other than maybe myself, you would not have gotten most of the comments here.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/video-footage-safe-thread.26467/

There is no magic way to manage ir, yes you can edit the initial post to add links but the truth is that even professional coaches who get paid to coach online rarely watch 20 minutes of raw footage unless they have time and you are paying them a decent rate. Most coaches ask for 2 minutes of swings/practice and from there comment on the most pertinent observations they have because usually habits are habits and whatever you are doing in 2-3 minutes of video is pretty much what you do.

Few players are as dedicated as you are to improving over the internet using free advice so good luck, it might be a project worth discussing in itself.

 

[NetProphet]

I am really not happy with this forums format on threads.
I want to use my progress and where each session post stands out and all the comments can be made on that post. But right now my post just goes under between all these comments. And its gonna be really hard to dig it out later. I just started using Onenote on my PC where I will organize my videos and comments under. But need to figure it out how to do this more appropiate for those who join this thread later and don't want to go through every page me included.

Would it be better if I can post it the very first post? I guess there is max character limit? Maybe I can write it someone else and link it to the main post. I want to use it like a diary with each session a different section.

Also I am not a big fan of everyone commenting where I don't know what their level is. Because its not easy to take the actual good advices. Some people just watch a few shots and then start commenting which is not helpful. Not only that they don't even read what my goal is and come to this post and talk about how fine my fh looks like when in reality it doesn't. Maybe I need to make my goals clearer.

I do want to change my fh:
1.backstroke relaxed open arm and open racket angle
2.Whip motion without looping with arm only (I got it down atleast I can see the whip)
3. Going into the ball activating the sponge and not just looping with the topsheet.

I did see now that my swing path is a bit weird and not right. I think I start too low and start opening the racket as compensation before contact. My weight shift is also a bit to the left instead of hips just rotating forwards.
I also think there is a problem with the forearm and elbow position during contact point. But gonna watch it later in more detail.

You could try posting in the 'video safe thread' where there are only certain pre-approved folks who can comment. They're pre approved based on actual experience so you at least know the comments come from folk with experience and who are only trying to help.