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Gozo,Thanks Der.
I wish to make some statement for those who have never try rebounding board. Rebounding board is not human, you have to do some adjustment. I cannot spin too much nor hit too hard ( which I truly like ). You just have to topspin "just right" as to prevent the ball from overshooting the table when it comes back. That is why in the video, you will see I am playing more placidly and not overly aggressive. Also, in my mind during the practice, I pictured myself to be quite knee bended. I am surprise in the vid, it seems I am rather standing straight. Mind do play tricks on oneself.
Carl,
Yeah, you are right, I was in a practice mindset and completely overlook the 'get into the ready position after serve part'. My bad. Will remember your reminder, thanks.
Your practice is fine. While it is good to be a Ma Long looper or even a Rambo looper like Der Echte, us arm loopers with fast snap and limited body usage have our place in TT. I just want to see you looping backspin in matches and following up with killer topspins or counter topspins. However you get there as an adult learner is good. Your loop is very good, you just need to be able to loop more types of balls with more speed, spin and placement variations which is a bit hard with a return board.
On the serve, I think serving long no matter how spinny is easy. That said, there are really tricky long spinny serves so you should be able to change the spin. But being able to drop a good serve into the short forehand prevents a strong attack at *every level*. Whenever someone is playing a strong higher rated player and wonders why all the points are starting with opponent topapinning their serve, I tell them that it is an unwritten rule that the only respectable serves are short backspin to the forehand. Everything else is fuel for topspin at the attacker's choice. But If you never practice it, you can't do it in a match straightforwardly but it is something to practice and keep in mind when you are playing 2100+ players who seem to be able to kill everything you serve.
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