Your quads and biceps are the most impressive thing...also coming from a ping pong playing weightlifter. :) hahah

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She deployed lots of the over 60 years tactics. Serves and returns to short forehand without a lot of energy to destabilize your balance and then next return to deep backhand. I think the most confusing thing about this playstyle is you don't really know where they are going to hit it until the very last second due to the poke/jabbing nature of her stroke. Fun game to watch. This style makes opponents off balanced alot. Seeing if i can incorporate some of this in my game.

Hello what is the name of the club?

I've been losing to Chad for 8 years now. I started losing to him when I was rated 400 points below him, and now I'm 200 points above him - still losing... To be fair, I'm not struggling with the red side, I don't know what to do with his flat hit with the black side. It's supposed to be inverted rubber, but I think it's so old that it's basically short pips. The ball comes floating no spin, I can't attack it.

Michael is the weirdest player I've ever played. I only played him once, but now that I've seen this game I understand even less. He's rated 2000+ and seems to be focused on those weird all-out forehand shots that only use the elbow and not the rest of the body, but at the same time he tends to forehand push a lot of balls that seem pretty good for an attack. From the backhand he has absolutely nothing, but he's good at fishing balls from the back of the court. I really don't understand :)

Yeah I once ordered a blade pre-glued from the store. My coach heard me make 3 shots, came over, tore the racket apart and there was literally no glue in the middle of the sponge, just a little bit along the edges so that it held in place. Always glue my own rackets from then on.

Those are great forehand attacks with a step-around, they worked pretty well when we played, too. One thing though - you shouldn't get too reliant on any particular element of your game, you really need to start developing an aggressive over-the-table topspin attack, otherwise I can just push to your backhand and put too much pressure on your step-around, you're not Jishan, you can't do it consistently when I know you're about to do it. Otherwise great movement.

hello, what racket uses your coach? ty

"You were the chosen one! It was said that you would *destroy* the pips, not join them!" Joking aside, I hope it suits you 👍

Yo Muscle Pong. You mentioned your new blade. Can you let your viewers know what’s on your forehand and backhand specifically? Too many table tennis you tubers leave out these important facts about their equipment. Otherwise thanks for sharing and good luck on your journey to the DARK SIDE.

Why are there so many ppl watching lol

LOL that's why you need put two layers of glue. Next time do a video of how you glue your paddle :D

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dood, NICE 3rd ball attacks at 1:11 2:52 3:11 3:52 5:38.... those attacks will put the fear of god in your opponents. You'll beat this guy next time for sure.

Just a couple things i noticed: -the majority of your serves were to his BH, which seem to play to his strengths. I saw more serve placement variations in Game 4 but it might have been too late. Maybe use your early games to probe for weaknesses in his receives -when you pivot attack from your BH, it usually goes to his BH, letting him get those crazy blocks -not sure if you were having trouble reading his serves (quite understandable!), but you pushed a lot of topspin balls high, allowing him to attack. If you're sticking with short pips, maybe see if your coach will train with you on attacking with them since they're less susceptible to spin... Either that or master the drop shot. In general, i assume serves are topspin unless they're clearly not (dunno if that makes sense...). -i think the big takeaway vs these types of defensive players is that you don't need to feel pressured to attack asap. Be patient with safe, quality rallies and wait for the right ball. Instead of attacking cross court with 90% power where he expects it, try attacking down the line at 75% power to keep him honest. Don't be discouraged and keep up the good work!

Why tf do you look so stiff on the recive? I see no flexibility in the wrist when receiving his serve.

Tough loss. Igor definitely plays a more “let the opponent make mistakes” style. That style has a ceiling and I’m sure as you get better you’ll sweep the floor against those styles.

Oh man, i played this guy as well in February Open who also beat me 3-1. Same exact style as he has now, probably more polished here. From here and what i remember he just played a solid game in the backhand cross court. His backhand pushing had good quality at the level(hard to outright kill it) and he wasnt afraid to take your first loop in fact he is expecting it. Im curious to understand what the coaching advice was as i am also trying to figure out this puzzle to break this type of defender game play who have strong block and backhand pushing skills. I really like this game you posted. It had a lot of mental back and forth and problem solving with the tools at hand. I would have to argue that Igor's style has a good matchup against forehand dominating players though.

No disrespect to Eduard, but he has basically 1 serve and can't attack the 3rd ball effectively. The main reason of serving is to either get an ace or control the flow of the point, but it seems that when you just blocked his serve he struggled to loop the 3rd ball (or attack it in any other way). He has a good ranking so he must be good, don't know if he had a bad day or if people can'r usually return his serve.

If I many be so bold, in this game, it seemed like you really favored your BH for serve receives and it can really pull you out of position if the opponent serves short to you FH (i.e.: 5:22 & 7:46). You have really fast reaction time and footwork so it's ok for now but I feel like it'll make things a lot easier for you if you utilized your FH for 2nd ball a little more (when appropriate, of course). If you're going to use BH on FH receives, it might actually be safer to attack it with a flick or aggressive push to their long FH so they have a more difficult 3rd ball and set you up for your 4th. Just my opinion though 😅

I lost to him 2 years ago when i first met him😅

i played this Uncle Tom guy April open at u1550. He was 14xx something at the time. Boy did it feel like he was playing way better than his suggested rating. Felt like he was sandbagging against me. Beat me with the greatest of ease. Even my Coach Top said, "yeah...that guy is pretty good." Little did i know...

bud, you are so close to unlocking your true form as the muscle pong monster. focus on hip rotation with your forehand drive and the ball will explode off the racket. when your hip rotation is on point, your power is way up and you win your points decisively. Nice win!

Love your video Bro keep on going you'll be 2000 ratings in no time!

Uncle Tom 😂 good win bro

You could of lost lesd points easily if you learned how to serve short

Im 12 and better than you and can serve like that

Your rating would go up a lot of points if you developed some new short serves with variation of sidespin topspin and side underspin. Learn the hook serve and its side-under spin and its topspin version. Learn some fast long serves to catch people of guard and you could develop a backhand flick which would seriously boost your playing level. I would say that you have a great forehand topspin, but you need to learn how to attack with backhand topspin. A lot of attacking oppurnities are missed because you just push a high push that comes to your backhand instead of attacking. With these, you could beat this kid next time

Looks just like any other tomahawk serve. Sets him up real well but he had 0% chance of cashing out on it. Man, 1570 USA is really weak. There’s another guy, Limitless, who struggles to get 1550 and he plays 3 times better.

Its not a weird serve but a popular serve. its a tomahawk serve

In the second set you started tensing up a lot and didn't attack at all.

Your opponent’s serve isn’t going up sufficiently most of the time. He’s dropping his hand as opposed to throwing up the ball. Seems innocent though…

Technically his serve was illegal... (not toss high enough). But good for you I think you handled it pretty well. I would probably try soft lifting his serve to this backhand side. (Soft lift, not loop. You can do it with some open angle) That side spin would reverse back and bounce weirdly on the table.

I really like your execution of your topspin…it kept you in the games despite your trouble with his side spin serves. Even though some of your returns were weak, he couldn’t capitalize on them which offset his “weird serves”. For whatever it’s worth, I too have trouble with that type of service, so I don’t feel too bad when I see a good player like you struggle with it. Great work and progress and thanks for sharing!

you can beat this guy next time. most of your serves were long and off the table. He attacked most of them, which put you on the back foot. your attack is good. force him to push by serving short with varying knuckle and underspin, he'll have to push your serve, which should set up your 3rd ball attack. Good luck!

TPB with long pip backhand???

Hey Im French and play actively and France how do ranking points work in the us?

How do you spin so much the ball? Can you explain this?

Hello! Wow you and your friend are amazing. Where did did you guys get trained? What club do you guys go to? Thanks

Are you not using short pips anymore? Your topspin is really good. Any advice for us on achieving that? Great videos and thanks for sharing.

Ngl last Saturday I got training badminton and at that time have another coach were training their team and suddenly like under 10 years old girl ask our side to friendly match btw our side don’t have girl only boy and they decide to play and we send our 10 year boy play double and it just friendly match but my man the girl when the shuttle is out she would get so angry and if she get a single point she would celebrate like she won a tournament what a spirit it’s funny and cute at the same time 😂😂

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Some serve mistakes and some overhitting on balls that were easily your point, but I guess it was the pressure to get points, it happens to me in tournaments, sometimes you want the point so badly you feel like you have to rip the ball. I like watching your games, you are very dynamic, I wish I had your footwork, then my loops would be more consistent. I think short pips fit your game really well, they allow you to uncomfortable blocks for your opponent and then you can pivot and keep attacking, I have been using SP for 2 months and I am not half as good as you with them (my footwork is not good tho). By the way, when someone does a high loop (like Eric on game 4), don't wait for it to kick, try to get it not far after it bounces and from the top, you will return a no spin ball very uncomfortable for the opponent, like on my video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebF7fMuWkq2ZeKc.html on minute 4:23

You mean “fun”! :)

First two seem more like a drive/smash, third one is one of your muscle loops.

That kid is probly good no doubt. But aging a seasoned pro. He isn't anything special. And his game hasn't developed enough and his mental isn't evolved enough to even compete

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Now that is an absolute womp womp moment 😂

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