thanks! yeah he just wouldnt stop being a wall...I was like "I'm done - if he wins, he wins"

@@tabatadc6697 ¡Gracias señor!

Gracias señor!

@@frankdong7396 thanks man! I tried !

@@imranarshad6913 thanks man! There was a dozen of moments things could have gone wrong though 😄

@@sumanbardhan5561 thanks man! You played well yourself and made it very hard for me to go through! Looking forward to our next encounter !

@@user-je3ng3hs7h спасибо! В целом неплохо, но многовато ошибок в простых ситуациях, надо спокойнее играть. Плюс реализация преимущества по счету тоже оставляет желать лучшего.

@@chyngyzdavletov214 так у всех, это не по диагонали покрутить с одной точки :)

@@adilharis2001 thanks man! The key is to use the energy those balls possess and gently transfer it back to the other side of the net, finding the right angle of the racket on contact. If contact is not gentle , they fly out the table as happened more times than I would have liked it to in the video…

thank you!

oh yes you did sir! :) you played well 👍

Thanks man! Yes, you got it right. The full training was 1 hour long, 3 sections by 20 mins. It wasn’t too tiring, it was just very humid and hot in that club (summer…). I liked the training, I feel like I’ve got useful advice from Liu Juan. It will take time until I can fully implement these things into my game, but already now I feel my game changing. And yeah it’s most certainly Lester there - he helped with translations into English :)

Thanks! Shots went in, it was a good game for me

Thanks man! Trying

Yep, good exercise!

thanks man!

Hey Thanks! In this video I was using stiga legacy carbon + stiga dna hybrid XH on both sides, unboosted. I've never boosted my rubbers actually. Stiga legacy carbon felt fine, but I feel it might be a bit too fast for me, so I'll probably stick to my "main" blade - stiga dynasty carbon with either dna hybrids (XH or H), tibhar K3s or DNA platinums (XH or H). And I use same rubbers on both sides in general.

Thank you for your comment! Take a look at my trainings with Liu Juan coach, I’d be interested to know your opinion on the training process - like what exactly would you suggest for me in terms of drills or multi balls maybe? It feels that I’m able to make it competitive and threaten many 2000+ players up to 2150 or so, and it is beyond that mark when I feel I really lack the speed of movement and decision making in general and at critical points.

@@chyngyzdavletov214 You start lobbing after 3rd~4th ball. If you watch yourself, the moment you serve, every subsequence rally you are moving backwards when you don't need to. You can only do those yolo shot if weaker opponent give you a weak shot.

@@keithlintt thank you sir, makes sense

2003 at the moment of writing this 😄 I’m on a taller side when it comes to table tennis. This has 2 natural consequences: (1) it’s harder for me to move around quickly and (2) I have got a naturally bigger swing on my shots as my arms are longer that adds to the power. So I guess you’re right! So, I was lazy to move around so I went for big shots instead - too bad they didn’t tell me 2100s can block them 😄

I lost that match to the Legend. It took me two sets to get used to the balls coming from him and then figure out how I should play. After that the game felt equal and I won third set and lost 4th set from 8-8 to 11-8. That was an interesting and useful experience. Sir Dewitt has a wealth of experience and understanding of the game and is a lot of fun to play against. He actually was 2490 or something really close to 2500 once. Sadly time is passing and he can’t move and play as he once could, but his game understanding coupled with amazing ball feeling still lets him beat guys like me 😄 and remain above 2100 at his age, which is quite remarkable

Thank you !

Thank you! It wasn’t that easy though 😄 in fact I’d say it was much harder than it looks! because (1 - technical) a lot of effort goes into making high quality shots that earn me those points (not only physical, but subconscious analytical and decision-making work to first figure out what spin and how much of it the incoming ball has and then choosing a shot and direction) and (2 -psychological) it was the first real opportunity for me to win a tournament outside my home club, so I didn’t quite have the comfort of “just another walk in the park” and was just trying to not lose the focus I had. Point (2) is particularly difficult as I failed to do that in my recent tournament at Princeton pong where I lost in semis of u2100 there leading 11-7,11-7,10-8 eventually losing in 5 sets…table tennis is hard… 😫😄 but fun! so I am happy that I managed to win it that time and not taking it for granted

Да, удивительно!

@@bipropaul5409 he fought so well though :) when I led 9-5 in the third set, I thought it was done, but he came back and managed to make it close and tense! And what a counter loop he made at my match point in the third set 🤪

Thank you! you guessed close - I'm originally from Kyrgyzstan :)

Brazil looking good with Calderano in recent years! He can go deep in Paris 2024

I guess you can say that. I am not sure which point in the video you are referencing though, without a timestamp, so I cant quite respond to your question.

@@edy6002 thank you большое !

находить оптимальное расстояние от стола, не слишком близко, не слишком далеко, учитывая мой рост; сильно не размахиваться справа, сделать удар более компактным; слева сократить махи кистью, опять же выполнять удар более четко и компактно, стараться больше задействовать предплечье; не опускать ракетку сильно вниз в открытом розыгрыше, так как там почти все мячи с верхним вращением, которые не нужно поднимать снизу, а нужно играть "пОверху"; при переходах слева-направо и справа-налево больше использовать повороты ногами и стараться сохранять "связанность" корпуса, ног и руки.

thanks! yes, you stop missing once you get into the rhythm. I think she uses shakehand for coaching as it probably is less strain on the wrist compared to penhold as she coaches full day.

My USATT rating has been fluctuating around 2000 +-30 points since my first tournament in January 2024. In this video are highlights from my matches from under 2050 and u2200 tournaments at Westchester May 2024.

Which club do play in NY?

Do you play doubles?

@@edy6002 I mostly practice at Jersey HiTT PingPod. In NY I may go to W37, lower east side or brooklyn - all PingPod - but on very rare occasions. No, normally I do not play doubles.

In that session I used Stiga Legacy Carbon (90gr) and Stiga DNA hybrid XH on both sides. I'm experimenting a lot with equipment though and my main blade seems to be Stiga Dynasty Carbon (93-94gr) with either Stiga DNA Platinum H on both sides (XH is also fine, just requires a bit more precision on the contact with the ball) or Tibhar K3 on both sides.

thank you!

Спасибо! да, согласен, подачи не совсем чистые...думаю он в курсе, но тяжело изменить старые привычки))

It all depends on the level of a particular person you are playing against. In real matches of professionals - yes, this almost never happens. It happens a lot in the matches of beginner amateurs though, and quite frequently on the intermediate-advanced to semi-pro level. So, in my matches I personally get that quite often and this training was useful. The focus of this training session was on better understanding the concept of lifting the underspin (as it turned out) and playing the successive rally after the opening is returned (which was originally the main thing for me there).

Thank you! Trying

@@chyngyzdavletov214 kostya kostya

@@chyngyzdavletov214 kostya (chopper)

Привет, Костя! Рад «видеть» :)

@@chyngyzdavletov214отлично выглядишь. имхо, особо в голову комментарии не бери... Все мы индивидуальны, плюс минус техника у всех немного разная. Конечно какие-то большие вещи можно пересмотреть но только по совету 2500-2600 а не диванных экспертов

Thank you for your question! She told me that because my wrist was too loose and, hence, less consistent, harder to control the contact with the ball. Using more forearm helped stabilize it and increased consistency. I still will be using my wrist in certain situations but I have now a better sense of how to control it in a rally game. Techniques vary person by person, so for me it was “use less wrist”, while other people might involve it much less if at all on backhand, so they are told to use it more. It all depends on your technique. I think the better you feel the ball the more you can involve your wrist on bh, because it adds quite a bit of power to the shot, but should be controlled.

Thank you for the answer! Appreciate it. Keep up the good work!

Спасибо за комментарий, приму к сведению.

@@kiwishopper yes I guess while some advice is specific to my technique and drawbacks, there’s a lot of general takeaways for many

@@zazenforever4940 thank you ! Yes I feel her advice was spot on

@@RedArrow2007 thank you! Yes putting the whole body into shots definitely makes things easier

Thank you! It all depends on your current technique. Normally people find it easier to lift underspin with FH than BH, I think, mainly because of wrist. For FH it's often enough to get by without involving wrist when lifting underspin because the overall swing on FH compensates for that, but on BH you gotta involve more explosion and also bigger swing in the wrist, because there's not as much of a natural swing when hitting BH. And since it's harder to control wrist for consistency, people feel more comfortable with their FHs. I'd say try involving more of wrist on BH against underspin and finding that consistent feeling when wrist is not too loose and not too fixed. My wrist is too lose on the video, so I was told to control it more. To one of my friends she told the opposite, so it all depends on particular person's technique.

@@chyngyzdavletov214 Appreciate the detailed response! That's exactly my experience with my forehand. It feels easier likely because I don't use any wrist. Looking forward to more content :)

Thank you!

hope you like it))

I guess when playing the point, all resources go into trying to win that point and everything else gets cut off, including making smart noises :D

thank you!

@@scooterinmie1 thanks, good point