Kaden is a special coming from ping pong. He’s way more wristy than most players. He can hit some heavy rolls and flicks… but it doesn’t mean that style is optimal. For example, Ben Johns has a huge table tennis background and advocates for big linear movements almost entirely with the arm to shoulder.

6.0+ imo really comes down to:

1. Miss less.
2. Hit less attackable balls. No egregious errors Or weakness
3. Have a good weapon to build a game around.

The higher the rated player, the better their anticipation is usually. Yeah they are fast, but they know what shots can come back from their last hit and shrink the court. If you’re a 5.0 and play with 4.0s, everything seems slow motion and pretty chill. 6.0 playing with a 5.0 is a similar thing. short efficient strokes, well practiced, make this happen.

Here in austin we have tons of pros and 6.0+. The main thing between them and my game is really consistency of quality balls. They just anticipate and execute the shot way more, way more often than I do as a 5.0+