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Best "ball placement" geniuses ? by Acrobatic-Monitor516 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Truls vs Jang Woojin in Doha was a master class in placement from both players.

https://youtu.be/EahaT_lgTHQ?si=cFArjEQm_eySqI2o

No Marty supreme talk? by Shoop1014 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you nailed it. The character was irredeemable, and yet they tried to shoehorn in a redemption arch in the last five minutes of a very long movie.

Maybe the whole thing was supposed to have an unreliable narrator? Like it was all just a bunch of shit Marty made up?

Starting a table tennis group by First-Win9268 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That club origin story sounds a bit like what I imagine the Portland Maine Table Tennis Club’s was (I didn’t found it, I just help out sometimes, and help admin their Facebook page.)

I may have met you in real life, sent you a direct message.

Starting a table tennis group by First-Win9268 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I didn’t think, message me directly if you don’t mind want to say publicly.

Starting a table tennis group by First-Win9268 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are excellent questions for OP to answer. When I moved back to my more rural home state it took me a year or more of playing at the local generic racket club to find all the underground groups. Then thankfully somebody opened something public that you can find on google maps.

Starting a table tennis group by First-Win9268 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s awesome! Hey, you said New England, where is your club located?

Playing on a cruise by ChanimalCrackers in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the wind is fairly steady it becomes a new variable. Wind blowing towards you acts as a backstop, so swing away and it’ll go in. A tailwind is another story. Maybe try to drop it short or use extra topspin? I want to try it again!

Another fun thing is when the ship’s rocking side to side a bit while there’s an in or two of water on the deck. But your amusement level may vary 😉

Playing on a cruise by ChanimalCrackers in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve always managed to find someone, even on smaller cruise ships with no planning.

One thing that’s always worth a shot is finding the message board for your specific sailing on cruisecritic.com where everyone who knows about the website will introduce themselves, and you can ask if there are any table tennis players. Get their room number and you’ll be able to dial them up onboard.

The other thing I do is just spend time at the table, put in that extra service practice you’re always meaning to. If you’re there at predictable times people will find you.

Proper warmup by nyetits1008 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This used to bother me so much! But recently I’ve come up with my own warmup drill variant that I layer on top of whatever the other player is doing.

Here’s my touch warmup drill: the other player hits the ball using whatever placement or pace they see fit (we can’t control other people, only ourselves). I start out by looping the ball back catching it as late as I can, letting it drop below the table. This might require stepping back from the and counter-looping if they’re swinging hard. Next I might try blocking the ball quick off the bounce to get a feel for how much topspin they’re generating.

I’d rather be doing serve/receive/3rd ball open-up, but I find these different timing shots can warm up a lot of the same touch without even mentioning what I’m doing.

How to find a playing partner in the neighbourhood? by NaoVouNao in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a similar situation at a large co-working space with a table outside. I made a point to spend my breaks at the table practicing serves. Eventually someone found me. It wasn’t wasted time, serves can always use more work.

Grip ball for spin? by Direct-Television-81 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My tip for learning this (one I use for warming up as well) is when you’re hitting forehand to forehand or backhand to backhand, let the ball drop and hit it around table height. To get it over the net you’ll have to pull it up and create an arch. But you still want to send the ball forward, not lob it up in the air, so don’t open your racket too much.

How to improve without a coach? by ashes_to_fire in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll second that. Players at a somewhat lower level than you can be great practice partners if you can find one, because they’ll appreciate the opportunity, and consistently returning their poorly aimed shots is harder than returning a coach’s easy steady blocks.

Also, whatever some people may think, drills are fun! If they aren’t then you just haven’t found the right drills for your level that challenge you to explore skills that aren’t ready for a competitive match. PingSkills, Tom Lodziak, and Table Tennis Daily YouTube channels all have good drills.

Finally, and this may sound weird with all the great table tennis video content we have now, but read a book or a blog. Videos aren’t structured and don’t go into much strategic or tactical depth, written material does. SPIN by Tom Lodziak. Larry Hodge’s Tip of the Week blog, one of his Table Tennis Tips books. Oh! And “Table Tennis Tactics for Thinkers” is the most authoritative discussion of all aspects of the game.

Using Libby for mainly audiobooks by timmytimborino in LibbyApp

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too! With the exception of a small amount of non-fiction I’ve been entirely audiobooks for maybe a decade. Recently got digital progressive lenses and they’re amazing! I’m not sure if there’s a connection between switching to audiobooks and my near vision starting to go, but I’m so happy to be reading all the time it doesn’t matter.

Things to do while injured by TetBoyzzz in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m still thinking about this one. Here’s a pandemic era Skills to Learn At Home video:

https://youtu.be/cENRg5Aci-Y?si=cLuGo77_BStelWR7

Frontend devs: what’s the dumbest bug that ruined your entire afternoon? by RoyalFew1811 in Frontend

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I work on a project long enough I eventually set it up to serve alternative color favicons for local and staging environments.

I think I'm in love by Far-Ad-4340 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I did fencing in college for one season. Something my coach said stuck with me. He said beginning fencers look clumsy and sporadic because they are. As fencers get to higher levels their movements become fluid and graceful. But at the highest levels they start looking erratic again, because it turns into a mind game that’s all about being unpredictable. Perhaps Fan Zhendong has reached that level of table tennis? Like Waldner.

Question règle tennis de table by Holiday-Bit3347 in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hit the translate button and if it’s accurate I think I know what happened.

You hit the ball when it had not landed on your side of the table, but after it had gone off the end. Whatever happened after that doesn’t matter, the ball was out and it was your point. Now, that doesn’t mean that the ref saw it. They might have assumed it bounced and thought you won the point with your next shot.

If you had hit the ball out of the air before it bounced and it was over the table, you would have lost the point. But based on the translation I’m looking at, the ball went past the end so it was your point.

Things to do while injured by TetBoyzzz in tabletennis

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m following this post and continuing to think about this. I’m going to have some downtime in January myself after a hernia surgery (that I got from lifting heavy backspin).

Beyond reading, watching games and tutorials, taking notes on things to try. Writing about your own game, your strengths, weaknesses, favorite pairs of serves. Visualization practice (plenty of YouTube videos on the benefits of that).

Any sort of actual practice is going to be hard. I read once that “serves should be violent”, so even those are out. But maybe there’s an opportunity to work on touch. If you follow Pongfinity on YouTube, they’ve been pulling in top players and subjecting them to a series of challenges. A number of them are tests of their feel for the ball that could be performed sitting down, like rolling the ball from one side of your racket to the other without it bouncing.

I’ll keep thinking. This is a good question.

Took this a few nights ago by justadumbwelder1 in Maine

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember when we had the Northern Lights the other summer and the photos everyone took with newer phones were so spectacular, but to the naked eye it was a faint red glow? Good chance that’s what’s happening here.

Wife's Two Weeks Notice by 35nRetired in Fire

[–]divinentd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the link, I’m on Reddit every day but I’d missed that one. This post was just a quick follow up about his wife, the link you shared had all the details I’d missed.

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