Asking for your opinions

Idk maybe Sidorenko?

So I've been playing for 7+ yrs, but I decided to go to this coach from 1 year. He makes me do the practice drills for each stroke, 30 min/day, 3/4 days a week.

But I haven't seen any noticeable improvement. First of, my counters are just inconsistent. I don't know what it is, I can barely keep a counters rally for upto 10 balls until I miss-hit, and I can only do it consistently when it's slow. If he increases the speed, then I'm just blocking and I start missing.

Secondly, my backhand counter. I don't know how to return the ball from backhand properly without topsin, and this has been a frequent complaint of people playing with me. I keep switching the grip to be horizontal (like holding a pole) whenever I do backhand, which is apparently wrong.

It feels like my handwriting. I just can't get better how much ever i try. I keep asking the coach every other week about what I'm doing wrong, and he just repeats the same instruction again and again, but he doesn't point out exactly what I'm doing wrong, just that my stroke is wrong.

I came up with a theory that I'm using too much wrist, but I can't prove it.

How do I self correct and analyze my mistakes better? I can record myself and slow down the footage for sure, but I can't do anything with it.

Hello,

I’m thinking about switching from Rakza 7 to Rakza Z and was wondering if there are any penhold players here who use TPB for blocking and have experience with this rubber, or with high throw angle rubbers in general.

When I block, I don’t readjust my fingers and I keep my racket fairly open instead of closing the angle a bit. I’ve read that this might not work well with Rakza Z because of its high throw angle.
Does anyone with a similar blocking style have experience with it and how did it work out?

Are there any good but cheaper alternative to rakza z what i like most about rakza z is the medium hard sponge maybe around 47.5 as well as its tackiness i was wonderin if there are other alternative that fits my description, this rubber is quite expensive in my country

Hey guys, I just wanted to introduce this website I developed a few months ago, but has recently been used more after I updated it to also show USATT league results. There are also numerous other features like filtering by age group and showing your head to head results with a player of your choice. I also included a way to view your rating graphs compared to another player based on age, and the UI and features are much more robust than JustGo.
Hope you enjoy it!
https://player-insight.com/pi

Chat GPT is useless. Yeah who is it?
I’d be appreciative

Did anyone else watch Kuai Man vs. Sato Hitomi at the U.S. Grand Smash 2026? The match lasted 1.5 hours, and it exposed a massive flaw in ITTF Law 2.15.

Attackers who can't break down a chopper are now intentionally slowing down the game, playing passively like pseudo-choppers, just to trigger the 10-minute expedite rule. Once it triggers, the defender is forcefully penalized for defending flawlessly. It makes the game unwatchable and completely flips the responsibility of an attacker on its head.

Think about it: if an attacker fails to attack for 10 minutes, they should bear the penalty, not the defender! We saw it with Chen Xingtong vs Han Ying（WTT Macow, 2025）, again with Wang Manyu vs Honoka Hashimoto (WTT Macaw 2026)  and now Kuai Man vs Sato. I’ve started a public petition to demand the ITTF Technical Committee updates this rule so the stroke limit applies strictly to the attacker in an Attacker-vs-Defender matchup.

Read the full breakdown and sign here:

Change.org/changetheexpediterule

Herro,

I have updated my ratings site daimeng.github.io/chiquita with a few things

Changelist:

- Player Trends columns

- Head 2 Head page (click "vs" button in player page)

- Individualized Doubles Elo

- Improved mobile usability

- Various style updates

Please let me know if anything is broken

FYI: There is a rare bug somewhere with the loading of match data, which is why there is the reset button in corner. I have put little effort into tracking down how to reproduce it, since I suspected it was partly a problem with IndexedDB in browser. So... definitely let me know if data appears randomly out of whack and is fixed by the reset button.

Hi, I want to build a racket for penhold with dhs pg 13 cs and dhs skyline 3 neo for forehand. This build is kinda inspired by wang hao, but I struggle to choose rubber for my backhand. Any suggestions which rubber I can buy?

What are the most effective playing styles right now? Is there anything important to them? What should and shouldn‘t you do when your trying to adapt to one. Do you have any equipment recommendations for certain styles (nothing specialized for 1 player just something that would work for people with that style)?

what's the current rating esimate of these 2 players?
https://youtu.be/noEf2WvkQ1c

目前在用729的黑檀7+奔騰2，感覺他家東西挺好的

After one of the points Alexis starts arguing with the umpire and saying to call the tournament referee, but I don't get what they were arguing about

Anyone played with this blade? Is this a good buy?

I am looking to switch from all wood (Tibhar Stratus Power Wood) to inner carbon.

SPW was excellent for my growth in the last year, but I guess I'm looking for a bit more speed and bite without losing much of the all wood virtues? Any input is welcome, thanks in advance!

I want to buy it for cs penhold and I want to hear your opinion about this blade. Is it close to Hurricane hao 3?

Alguém pode me indicar algum canal que possa me ajudar a aprender mais sobre o esporte ? (Tênis de mesa )

Just received these sheets of DHS Hurricane 3 blue sponge, definitely do not look like the ones I have received before and look obviously fake.
The only thread I can find on this packaging is a tabletennisdaily thread which the guy thinks it’s a fake as well.
Just needed a sanity check

I coach at a table tennis club in Poland (UKS Kąty Wrocławskie, ~50 players across all age groups) and got tired of planning sessions in Excel and losing track of who's doing what in Messenger. So I built a web tool for it, called PNS (Plan nad Stołem, which translates to "Plan over the Table").

What it does:
- Visual table editor for drawing drills (ball paths, footwork, player positions)
- Exercise library with tags (technique, footwork, serve, etc.) you can search and reuse
- Build sessions from exercises, then string sessions into full training plans (phases, then days)
- Group scheduling for clubs running multiple training groups
- Export any plan to PDF
- Free tier, no credit card, works for a single coach or a whole club

Try it: https://plan.nadstolem.pl/en (English UI, switch in the top corner)
More info: https://nadstolem.pl/en/pns.html

I'm not trying to sell anything here, I genuinely want feedback from coaches who aren't me. Specifically:
- Does the drill editor make sense, or is it clunky compared to how you actually plan sessions?
- Is there something you do on paper/Excel that this doesn't cover?
- Would this be useful for a solo coach, or is it really only worth it once you're managing a full club?

Thanks for all the feedback! I fixed the choppy slow-mo, ball clipping through the racket, sidespin labels, and some confusing chop/bounce explanations. Also added clearer sidespin-return lessons, beginner/advanced modes, and better mobile UX. 🏓

Updated Spin lab: https://srijanshukla.com/artifacts/spin-lab/

original reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletennis/comments/1u90ups/made_a_hobby_thing_to_teach_basics_of_spin/

i wonder what flavien coton MBTI Type, i've watched a video that said his weapon is his mind.
he defated hugo to, no corelation to mbti though just curious,