Not bad Josh! it's was a good tournament for u. You are attacking more, so i think u changed your mindset and you are not too passive anymore. Coincidentally, the guy in black ( 3:25) at the next table is Tim Cudjoe and he also has a table tennis channel on TH-cam. It would be really cool to see the confront between you guys 😈. Good Luck as always..
Great video and fun to watch. I like the 'NET' graphics! Not only is it rough playing a good anti-spin player it's also tough having one as your first opponent of the tournament. But you really turned things around in the subsequent matches and kept a good head on your shoulders!
I did the same thing at Westchester on December - broke my paddle (and almost my thumb) on a step around. Glad you had a backup racket. I liked your tactics against the second guy. Only thing I would suggest is to try to play your step arounds wider to the opponents backhand (off the side of the table, vs the end). If you play them off the end it is too easy for opponents to block down the line.
Warm-ups are important, your body always needs to wake-up and get ready for moves/jumps/footwork. In this case, the first match was like a warm-up, if you could get 20-30 minutes of trainings before the match, probably you could get the RR :) but overall great performance!
Well played. You did good in the last game to stay calm and just go back to spinning the ball as he was struggling a lot with your spin, I think if you took 10% off your smashes on the third ball after topspin serves and focused on placement you would've won a lot more comfortably as well, nice FH. In your FH training video the other day I noticed a potential mistake you did during training, when you hit the ball on your weight transfer you stand up on your back leg then have to re bend your legs and get your height back low again, when you watch top domestic players or professionals they tend to be quite good at staying low and keeping their head the same height, on the weight transfer you can see the back knee and hip go forward but the legs stay bent, I think this will help you go more forward and slightly less up to make your loop even better and help recovery. Hope you don't mind the unsolicited advice lol, I'm not a coach so maybe worth asking yours what he thinks 😅😅 Anyway, 加油加油
Definitely need to work on chilling out - I have a tendency to go for broke on every single forehand loop... agreed also on the weight transfer where my weight transfer up too much (which probably is due to the straightening of the legs)
You played awesome MP. I think you could have beaten the anti player, just need a bit more exposure and knowledge of the game strategy you want to use. Pavlo told me against non-conventional rubbers usually you serve long, loop hard. It makes sense since those rubbers have less arc so attacking long serves is a lower percentage for them.
It's bad habit pushing passively using short pips. It always going up and opponent have chance to attack. This rubber was made for aggressive attack. Punch, counter block, counter attack, aggressive push, dropshot. Maybe you don't want this, but you unknowingly changed the rubber because blade is too fast for your level. Everyone knows Super Alc sounds cool :)
I'm definitely way too passive with SP right now... work in progress 😀 I actually switched to the Super Vis because I read online that harder blades pair better with SP
@@musclepong Victas swat/koki niwa series, nittaku acoustic series is very popular combo in Japan among short pimple users. I agree that harder blades is more common but harder doesn't mean faster.
Not bad Josh! it's was a good tournament for u. You are attacking more, so i think u changed your mindset and you are not too passive anymore. Coincidentally, the guy in black ( 3:25) at the next table is Tim Cudjoe and he also has a table tennis channel on TH-cam. It would be really cool to see the confront between you guys 😈. Good Luck as always..
Thanks man - still worknig on being more aggressive!
Great video and fun to watch. I like the 'NET' graphics! Not only is it rough playing a good anti-spin player it's also tough having one as your first opponent of the tournament. But you really turned things around in the subsequent matches and kept a good head on your shoulders!
Thank you for the great video! I had a wonderful time watching it
I did the same thing at Westchester on December - broke my paddle (and almost my thumb) on a step around. Glad you had a backup racket. I liked your tactics against the second guy. Only thing I would suggest is to try to play your step arounds wider to the opponents backhand (off the side of the table, vs the end). If you play them off the end it is too easy for opponents to block down the line.
That's a good point - no wonder guys such as Uncle Tom and Igor have such an easy time blocking my steparound forehand
Ha, I’m in the background during your first match, on the middle table in blue
I watched the end of your match vs my friend Yucheng where you clutched a W in game 5!
Your videos are great to watch. I am rooting for you win or lose watching you play is exciting.
Appreciate the support!
Warm-ups are important, your body always needs to wake-up and get ready for moves/jumps/footwork. In this case, the first match was like a warm-up, if you could get 20-30 minutes of trainings before the match, probably you could get the RR :) but overall great performance!
Totally agreed - I've found that I especially play a lot better against LP and anti-spin players after having a good warm-up
My man is playing next to Tim from pingpod. 2:58 :)
Well played. You did good in the last game to stay calm and just go back to spinning the ball as he was struggling a lot with your spin, I think if you took 10% off your smashes on the third ball after topspin serves and focused on placement you would've won a lot more comfortably as well, nice FH.
In your FH training video the other day I noticed a potential mistake you did during training, when you hit the ball on your weight transfer you stand up on your back leg then have to re bend your legs and get your height back low again, when you watch top domestic players or professionals they tend to be quite good at staying low and keeping their head the same height, on the weight transfer you can see the back knee and hip go forward but the legs stay bent, I think this will help you go more forward and slightly less up to make your loop even better and help recovery.
Hope you don't mind the unsolicited advice lol, I'm not a coach so maybe worth asking yours what he thinks 😅😅
Anyway, 加油加油
Definitely need to work on chilling out - I have a tendency to go for broke on every single forehand loop... agreed also on the weight transfer where my weight transfer up too much (which probably is due to the straightening of the legs)
I think most of the points you lose it's because you're out of position, if you fix your base you'll be in better position to return the balls.
You played awesome MP. I think you could have beaten the anti player, just need a bit more exposure and knowledge of the game strategy you want to use. Pavlo told me against non-conventional rubbers usually you serve long, loop hard. It makes sense since those rubbers have less arc so attacking long serves is a lower percentage for them.
Ironically the only two anti-spin players I've played recently have been from Paddle Palace... do you play there?
@@musclepong From time to time ;)
@@PivotPong have we played before lol
@@musclepong we've trained together bro
@@PivotPong J Pak?
wow you did a collab with Tim Cudjoe in the first match!! you guys are really similar, muscular and 1700.
I don't really know him but I think he's higher than 1700
You what?!?
Huh, the old man kicked your ass huh !
They always do!
Dam bro rip paddle but good thing you didnt hit your hand 😨
The REVENGE ARC would've had a tragic ending if that happened...
It's bad habit pushing passively using short pips.
It always going up and opponent have chance to attack.
This rubber was made for aggressive attack.
Punch, counter block, counter attack, aggressive push, dropshot.
Maybe you don't want this, but you unknowingly changed the rubber because blade is too fast for your level.
Everyone knows Super Alc sounds cool :)
I'm definitely way too passive with SP right now... work in progress 😀
I actually switched to the Super Vis because I read online that harder blades pair better with SP
@@musclepong Victas swat/koki niwa series, nittaku acoustic series is very popular combo in Japan among short pimple users. I agree that harder blades is more common but harder doesn't mean faster.
ur translation need some serious help 😂
Lol it's auto-translated by my editing software