They use it in cricket and its immensely helpful. So many times a fault gets called if the ball toss is not high enough or the ball rotates more than 30degrees in the air, and theres no way of knowing whose right until we have this technology
Thanksss for this I have been analysing & trying to replicate xu xin from that slow-mo's for a while aswell. Thanks again for this video helped me a lot.
and the thing which annoys me the most is ITTF being so persistent on the stupid side view camera angle they are killing the enjoyment of watching the games
You missed an important point here. When you are swinging the racquet, different parts of the racquet have different speeds. For example, the top portions of the racquet has more speed when compared to bottom portions of the racquet. Hence the amount of spin generated when the ball hits the top portion of the racquet is more when compared to the ball hitting the bottom portion of the racquet.
Yeah, I agree the speed would increase for points that are further away from the wrist/base of the racket. But in the video I was talking about points that are at the same radial distance.
you forget about the sweetspot, it's not the same to hit the ball at the corner or middle, the impact is different and therefor the result, that's why good players will hit the ball mostly in the sweetspot area... there are certain carbon blades like the SZLC series which are so hard to widen the sweetspot area but even there it's not the same outer vs inner point... also, even if you hit it in the middle part as you showed it's not the same if you hit it left, right or middle as the mass of the racket plays a role when you loop = when you loop and in the looping motion you hit the ball with the beginning of the racket then the rest of the racket still has to follow, and it doesn't matter if the touch is just minimal, the mass of the racket still is at a different point and will affect the ball...
I wish we had this technology and information while watching tournaments
That would be cool, similar to how they now have it with football
They use it in cricket and its immensely helpful.
So many times a fault gets called if the ball toss is not high enough or the ball rotates more than 30degrees in the air, and theres no way of knowing whose right until we have this technology
I loved the analysis! It's really eye opening to see just how extreme this sport can get, especially with hard data like this.
Thanksss for this I have been analysing & trying to replicate xu xin from that slow-mo's for a while aswell. Thanks again for this video helped me a lot.
man this was just beautiful
great content
Thanks!
That's crazy man. Quality content as always.
0:40 that is easy to acknowledge: just look at the white spots that balls leave on your black rubber
Oh yeah, that is also a good clue!
To be fair though I think that theory came about in the celluloid ball era, when the balls didn't leave such marks.
Thanks for the visual examples
Interesting content! And good work with the bedsheets 🚀
Heheh, thank you!
and the thing which annoys me the most is ITTF being so persistent on the stupid side view camera angle
they are killing the enjoyment of watching the games
yes this side-top view is annoying. no depth or spin perception possible. Corner placement slightly elevated in my oppinion is the best
You missed an important point here. When you are swinging the racquet, different parts of the racquet have different speeds. For example, the top portions of the racquet has more speed when compared to bottom portions of the racquet. Hence the amount of spin generated when the ball hits the top portion of the racquet is more when compared to the ball hitting the bottom portion of the racquet.
Yeah, I agree the speed would increase for points that are further away from the wrist/base of the racket. But in the video I was talking about points that are at the same radial distance.
you forget about the sweetspot, it's not the same to hit the ball at the corner or middle, the impact is different and therefor the result, that's why good players will hit the ball mostly in the sweetspot area... there are certain carbon blades like the SZLC series which are so hard to widen the sweetspot area but even there it's not the same outer vs inner point...
also, even if you hit it in the middle part as you showed it's not the same if you hit it left, right or middle as the mass of the racket plays a role when you loop = when you loop and in the looping motion you hit the ball with the beginning of the racket then the rest of the racket still has to follow, and it doesn't matter if the touch is just minimal, the mass of the racket still is at a different point and will affect the ball...
xu xin has a tacky rubber thats whh he has more contact time than normal players with tensor rubbers
I don't think so. Tacky rubber just imparts greater spin to the ball.
And still people will swear by following trough shots and closing the racket angle when topspinning.
I think that also has its usecases.
Over here Xu Xin was playing a ball from a robot which I think had some backspin in it
one thing to consider is Xu Xin's height. He's 6ft tall. If your height is less then Xu Xin probably has slightly longer arms.
I checked, he is 1cm taller than me. I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make in arm length though