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Great to see one of your videos.  Been a while.

BH-Man wrote: Van, Scout away... by the time you run into her on the table, her game will have evolved. I think she has gone up 3+ levels the last 1.5 years.

benfb wrote: Eric Fountain wrote: All Re: Megha - Most of the match really isn't that interesting, lots of errors on both sides so I can't do that and have us looking bad. It was apparent that she is pretty solid defensively when you try to attack too hard into her so I totally see how those mid-level macho man guys would completely kill themselves that way. I won by either glacial speed bunny loops and/or just low/no-spin dinking the ball back at her (not too high or she has some fast SP shove/hits available, she isn't just a pushblocker or something). Super nice lady too. You might be right about the full match not worth watching, but you might be underestimating it, too.  Her style is going to naturally induce more errors in place. At the same time, I've always found real matches more interesting than highlight films precisely because they're real.  I suggested showing her match because I thought it would have more character than the other matches, even thought perhaps most of the other opponents from your video are actually stronger players.  Anyway, that's my thinking.

Heavy - Same and glad it wasn't meeting within a RR. I got beat up on enough as is.

mts388 wrote: Megha's rating is 1691.  What you saw in the rally against Eric is the way she plays.  She has recent wins against 1700 and 1800 rated players.  She plays in the Sacramento CA area and has league wins against 1900 players.  At the Nationals she beat a 1752 player and didn't lose to any lower rated players.

Megha plays in Sitta nd the Sac/Bay Area. She performs well for her level in tourneys. She is also AKUL's mom. AKUL is a rising middle school player.

Megha is actually mobile, she uses one step footwork and gets to a lot of balls with that. She simply gets the bat on the ball and gets it back on.

A LOT of macho-Man attackers attack her to the side, she gets it back kinda lazy easy, Macho-man goes for power hit#2 and suddenly not in position to make a quality attack and lose the point.

There are more than one Macho-Man dude in her level (usually table 3 in Round Robin) in Sitta who are furious they lose to her.

She doesn't look like she does much, but getting the ball back on the table counts for a lot. Many players do not adjust to the way she impacts the ball and try to make shots either out of position, not knowing the spin, not knowing where the ball is going, or all the above.

Not a great recipe for attacking consistency.

If you want to beat her, you have to be able to setup and finish, either with power and placement, or extreme heavy spin. You have to use judgment, or you make way too many errors.

Hey Eric, how about showing us more of your match with Megha?

benfb wrote: Vince64 wrote: mts388 wrote: The woman right after Vince at 6:30 has an interesting style.  She wins a lot more matches that you would think. The lady was in Eric’s and my 2200 Super RR group. SP and LP set up.  How good was she? She doesn't look very mobile.

Eric beat her 3-0 with 2 of the games deuce. I beat her 3-0 6,5,6. She was third in the RR group and finished 3rd. 

Vince64 wrote: mts388 wrote: The woman right after Vince at 6:30 has an interesting style.  She wins a lot more matches that you would think. The lady was in Eric’s and my 2200 Super RR group. SP and LP set up.

mts388 wrote: The woman right after Vince at 6:30 has an interesting style.  She wins a lot more matches that you would think.

The lady was in Eric’s and my 2200 Super RR group. SP and LP set up. 

Eric Fountain wrote: Selective editing makes for a video but I was not doing so well overall and struggling to keep the ball on the table. Going to try something way slower soon and maybe even try classic defense, FH chopping etc.

benfb wrote: By the way, it's interesting how highlight videos not only make one player look great, they make the other players look bad.  In this video, you look magnificent, untouchable.  At the same time, your opponents look like they should be competing for the U1200 prize.  It's all an illusion, but it shows how much performance depends upon both opponents.

Edited by Pondus - 07/11/2019 at 9:32pm

Regarding the backhand, I've made an effort to change from over the top brush contact to back of the ball contact with an over the top follow through. More forearm and less wrist as well. The former stroke worked with the pre-plastic ball but doesn't work now due to slippage. 

mjamja wrote: Your use of the "tip up"  Fh block off the bounce to cover shots to your elbow is great.  That could be a game changer for those of us who are footwork challenged. Your Bh appeared to be flatter and more of a punch than I remembered.  Is that an intended change, just a situational thing, or just totally my imagination? Mark

Thanks for the compliments. I'm beginning to reap benefits of having great new practice partners (shown here photo of my coaching them to a 3-1 record in the mini-cadet girls team). Their up at the table fast pace game improves my quickness - not necessarily as in moving side to side, but quickness to react and get ready.

heavyspin wrote: Highlights from 2019 US Nationals. Note: 3rd opponent was 2200 finalist, 4th opponent 2400 finalist, 5th opponent 50 men finalist.  Warning - these are highlights. I played many horrible points throughout the week with countless unforced errors not seen in this video. My unofficial results are 25 matches played, winning just 12 of them.