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Topic: Full translation: National Coach Li Xiao Dong Lec.
Posted By: harmonicon
Subject: Full translation: National Coach Li Xiao Dong Lec.
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 2:38pm
There is a original thread about this lecture on MyTT.While the earlier translations are all great works, I believe there are some nuances lost. Also the full translation are separated in different places. This is my
attempt at translating this article. Some of the sentences are difficult to
translate word for word, so I made some minor modifications to preserve their meaning in smoother English. Also my English TT vocab is pretty
lacking please be forgiving…any suggestion is welcome! P.S. idk why the
Chinese sure loves their commas, there are so many run on sentences in the
articles, and they put commas everywhere, sometimes the ideas are even related,
why cannot they just use a period, okay I will stop rambling like coach LXD. The bold and division is mine, for better speed reading since not everyone want to wade through the wall of text. It is not from the original lecture.
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1.
Sideway attack: A stroke where player body is turned
to being almost perpendicular to the net. Usually done on the backhand corner
and uses forehand to attack.
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CNT Coach LXD on the five links of ball striking: judgment, strike position, strike timing,
striking distance and ball adjustment.
My old coach has already given a lecture about this and Ping
Pong World magazine published a similar article, but after all these years I have had
some new insights. The titles of the articles are the same, but the contents
are somewhat different. These are some of the basic principles of table tennis,
so I hope it will be helpful toward new players’ development and strengthen their
theoretical knowledge. My hope is that players will not just play intuitively
but also rationally.
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Posted By: harmonicon
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 2:38pm
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The first
link is judgment. “When the judgment is bad, even given a stool you cannot
control the ball.”
The judgment bio-mechanism works like this: when the opponent
strikes the ball, we use our eyes to judge the angle, spin and the position of
the ball. We feed this information to the brain, and the brain sends commands
to the limbs (in order to move and execute a play). The better your ball judgment
is, the clearer the command your brain issues to your limbs becomes. Professional
players make more judgments based on reflexes; these judgments are clear and
translate to precise movements; it also helps to put their body at ease. If the
ball judgment is fuzzy, the movement command also gets vague and the players
tend to get nervous and tense up. That’s why many people tell this joke: “When player
A sees his opponent execute a strong, spiny loop, he immediately starts raising
his shoulders, elbows and tips his toes. At this point, even if you give him a
stool to step on, he will not be able to contain the ball (and put it on the
table)”. This is related to judgment making.
There are two kinds of judgment: pre-determination and ball
watching. Pre-determination means this: After returning the ball to your
opponent, try to make a guess based on his playing habits. Doing so will help to
ensure your opponent’s return will be in your
optimum range of attack. It will be easier for you to execute the next
stroke according to your strategy. Note that one prerequisite is you must be
sure of the speed, spin, angle and landing spot of your own return. Otherwise,
if you return a slow or dead ball that can easily be attacked, then your
strategy will be disrupted. Let me give you an example: JNL used to have a two
wing penhold attacker named Kouno Michiru (Mitasu? 1968 Champ), who was a Man’s
Single world champion. It was strange to watch him play; he did not have a lot
of power, but he could execute a step up (to return a short ball) on the
forehand side and then recover his body and follow up with sideway forehand
attack[1]. At the time I couldn’t understand this, saying to myself his
footwork is incredibly fast. But when I took a look again, actually that is not
the case. Kouno has a very good two way linear game (left corner to left
corner, right to right). When he is in a rally, he will start off with a quick linear backhand stroke; this gives his opponent a very hard time returning the
ball back linearly and is forced hit the ball diagonally. Then Kouno would attack linearly on the forehand side,
again his opponent is forced to return the ball diagonally. Basically after two
exchanges, Kouno can execute the sideway forehand attack[1] blindfolded.
He has a very clear vision of ball movement so pre-determination is easy.
You can try to discover some general rules of thumb for
pre-determination. If you serve is very spiny, your opponent probably have a
hard time flipping it, so you should prepare for a backspin loop or an on-table
flip. If you serve a side-top spin ball, your opponent can probably flip it but
cannot power-flip the ball, so you should get ready to attack a top spin
return. Another example is when you serve (long), your opponent also returns
long, if you are still in position for a short ball return that means your
pre-determination couldn’t catch up to the game. Good pre-determination insures the quality of your returns. More
quality returns will help your form your strategy or even your own playingstyle.
Now let’s talk about
ball-tracking. Ball tracking means
watching the instant where your opponent’s paddle meets the ball. There are
some tricky points regarding ball watching, however; for example you could be
tricked by a feint or “eat” an incoming spin. Some players are lazy; they don’t
track the ball but just play according to the landing spots and angles they are
used to. If you make them track the ball, they actually become slower. The
reason is that they have not formed the habit of ball watching. In the
beginning it might slow you down, but after a few months it will not.
Ball tracking mainly
means to watch the instant where the other player strike the ball, to see the
angle, spin and speed of his return/serve. Let’s start with serves. First
you want to watch the exact place where paddle meets the ball. Let me give on
example involving high-toss serves. Beijing team was playing Zhejiang team and
the ZJ team has a player named He ZhiWen. HZW has a really high high-toss serve
with a fast throw. When he throws the ball high, our eyes all followed the ball
up and down. When his paddle touched the ball, it seemed really sudden and we
could not tell what was served. Afterward I thought about it: even if the ball
was thrown high, the spot where he hits the ball did not change. I just need to
watch that one spot. (In the next game) My eye stayed to the ground and watched
that one spot and this method immediately proved useful. This is why you must
only watch the striking point.
The second thing is to watching how open/closed the
opponent’s paddle is. If he is serving a dead/weak-spin ball, his paddle is
probably more vertical. If he wants to serve a strong backspin serve, he paddle
is probably flatter. Also you want to watch for the direction he is applying force
to the ball. If he is swinging sideways, it’s a sidespin. If he is swinging
downward then it’s backspin. Some players, when they are serving backspin
balls, will swing downward and then upward. He can strike the ball on either
the downward phase or the upward phase. At this point you have to watch and see
in which direction he is applying power. In addition you should watch the speed of the
serve. Spiny balls are usually faster than weak-spin/dead balls; dead balls
face greater resistance, so it is slower and seems to be floating more. Of
course, better players are able to serve both kinds of balls with a very
similar motion. These kinds of serves are sneakier and it’s hard to judge what
the ball actually is. During real matches you also need to know if a serve
will stop on the table or end up going off the table. For example, WQG is a smart player who always check out the table before he plays a game on it. He want to see how much the ball bounces on the table. During games, combining this information and the first bounce
position of a serve or return, he could determine if the ball will stop on or going off the table.
For judgment, you
must execute both ball-tracking and pre-determination. Ball-tracking is the
primary judgment and pre-determination should be auxiliary. Even though
table tennis emphasize the self (pre-determination), but is your don’t track
the ball but only use pre-determination, you are as good as blind. You must make a habit of making judgment,
this is a soft skill. Let’s say player A could not judge well during practice.
During a match he got killed by a serve, the coach proceeds to give him some
tips. Even if he is able to return the serve well afterward, his attention is
all focused there and will not be able prepare for the second ball. That is why you must
build a firm foundation of ball judgment during everyday practices, just like walking.
After you form a habit, spin and angle judgment become much easier, leaving more
energy for strategy execution; this will improve your level of play by a large
step. During practice many people stick to one motion, one type of spin, one
landing spot and one tempo and try to hit 5-6 or even 7-8 times; there is no
such thing in a real match. I advocate using greater power during practices,
because it forces player to recover and increases the difficulty. Using power
introduces variation and variation makes practices more realistic.
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Posted By: harmonicon
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 2:38pm
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The second
link is strike position. “Do not stand too close, try to use small steps
often”
There are two parts to strike position, one is standing
position and the other is striking position. Standing position is the position of the player’s body relative to the
ball and to the table. You always want to find the most comfortable
position to strike the ball and this is based on your height and playing style.
Talking about height, WLQ is 186cm and he probably will stand further away from
the table. It is easy to step up to the table and retreating is also convenient.
In this position he is most comfortable with striking the ball and uses it the
most. This position is not his basic striking position (Translator: WTF?).
Compare to Deng YP (~150cm), she is a little short so she needs to stand
closer. If she stood further back she might not be able to reach the short
balls.
Basic standing position also depends on player’s style and
habit. Players with good power and footwork can stand further; players with
less power but good at borrowing power from opponent’s stroke should stand
closer. Players with bad footwork, do not do much sideway attack [1] and is
balanced on both forehand and backhand skills should stand toward the middle.
Standing position should be moderated. For example, many people think if one stands
closer to the table he can increase the pace of the game. This is only
partially true, because it does consider the scenario where the opponent hit
the ball long; the incoming ball will be pushing against your paddle and makes
it difficult to strike with power. In this situation the player must
retreat. Why am I talking about this?
During my coaching year there have been many successes but also many failures.
There is a penhold short pips player on the team Beijing; he has very good
techniques but just cannot seem to win. In the end I found his problem: he
stood too close to the table. What is so bad about standing close? In human movement moving forward is the
fastest, sideways second and backpedaling is the slowest. If you stood too
close you have to move backward and it will slow down the entire stroke. That’s
why you should not stand too close and obsess over increasing the speed of the
game: too many errors can happen and you cannot strike with power. (Translator
note: Old-school Chinese players tend to stand VERY close to the table).
Now let’s talk about
striking position. Proper striking position requires the body to lean (forward?).
For strokes, especially on the forehand side, the ball, hand and body should
form a triangle. If they form a curved surface, then the ball is hard to strike. Player cannot use power and center of
gravity is off. (Translator: this is hard for me to understand, but I think he
is talking about the ball, hand and center of gravity of the body being in one
geometry plan upon striking). Usually the first sentence most coaches tell the
student s is to strike in ball in front of the body, not to the side or behind
since they do not conform to basic striking principles. Another point is when
striking, the hand must not be too far from the body, since the center of
gravity (CoG) is easily lost. In most cases only when returning short balls can
the hand and CoG separate. Hand and CoG should remain together for most other
kind of balls. When player proceed to strike the ball, the CoG and the hand
should be synchronized: synchronized timing and direction. The better a player
is, the simpler his stroke becomes because the CoG and the hand is
synchronized; they appear very coordinated/graceful. Another example is the sideway [1] flip: how
can anyone flip a ball while in mid-air and without a firm contact with the
ground(Note: LSD acutally used the word “fulcrum”, which refers to energy must
be transferred up from the ground to the hand through the legs, in order to
lift the ball)?
Now let’s talk about footwork: most professional players do
not have major problems. But everyday players tend to ignore taking quick small
steps. Many players freeze at the sight of a short and high ball in the middle.
When they come around to start moving, the ball is already too low and
impossible to hit. As a result they just make a desperation backhand stroke. This
problem can be taken care of by using
small steps. The most common scenario for small movement is forward, back,
sideway-forward and sideway-backward motions. Coach Cai (former CNT coach) gave
an example about transitioning from sideway forehand attack(backhand corner) to
forehand attack(forehand corner). After sideway forehand attack finishes (using
right handed players as example), the center of gravity (CoG) will be shifted
to the left feet. Many players proceed to move to forehand side directly from
this position, but because the CoG is so far from the table (Note: spot he is
trying to move to?) he looks very ungraceful. The better way would be take a
small step (to move backward a little and shift the CoG back), then move to the
forehand side while turning the upper body into ready position. This approach will
feel much more comfortable. After sideway forehand attack [1], if you do not
recover CoG from the left feet and do not use small steps, you will not be able
to execute the subsequent movements.
Let me dig into the use of Center of Gravity during movements
a little further. Player should lower their CoG while striking the ball and use
the reaction force (from the ground). The feet should feel this reaction force
as if stepping on a spring that is bouncing up from being compressed. WLQ does
a very good job utilizing this reaction force. When he loops, there is a lot of
power coming through because he pushes off with his leg and release the power
of the body (into the stroke/ball). Balls hit this way will be slightly faster.
You must not just wait for the ball to come first and then attempt to push down
the body’s CoG; You will not be able effectively utilize all the power that way.
I taught wrongly on this point for about 25 years and just recently gained clearer
understanding.
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Posted By: harmonicon
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 2:41pm
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The third
link is stroke timing. Do not be “fake quick” but “actual quick”.
Stroke timing is a crucial skill. There five phases for
striking the ball are: early rise phase, late rise phase, top point, early drop
phase and late drop phase.
(1)
During the early rise phase, borrowing power is
easier; however because the ball height is lower than the net and ball speed is
fast, it is difficult to strike the ball with power and it’s easy to make
unforced mistakes. If player hit the ball during this phase, it can only be
called “fake quick”. Many players are “fake quick”---including WLQ. He hit the
ball so far from the body it’s hard to use power. WLQ’s backhand is still
problematic, being “fake quick”; I bear some responsibility for it. Any stroke
must not be too far from the body. If you can borrow the power from incoming
ball, your backhand will become better. So everyone should try to be “actual
quick”.
(2)
Late rise phase is the best point of strike.
Because the incoming ball’s spin has not reached maximum and it gives player
more time to setup for the shot. It is easy to strike with power and easy to
borrow power; strike motion will be quick and sneaky. Wang Hao is great at
striking the ball in this phase, so he is “actual quick”. Everyone can also
reminisce (about their own previous games); all the best strokes are probably
done in this phase. Late rise phase is mainly used to attack, so players can
make this phase their main point of strike.
(3)
The third one is top point. This is the easiest
and most stable point of strike, because it gives player ample time to prepare.
The arc of the ball is also high, much higher than the net. These are the
positive points. There are also drawbacks: the ball’s spin reaches maximum at
this point, it is easy to “eat” the spin. Also striking balls at the top point
makes it easy for the opponent to judge; it is not sneaky enough. Top point as
the main attack phase might be a little late and will not be very effective.
(4)
Early drop phase is used when the incoming spin
is strong or when player position needs adjustment/recovery. Choppers may use
this phase more, but even then I do not advocate striking in early drop phase
all the time. If you always seem to be saving the ball your game is too slow.
It might look good but simply won’t be effective. CXH’s chopping game is pretty
good, he is tall and the chops comes fast.
(5)
Late Drop phase is the worst phase the hit the
ball. This is an auxiliary strike point. Besides lobs and out of position
balls, try not to use this phase at all. If player strike in this phase he must
increase the spin to control the high arc. Execute a spiny loop, not a push.
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Posted By: harmonicon
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 2:42pm
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The fourth
link is striking distance “To each ball, its own striking distance”.
Striking distance mainly refers to the distance between the
ball and the paddle. The greater the distance, the easier it is to strike with
power, and the momentum generate is also greater; at the same time it is easier
to commit errors and harder to remain stable. Conversely, a smaller striking
distance makes power strikes harder but borrowing power easier. Adjustment and
control are also easier to achieve. Accordingly to the previous principles, for
each ball player should choose striking distance accordingly. If an opportunity
ball (easily attacked) comes up, the striking distance between the ball and the
paddle should be greater. On the other hand if player tries return short balls
with a similar distance(as opportunity ball), there will be no spin on the
ball.
There are four scenarios of ball strikes: opportunity ball,
active attack, fast rally, active defense. These four scenarios span almost all
situations a player will face.
For opportunity balls, player will use greater power and
hence greater motion, greater center of gravity shift and greater striking
distance between the ball and paddle; that makes sense. But I have to make one point clear: for all
these “great” motions you must put a measure of finesse into them. The ball must be solidly hit. You can use
great motion and a huge swing, but if when you impact the ball, if your arm have
already slowed down, how can the return be powerful? Player’s body should
remain relaxed before contact, then use up all power upon contact of the ball,
otherwise your body will just tense up (and lose power).
Active attacks should use medium power, motion, center of
gravity shift and striking distance. Fast rallies 30-40%, active defense
20-30%. It’s easy to say but hard to do. It’s easy to distinguish between power
strokes and soft strokes but when it comes to power vs medium or medium vs soft
it can get difficult.
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Posted By: JacekGM
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 2:42pm
"... During real matches you also need to know if the serve will end on the table or off the table. For example, WQG is a smart player. No matter where he is playing, he will travel to match site and check out the elasticity of the table." - I dunno ...
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Posted By: harmonicon
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 3:01pm
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The fifth
link: Micro adjustment
Micro adjustment is a skill and also wisdom. This is the
essence of table tennis and whether the execution looks good is not a concern.
Different people tend be better in one aspect of micro
adjustment. WLQ’s forehand, Wang Hao’s backhand, Ma Lin’s short ball execution.
After 40mm ball and non-hidden serve was implemented, the
need for player strength has gone up a lot. Comparing 38mm with 40mm, spin has
decreased ¼ and control 1/10. Playing styles like Kong LH and
Samsonov’s is fine for small ball but was affected greatly by the 40mm ball.
Their speed and power simply were not enough. Using benching as an example, Liu
GuoLiang and Kong LingHui has a hard time doing 50, 60 KG (132lbs); Ma Lin can
do 90KG(198lbs) and WLQ 100KG(220lbs). Players’ integral and individual physical
abilities became more and more important. At the very least a player must be
fast enough (to stay in the game) and possess enough power to kill (a point).
At this point table tennis techniques have become ever
fine-grained; player skill levels are also closer to each other than ever
before. Like in the 2007 WTTC final
where WLQ played Rye Seung Min, I have said this several times, if WLQ’s
backhand is a little weaker and first attack quality a little lower, then he
probably would have lost.
Every time we face a ball, we think about how to make
backhand faster, forehand more vicious, pushes spinier, and blocks stronger.
But to ensure striking percentage and quality, table tennis requires players to
make adjustment and retain control. Not every ball can be forcefully attacked.
The first skill is
spin adjustment. Spin adjustment depends upon applying force with the wrist
and finger. Of course the center of gravity is involved too. When player strike
and is about to rub the ball, make sure to prepare the paddle(Drop the wrist?).
If you do not do this, the wrist and finger will be unable to apply force.
I think using wrist to lead the forearm swing is faster than
using the center of gravity to lead arm swing. For example (Translator: Gosh
darn just drop that phrase already) if I want to punch someone but do not use my
wrist, that person probably won’t feel a thing. If I use my wrist, the punch
will probably hurt. If I use my center of gravity to apply force in the same
direction, then I am like a tiger with wings. (Translator: lol).
Spin adjustment’s main function is to solve particular
problems relating to spin. Player should not think if they can rub the ball
very well then the ball will be accurate (and land on the table) automatically.
Accuracy involves a feel for the arc of the ball. Deng YP is very good at this,
her ball have a great arc.
The second skill is
adjustment to paddle open/closeness. This is a very advanced skill and was
not much discussed until two years ago. Will it work to strike a short ball with a
closed paddle? Of course not, the ball will immediately go into the net. When flipping
a spiny serve, open the blade a little more; when flipping dead/no-spin serve,
close the paddle more.
If you can make paddle angle adjustment very well then all
balls can be attacked. Of course there is some finesse to this skill. For an
incoming backspin ball, I will first open up my blade angle; then upon impact of
the ball with the paddle, if I feel the ball arc will go over the net then I
will definitely attack the ball. When to open and when to close is a fine
skill. If you open the blade for too long the ball will go out of bound, whereas
if you close the blade too early it will go into the net. Ball going into the
net usually indicates a lack of paddle angle adjustment. Ball going out of
bound means the point of strike is too “thick” (My opinion is that it means too
fast/early, when the swing still has a long distance to travel.)
Micro Adjustment is usually done in minute measures, just
like a radio. If FM0.9 is Beijing Station, FM0.91 will not have a clear signal.
When receiving top spin balls, if the spin is weak then open up the paddle a
little; if it is strong then close it a little bit. Ball with weak spin usually
borrow a lot of power, ball with strong spin usually had a high power input.
Paddle adjustment is very important, be ready to adjust it any time.
The third skill is
power adjustment. I divide power into five spectrums: Strong
power stroke, medium power stroke, soft power strokes with borrowing, pure borrowing
stroke and power reducing stroke.
Strong power stroke is used for smashes. Smash high and
semi-high balls with 90% of power. Some people advocate more, but I think 90%
is enough. If you use 100% of your strength you might not be able to recover
for the second shot.
Medium power stroke is where skill matters the most. It is
used for main attacks and rallying; using 60-70% of your total strength is
about right. Soft stroke with borrowing adds your own power on top of the
ball’s incoming momentum and spin. It seems like you are countering your
opponents ball but in reality it’s not much effort at all. If your opponent use
60% strength, should you return the ball back with 60% strength too? If you do,
I think even if you got the ball on the table it’s just a coincidence. The
quality of the return is pretty similar when you use 40-50% compare to using
70-80%. Indeed the former is easier to control.
Pure Borrowing stroke is mostly used in fast rallies, quick
defense and active defenses. It requires good accuracy from the player. Power
reducing stroke is used for short stop and also short serves. Playing with
short or long pips also reduces power. When you try to learn and master any new
skills, you should learn to strike with power first. After that adjustment
becomes much easier. For example some players want to serve a short ball but they
dare not use any force, tapping it lightly instead. The serve is short alright,
but the opponent can do whatever they want with it. Players should learn to use greater and greater force until they feel
they have reached maximum. Then they should proceed to reduce it little by
little (learning control in the process).
The fourth skill is
tempo adjustment. Right now speed has become the core of table tennis
development, namely ball speed and spin. Strong spin but low speed balls
translate to low threat and it is the same with fast speed but weak spin balls.
The era of pure speed or pure spin has
already passed. Speed, spin and power combined together have the greatest
effect. At this time Wang Hao is the best at combining the three. WLQ is
also working toward it—his speed and power are very good, but is lacking a
little bit in the spin department; Ma lin is great at creating the spin, but
lacks a bit of speed and power. Tempo changes and spin supplement each other.
If you cannot beat someone with speed then increase the spin, if they got used
to your spin then increase the speed. Using this skill requires good strategy.
Tempo basically is just fast/slowness. We always say table
tennis player strike the ball “one by one”. What does “one by one” mean? Wang Tao
uses short pips and I taught him for nine years. I solved two problems for him:
1. Forehand quick drive---I did not invent this; He has been using it before.
The difference is most player uses it sporadically but he uses it all the time.
The second one is short pips backhand’s fast tap. Northern Chinese calls it the
“fast stir hand”, this is what I mean by “one by one”, and this is “actual
fast”. (Translator: this paragraph did not make sense whatsoever to me, especially
the part about one by one).
There are some similarities between adjustment of strength
and tempo. Strength adjustment can be summarized in a tongue twister: “Heavy to heavy”, meaning answering with a
strong stroke to a strong stroke, this is not commonly used; “light to light”,
this is also not very often used. If the incoming ball is soft, then I also
return a soft ball, this is done to actively control and counter-control. The
most used is “Light to Heavy” and “Heavy to Light”---when opponent stroke the
ball softly then I will attack, if the opponent attack then I will defend.
Player should strive for “light to heavy” (where player is actively attacking).
Tempo is similar. One category is “fast to fast” and “slow
to slow”. “Fast to Fast” is easy to understand, but in the “slow to slow”
scenario many players could not slow down enough. Same thinking applies to “Fast
to slow “and “slow to fast”. Just like
striking power, fast and slowness attempts limit each other.
That is all. Hope this is a good reference for everyone.
(Recorded by ZF, YY from LSD’s lecture for CNT men’s second team).
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Posted By: JacekGM
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 3:16pm
Should it not be "LXD" instead of LSD? I know it is pronounced "S'iao", but still...
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Posted By: harmonicon
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 3:18pm
Yeah just noticed and changed that. What about that first comment, do you have a suggestion on how to translate it?
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Posted By: JacekGM
Date Posted: 02/13/2014 at 3:24pm
I'd say what you are doing is valuable, just that LXD is expressing his thoughts somewhat loosely, and therefore the translation cannot be word for word, as you have noticed. It would probably require a TT coach or another advanced TT figure to smoothly ride over all these potholes... Keep going!
------------- (1) Juic SBA (Fl, 85 g) with Bluefire JP3 (red max) on FH and 0.6 mm DR N Desperado on BH; (2) Yinhe T7 (Fl, 87 g) with Bluefire M3 (red 2.0) on FH and 0.6 mm 755 on BH.
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Posted By: Hopper
Date Posted: 02/14/2014 at 5:22am
Please find here the excellent powerpoint/pdf presentation (with many pictures!) from Li Xiaodong that belongs to above article; http://www.tabletenniscoach.net/Pages/2_LI%20XIAODONG_Victories_Modern_TT.pdf" rel="nofollow - http://www.tabletenniscoach.net/Pages/2_LI%20XIAODONG_Victories_Modern_TT.pdf Have fun.
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Posted By: Olio
Date Posted: 02/14/2014 at 8:34am
Thanks Hopper and Harmonicon for this. Very interesting.
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Posted By: lineup32
Date Posted: 02/14/2014 at 5:41pm
Olio wrote:
Thanks Hopper and Harmonicon for this. Very interesting. |
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Posted By: Baal
Date Posted: 02/14/2014 at 6:23pm
Excellent. A lot of work went into this translation and it is very interesting to read. Welcome to the forum, Harmonicon!
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