[Video] ohhgourami's inconsistent matchplay

Nice camera angle. You could put it under the table.

I managed to see first 2 mins, then somebody's ass covered scene.

Funniest.Video.Ever.Seriously.   

Edited by bonggoy - 01/15/2013 at 3:18pm

hehe it's all about the serve and receive... your serve needs more work coz no way there's so many serve mistakes, you can't just give away free points like that. Also, recovery after serve is not correct, you stand up after serving (I used to do that a lot and get commented about it by other players), the right leg needs to go much farther back and to the right after serving, maintaining a good forward lean and body posture ALL the time(your friend does an excellent job on this). Also, don't play underspin that often against penholders, they are much better than us in their pushing skills. I normally serve heavy side-topspin or no spin to disable their short push (requires a lot of touch to push those short, but i've seen my penhold friend do some that left me speechless), together with quality long serves down the line or to the BH (learnt that from watching Waldner play Ma Lin/Liu Guoliang) to help us enter the rally stages where we have the advantage. 

Edited by blahness - 01/15/2013 at 4:38pm

blahness wrote: hehe it's all about the serve and receive... your serve needs more work coz no way there's so many serve mistakes, you can't just give away free points like that. Also, recovery after serve is not correct, you stand up after serving (I used to do that a lot and get commented about it by other players), the right leg needs to go much farther back and to the right after serving, maintaining a good forward lean and body posture ALL the time(your friend does an excellent job on this).   Also, don't play underspin that often against penholders, they are much better than us in their pushing skills. I normally serve heavy side-topspin or no spin to disable their short push (requires a lot of touch to push those short, but i've seen my penhold friend do some that left me speechless), together with quality long serves down the line or to the BH (learnt that from watching Waldner play Ma Lin/Liu Guoliang) to help us enter the rally stages where we have the advantage.  In terms of receive, fast, sudden, long deep pushes with good placement and some flips would help your game a lot against penholders. You don't need to flip hard, you can just do a nice safe slower flip to open the point, it shouldn't be too hard to do. Penholders love short underspin balls coz they can place it wherever they want with an extremely high level of control.   Hope this helps.   As for me, I'm now taking a half-year to 1 year break to focus on general fitness and strength training before I even restart TT, coz I don't want to get any further injuries

I completely lost my serves since I've stopped. I can't help it

You make very good points though. I never thought about how to serve against penholders.

Seriously though, I've been watching your videos for years and you always look like mini ma long, except you don't know how to play the game. You could literally forget footwork and looping, stand still and block the ball and be twice as good a player as you currently are. Table tennis at your level isn't about looking like pro number x. Its about getting the ball on the table. I would forget everything you know and concentrate on NEVER missing for a few years before you get too excited about big random swings that miss. Go slower and slower on your blade until you get 95% of your shots on the table, dumping serves in the net in the amounts you do is not on either, if that serve isn't going on 99% of the time, its too complex for you, do something that will go on. I hope that is constructive criticism because you really should have improved a lot more by now and I'm sure your focus on looks is costing you in improving so its time to give up on that

Edited by bluebucket - 01/19/2013 at 7:18am

Didn't you post a video about two years ago, at which point everybody suggested you cut the acting and focus on making the ball hit the table? Not sure if you're really interested in getting advice. You're inconsistent because you're focused on how you look instead of getting the ball on the table, resulting in very weak shots that don't even land. Practice consistent looping and hitting and you'll find that your loop form will change significantly out of necessity. Instead of looking like a beautiful "ma long straight armed chinese style forward loop" or whatever, it just looks awkward and out of place, and the corresponding results occur. Sincerely hope you heed the advice this time around in order to progress your game.


Edited by idk - 01/19/2013 at 12:37pm

bluebucket wrote: Seriously though, I've been watching your videos for years and you always look like mini ma long, except you don't know how to play the game. You could literally forget footwork and looping, stand still and block the ball and be twice as good a player as you currently are. Table tennis at your level isn't about looking like pro number x. Its about getting the ball on the table. I would forget everything you know and concentrate on NEVER missing for a few years before you get too excited about big random swings that miss. Go slower and slower on your blade until you get 95% of your shots on the table, dumping serves in the net in the amounts you do is not on either, if that serve isn't going on 99% of the time, its too complex for you, do something that will go on. I hope that is constructive criticism because you really should have improved a lot more by now and I'm sure your focus on looks is costing you in improving so its time to give up on that

I should be better and I should be more consistent too. But my legs have already given out by the time I played him. When my legs give out, my consistency goes from dependable to nonexistent. This video is supposed to show me at my worst with the occasional good shot. Too bad I couldn't show that with two videos.

Yes I posted videos of me playing 2 years ago and my gameplay seems to not have changed as much either. Averaging 4 hours a week then taking half-year breaks really isn't helping me improve.

As harsh as some of the advice is, I can take it as it is. This video was mainly taken to show my coach, which lives on the other side of the country now, to see what I should mainly focus on.

ohhgourami wrote: When my legs give out, my consistency goes from dependable to nonexistent.