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Learning a new motor pattern is very hard, so a helpful trick is to use one you know to help understand and preform it better. For instance for the backhand finish you can think of throwing a frisbee instead of finish with your forehand side facing up. As someone knows what throwing a frisbee is but not yet how to do a backhand finish. Or on the forehand saluting, to finish in the right position you try to finish in the salute position. Instead of telling someone finish a your forehead with 45 degree angle with an arm snap with your fingers this way blah blah. table tennis shots can have so many complex patterns you need to learn so doing something else that already is the movement is a better way of leaning than trying to do 5 different new things.

So what are some of your favorites that coaches have told you, (or if you are a coach) or you have just figured out that resembles how a quality shot should be. It’s one of the best learning tools and would love to know your favorites.

A short pendulum to the forehand is the most common and effective shot in the pros. Do you think the same holds true all the way up though?
From beginner to intermediate faster longer spinner serves may have stronger use as they aren’t able to hit strong winner and loops off of it.

What would you say is the best serve throughout the ranks. From 1000 to 1500 to even 2000. Is there a type of serve more effective in the lower skill levels

The 2 main components of good dream recall are. 1. Remembering the most amount of dreams you can in as vivid detail as possible, then 2. being able to recognize dream signs and tell yourself to recognize them. The what can be annoying part of this skill is that you have to actually write down your dreams, and once you start getting a lot, it can span 15-20 minutes of just writing. While that is a strength of it, it will also end up taking a large chunk of your life.

So what if, as soon as you wake up, you pull out your phone and start blurting out all you can remember in as many details as you can. Then you tell Claude what you're doing, that you're looking for dream signs, things to look for in your dream, and want to remember them, etc.
After weeks of uploading your dreams into it may be able to start seeing the dream signs that you don't. It notices how you were in this type of place 3 times this week. While you didn't connect those dots, as there were so many to put together, that's what an LLM is built for. Filtering through a lot of context.

Let me know what you think! I'm not an experienced LDer and haven't been able to put together dream signs even when I'm recalling 3-4 dreams a night. The time saved, the possibility of you being more consistent as it's easier, and you can get your day started, plus the possibility of knowing dream signs you would never see before! Sounds exciting in theory

We hear great advice everyday, but we don’t often apply it. My question is what actually made you make the life changing habits you wanted to make? Who changed your mind or made you think a certain way. What do you think made you change. Is it how the story they were able to tell, the confidence and trust they showed you? Was it based on getting a positive, or getting a negative future.

I want to improve my game skills, I want to have an actually plan when I go into every point. So eg serve here this is most likely what’s coming be ready.

What are the best ones to try to learn and do.

From a lot of the top level games I’ve seen they start really low and seem to rise with the toss then go into the push or attack. Is that what’s happening? If not how should one think about it