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Theories such as, the triangle theory for power generation, timing and everything about a stroke. Buttocks theory for proper stance. Serve theory of hitting the same side of the ball etc. Whaft

I’ve had the nova pro for a couple months and has been good, but I want to start being more serious about having a structured intentional high-quality practice time with it so what are some things high-level players or that you do is really aided in your improvement with robot training? Are their favorite custom drills you have so certain regular ones that you stick to any advice you’d have for me with training on it.

I was watching a video of Zhang Kai coaching someone, and he mentioned how on his forehand he waits for the ball with Rhythm then accelerates through it. Where as most don’t and lose control mess up timings for different shots etc. How that is a high level skill that’s great he has. So what are some other things like that, high level skills that 2300 players have that would be helpful to learn. Any habits ways of doing or thinking that is different that 1400 rated jim

Reality checks play such an important role in strengthening those awareness pathways. The problem I have is I often don’t stay consistent day to day. Either I do one reality check then do another 10 min later and I say to myself ah that’s no good you just did it. Which can also make me pretend to do a reality check without committing to it. If you’ve had great success with reality checks that translated to lucid dream a couple questions.

1. What is the main trigger for you to do a reality check
2. Is there roughly a goal number throughout the day, or is it just whenever you think about it.
3. Do you do multiple reality checks even if you stay in the same place, eg working on your computer for 2 hours and you did a reality check earlier in the session do you still do one, or only when context changes.

Consistency with it has been difficult, and a lot of that comes from too much complexity and confusion.

Things like drugs and doomscrolling can raise your baseline dopamine level so normal tasks lack motivation and pleasure. Hedonic treadmill yada yada. The question is does lucid dreams fry your dopamine in the same way since it’s while you’re asleep. Think back to win you had a highly pleasurable dream, was your natural next day dopamine drained. Lacking motivation, enjoyment from things you usually would. Any thing like that. Or did the brain regulate it because it was in the dream state and the crash was less severe.

A certain type of serve. Of a mastered forehand flick. What shots will give players that advantage of the rest of the field

In the the development stage beginner to intermediate, while everything is still super moldable what should your mindsets be towards certain things to not cap your game at a certain level say 1700ish. Not fearing a missed stroke, developing proper muscle memory of good mechanics. Play to win not to lose etc. What mindset would you want to give yourself if you were starting from scratch again today.

What pointers helped you the most in developing a consistent quality serve. Placement, spin, speed. Best cues or ideas about it. How much topspin vs backspin. Setup pre serve, recovery after serve. Whatever helped you the most or what top coaches teach. Want to to get my serve to be consistently quality so any helped will be appreciated

I have a flared violin that has been a struggle keeping a good grip and I thought it was a me problem. Then I tried my friends paddle and it fit like a glove. So now I know it’s the paddle causing inconsistent finger pressure, feel the whole nine yards.

What can I do? Is there a good grip tape solution, just be okay with it, or throw the whole blade out and start again

I want to learn how to store and release the power in my core. I’ve been leaning over in an attempt to do it properly but that messes up future shots and is inefficient. So how do I generate power with stability. Any cues or body feelings that have helped you or others get the feeling?

I want to start seriously reviewing my games so I’m able to see my mistakes and correct them etc. I’m not sure if there would be a quality one that’s able to be tall as well as fit in my backpack. What tripod would you recommend

One of the hardest things to learn in table tennis is the ability to separate the forearm and upper arm and to use your elbow as a pivot point. For backhand, pendulum serves, flicks, really about every shot. Now look at the guitar strum. It is a fixed elbow with going up and down with just the forearm (and you can even do wrist like in table tennis)! The movement patterns seem in theory to be very very similar so the question is guitar players who are quality at strumming how is your table tennis skill at keep a stable elbow as pivot point. (Guitar strumming as Table tennis practice 👀)

Finally upgraded my ipong to a nova pro (woot woot) and would love any advice or things you’ve learned while using it. Or any general robot training advice. So what are the best preset drills and settings, what does a good training session with a lot of them look like and any other tips.

I’m always looking for learning resources from the best. There is TT smash city which is masterclasses from Truls, Dimitrij, Lin yun-Jin, and quardi. All world class players I was wondering if they had any great insights or things that would make buying it worth it. It’s 120$ so probably too pricy but wonder if any have you have done it and any big revelations you got.

In a pendulum serve, should you toss in a straight line from your extended arm back you stomach area, or do it slightly diagonal so the hitting point is closer to your right hip? Is a fully straight flat arm starting position better or just a flat forearm? Of course, you can't hide the ball behind your body, so we want to skirt the line as much as possible and if we go past it like most pros do it will be okay.

Every player has different biomechanics so every serve will be highly individualized, but there are of course non-negotiables a high quality serve that every pro adheres too. What would you say these are from how they preform the serve, to placement, spin. Whatever you think is something all top serves do

My push is starting to get to a level where I can semi control where I put it. The question is what is the rule of thumb for default pushes. Both in returns a serve and off opponents push. So should I default short or long more to the sides, most of my pushes are probably middle short long and want to change that. So where should my aims be