u/caskalll

Having fun with Copernicus 💪

I started playing around 5 years ago, my current rating is 2000 USATT. I'm 38 years old.

I've been training with a chinese coach for about a year, and I saw a lot of improvement overall, but sometimes I wonder if is time to switch coach (or stop training with coach).

My main concern is, chinese methodology usually prioritizes good body motion, contact and full strokes, I know they are the best for a reason, but I also feel like you need so start pretty early / young having that technique properly, in my case, I started at 33, and with a lot of bad habits.

Gotta say he's an amazing coach, good vibes / entusiasm (compared to a previous chinese coach that was pretty harsh), good english pronunciation too.

I play with Timo Boll ALC and Dignics 09c, but I tried his Viscaria with Hurricane and loved it, all the balls were landing on the table and I felt a lot more of dwell time, maybe chinese technique also works better with this setup?

Here are some videos to give context

This was my last lesson, I know I had a bad day or bad feeling that particular lesson, didn't played too much in May due to work, and didn't warm up properly, but here's a clip of warming up forehand, were he empatizes on no-backswing, brush forward, use body (not too much arm):

https://youtu.be/nK-6whI1P_c?si=oOMEZywIm9EudCX8

That said, here's a clip of April, a month ago, on a day I felt much better overall:

https://youtu.be/xaveUTcVdcg?si=uvUvog6m9h74LzBt

And here's a video of a year ago, before starting with him, I know I was super stiff, but at least I felt like my forehand was stronger, even with too much arm use

https://youtu.be/kgC9wN_8tR4?si=_o0Tpve529NsZmQ_

Should I stick to this coach? I know if I stop, probably my spot will fly, he has students waiting.

Would love to hear any advice

Got 33 pos at 1189 average, was thinking on taking 100k from SGOV to buy more SNDK and another 100k for MU, too risky?

Thanks!

Got 30 pos of MU at 500 average, was thinking to buy 100k that I have parked in SGOV, too risky?

Thanks!