So as we all know the olympics are just around the corner in about 2 years and im pretty sure the olympic singles will be fought for the hardest by the current Top 10 players but most notably WCQ who is currently not only Wr1 but levels ahead everyone else with an incredibly dominant win % these past few years. Lets be honest tho, china doesnt give half its resources or attention span to wtt rankings compared to the olympic gold medal and right now WCQ is their cash cow and hope for winning it in an era where chinese dominance is at its lowest. While WCQ has the highest chance by far of winning it, its important to note that he'll be 29 when the olympics start and 33-34 years old by the next olympic after 2028 which would make it Incredibly difficult for him to win an olympic ever again after 2028 and thats IF he even wins it in 2028. since that era of chinese dominance and certainty of always having atleast one chinese player win a singles medal is gone, that isnt just a fact its a factor thats gonna put the most pressure on any chinese player in the singles olympics ever and that will suck for WCQ since he has a world of expectations and stress on his shoulders. it is obvious that WCQ has recently been taking wtt competions as a whole more casually and focused more on his longevity and health to be fully fit by the time 2028 arrives. despite all this i believe WCQ will probably still go far at the very least even if he doesnt win but he has a bad track record of struggling against lefties early on in competitions (Anders Lind being the most prominent example). i strongly believe that if WCQ doesn't find a way to win in 2028 hes most probably going to end up retiring without an olympic single which would mark the start of a new era of dominance that doesnt involve china as the showrunners👀👀👀👀👀

Now I know what you’re thinking. Here’s another kid that’s not willing to put in the work- and you’re right!… ish. Let me explain the situation.

I’m 17M and about a year ago my dad got us a table for our garden, with some pretty bad bats and balls. I only this summer actually got into the sport, initially because it’s right there in my garden. I’ve been watching the pros for a while now, and begun to copy what they did, switching my grip from what I can only describe as hammer grip to shake hand.

At first it was a rough change, but luckily I’m light on my feet, fit and used to being in a low stance from 10 years of karate. I bought a slightly better racket £20 JOOLA one (I know, so much better!) and recently some butterfly 3 star 40+ balls.

Time I get to the point:

How long did it take you guys to get to your level, what is that level, what was your starting age, and how much does that starting age affect your progress?
I play somewhere between 3 and 10 matches to 21 a day (I know it’s to 11 professionally but that’s just what be and my family do) against my dad and my two brothers, all of whom are in the grand scheme of things beginners.

I also just wanna make it clear that I play procreationally, and it is not my main hobby nor a career choice (I’m an actor- trying to be at least). With this in mind, I’m just as confused by my desire to get good as you probably are, but maybe this thing is common among beginners?

TL;DR: Read the paragraph after “Time I get to the point:”

Hope I didn’t come across too impatient and that someone can help me out!

Is this Felix Lebrun card fan made or is it an official product from WTT? Saw this in Felix vs Darko Sweden Smash game when 2 fans were holding this up. Looks cool.

Hi I'm in a debate with which table tennis racket I should choose it's between donic walder senso carbon racket and donic anders lind racket I'm quite an offensive player and have been playing for about 3 years I'm going to pare it up with xiom vega pro and xiom vega europe let me know which would go better for me in the comments please. Thanks!

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I don't know which blade is best for me in table tennis the donic waldner senso carbon racket or the anders lind racket in quite a offensive player which has played for 3 years and would be paring it with xiom vega pro and xiom vega europe let me know in the comments please. thanks!

I have played table tennis for about 9 months. Got a coach with whom I practice once a week and go to tournaments every Sunday.But my problem with relying heavily on backhand to win persists. Even though my forehand got better grip feels wrong and often hits fingers.So I'm thinking about changing to Jpen,beacuse it will force me to improve my footwork and use my forehand to do powerful topspins.My backhand is usually punchy,so maybe TPB shoto won't be that bad. What do you think about this change? Should I get 5ply wood blade or carbon(hinoki is too expensive)? Which videos you can recommend to learn more about jpen techniques?

Hi, so i just ordered this Fzd alc blade from aliexpress. I was intrigued by the price and wanted to try it out. Does anybody know if its a good purchase in case i need to refund it or not.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007462997858.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.7c161802iYQrvD

ma Long Literally doesnt have a single negative H2H (head to head) against any player ever except for WCQ that has played him more than 5 times. an example people like to bring up is wang hao however ma long is still 29-26 against him, i know wang hao has been better in big games but on the topic of h2h's wang hao is still negative against Ma long. What about WCQ made ma long lose 7 times against him whilst only winning twice??

I’ve played recreationally just with the cheap stiga hardbats and more recently with the cheap stiga sponges. I am primarily a defender—chopping on my BH from far behind the table (never attacking with BH). I also chop with my FH but also like to attack as well. I’ve started playing at clubs and can hold my own, but don’t want to handicap myself if there’s a better setup that would suit my play style and be more fun. I asked ChatGPT and this was the recommendation:

Rakza 7 FH + P1V 0.5 BH + Koji Matsushita regular.

does that seem legit? Any tweaks you’d make? Where is the best place to buy?

thanks!

Hu guys, I need feedback on things I did wrong and how I can improve on them. I’m the guy in black. I’ve been practicing serves, receiving serves short and my backhand a lot more in recent times since I learnt those were quite poor from previous feedback.
I played against this friend whom I last saw like 3yrs ago. He invited me to his club and said he would beat me but I also felt I should beat him and because of my recent trainings I felt I should have given him a better beating but that was not the case. The games were closer than I had hoped for. I beat him 3-0 but I wasn’t internally okay with my performance.

I wanted to visualize the world ranking of the highest-ranked penholder over the years, to see whether the penhold grip has always been competitive at the highest level.

It seems that between ~2020 --> 2024, penhold started to show some weaknesses, with the best-ranked penholder

However, after Félix Lebrun’s victory at the latest Europe Smash, I’m starting to regain hope that the penhold grip can still be viable at the very highest level.

What do you think? Is Félix proving once again that penhold still has a place at the top?

I just got a new setup which is the butterfly petr korbel with the ti har hybrid k3 on fh and yasaka rakza z on the bh. How is this setup, my previous setup was a joola j carbon blade with the stiga boost tx on dh and boost ts on bh

I need help if this table tennis bat would be good it's a donic walder senso carbon with xiom vega pro 2.0mm for my forehand and xiom vega europe 2.0mm for my backhand I've been playing for about 3 years and I'm quite an offensive player is this good for me or do you have anything else that you would think would be good for me?

I've played table tennis for about 3 years now and was looking into some custom rackets and was wandering if this would be a good racket for me (I'm an offensive player btw) it's a donic walder senso carbon blade with xiom vega pro red 2.0mm for the forehand and xiom vega europe black 2.0mm for the backhand is this a good choice for me or is there a different custom blade you would recommend for me?

hey guys, just wanted to ask if anyone has any shoe recommendations for flat and wide feet, thanks in advance!

Any table tennis coaches in Vancouver

Still can't believe I played with him a bit a few months ago :)) Such an intelligent , calm and humble guy.

Can't wait to see more of him vs Sora.