current no.1 at our club vs BOZ HD

We never seem to know in the UK what is the best Aussie Lager, we are led to believe through ads, its Fosters, or maybe Castle maine 4x, Is that true Boz? or is there some special Aussie stuff we don't know about? BTW, hold a loose grip on short service return on the half volley, this acts like a 'shock absorber' for long deep pushes, hold tighter.

XXXX stands for sXXt - its what i grew up on because my dad always buy it as its from Brisbane - factory right next to my primary school - smell of gas yay

nice edit to the spelling! mate too quick for me

Cool by me, Im the same - Im an English teacher and I couldnt give a 3456 about spelling on this forum - as long as the message gets across.

Put me in your ignore list, soft drunkies!

Guess Imago didn't like to catch up on what beer we all drink...

Well, until you have tried "Innes and Gunns", you don't know what a good beer tastes like. It is matured in whiskey barrels and tastes delicious!

Boz, I don't envy you, spending all that money on rubbers =)

Nicefrog, I think that is a fairly accurate rating you have provided.

So what are you gonna do boz?

Speedplay wrote: It is matured in whiskey barrels...

You said the magic word

Rakiya is a very inconsistent product - there are heavenly liquids like muscat or slivovitza, but there are also lots of headbreaking fakes. And I never heard of 18-year old beer. This is important because I am a law-abiding person and don't mess with adolescents.

Imago wrote: Rakiya is a very inconsistent product - there are heavenly liquids like muscat or slivovitza, but there are also lots of headbreaking fakes. And I never heard of 18-year old beer. This is important because I am a law-abiding person and don't mess with adolescents. Like TT play, our drink must grow up in perfect conditions and proper timing.

oh yea headbreaking is the key word

bozbrisvegas wrote: He isnt always the best - he was at the time  -  but he just was showing zero respect and being lazy - he wants to serve long because he knows short balls I can flick where as long he can block or kill

I run into this too, when better players will just forego parts of their game to keep it interesting for themselves. That's fine. It's all good practice!

His Australian ranking has been consistantly above 2000

I dont play him that much APW - on average one session a month every 3 months over the last year or so apw im interested to see what you think of tenergy 05

Bozzy. I'm glad to see you're advancing, but I think you should try exploring other aspects of the game. It can be hard to do when you're seeing fruits of your labour and creating results, but i feel you will absolutely run yourself against a wall at some point.

You said it yourself "Whoever opens first, wins". While this isn't necessarily true, imo, your long services are allowing your opponents exactly that. Exploring the short part of the game is incredibly important once you start playing against better opponents. They will open on your services, and not just bounce them back, they will "exploit" the third ball attack.

I feel you're improving, but i also feel your game is very one sided which may net you results against certain types of players, but will leave you wondering what went wrong, against others. Get a few cases of balls, develop a new service. Practice short game. Footwork footwork footwork. Try to position yourself in a way so that when you loop with your FH, you use the almost full reach of your arm. This won't just give you more power, but will let you cover a larger part of the table, and will will give you more confidence psychologically.

Its hard to practice these things in a game as we're all competitive and result minded, mostly. Do you have one or more practicepartners to run drills with?

I hope you took my comments as constructive criticism : )
Cheers

Did you keep it mid table because that's roughly the elbow?