Videos of MYTT Members Playing

Eric Fountain wrote: NextLevel wrote: can't see why you are 1700... Just the nature of cherry picking highlight points (although I do take care to mix winning and losing points to make everyone look good together). In reality there are countless unforced errors to go with awful conditioning, stroke issues, etc. At the end of the day rating doesn't lie. Also, to the person before - I am about that level but these points are across all events so many of the opponents are higher rated.

tt4me wrote: It is more than that.  There are very few stupid shot where people hit the ball fast and low where it flies off the end of the table or into the net. like I see in this video. The guy in blue makes a lot of stupid shots. Now do a comparison. Be honest.

tt4me wrote: The guy in blue makes a lot of stupid shots. Now do a comparison. Be honest.

tt4me wrote: hookumsnivy wrote: <span style="line-height: 1.4;">I've very surprised to see those kinds of points in an under 1700 event.  It's rare to see that.</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> Not around here. This is why I underestimate ratings when people say guess the ratings. [quote] <span style="line-height: 1.4;">  I think the defensive nature brings it out.  One of the players are my club ends up with a lot of exciting points - he backs up and plays a lot of defense w/ chops and lobs..</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">

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benfb wrote: Eric, I don't understand why this video references 1700, and it surely confuses viewers who don't know the players in the video. And how many matches or games did you win with these opponents?

eric would be one of my favorite players to be on the table with; long...long rallies...YUM!!!

Those are decent results against strong competition. I agree with the person that said you could have been more aggressive -- at least the strong players wouldn't have been able to fool around so much. At the same time, I also recognize that this is your style of play.

The match I would have liked you to win was against  the woman (I forget her name).  What do you think happened there?

And it seems that you do well against choppers. I'm thinking that's because they aren't used to be aggressive against you.

And I was serious about why don't you come down for the next Stellan camp in August?

BRS wrote: Full 5-set match video from 6-21-14, with down time edited out.   I'm in the dark blue shirt.  Due to incompetent cameraman (me), it's hard to see me except when I am on near side 2nd, 4th, and end of 5th sets.  Also the ball is hard to see against the walls and bad lighting.  It was hard for us to see it playing too, so you are getting the authentic experience. http://youtu.be/-AwlPwclZZc Any suggestions/comments are welcome.   The nearest coaches are almost 250 miles roundtrip from me, so I watch these match videos frame-by-frame to see what I did most awful and try to work on that.  I'm sad about this one because I have been practicing getting off the table and in good ready position after my serve, figuring that was least reactive moment and should be easiest to change.  But here I leave my right foot planted until my opponent has hit his receive!  I'm just not translating many hours of practice effort into muscle memory even on this seemingly simplest thing.  It's pretty discouraging, and that's not even considering the absolute lack of improvement in my serve (in tournament matches, in practice matches it is a bit better, whoop-de-doo).

hookumsnivy wrote: A few notes: Serve shorter.  The end of the match he was anticipating the long serve serve and stepping around for the attack.  I didn't see a single flip from either of you guys. When you do your FH serve, you are staying in the extreme corner.  That opens you up to a wide push forcing you to make a weaker attack that can then be blocked to your backhand.  After you serve, get in a better position. Against this opponent, you could have exploited his BH.  I don't think I saw a single BH attack and his pushes were consistently long.  That leaves you 2 options - force an easy opening, or push him towards his BH side and either do a fast push or hit to his wide FH.  If he manages to get there, it opens him up for a block to his BH.   Seems like you had a lot of trouble with his serves.  Easier said than done, but watch how he contacts the ball to determine the spin on the ball. Your opponent cho-ing when you botched your serve near the end is very uncool. He also was needs to learn to move his arm after his serve.

If you want to improve your game quickly, the easiest way is to get a good backhand. Players up to 2200 neglect their backhand. I once played a 2200 player who got annihilated by my backhand and then proceeded to annihilate my forehand.

The problem is finding a really good backhand coach but it pays quick results. You annihilate the penholders at your level (no backhand), you annihilate serves (most players serve to the backhand expecting an attackable return but the backhand is actually the easiest stroke to attack serves with, showing how underpracticed it is), you develop a good block (players loop to the backhand and you block back to wherever they are not for an easy winner) and you reduce the pressure you place on your footwork.

So yes, you really should raise the priority level you have given the backhand given your age unless you plan to continue to chase balls all over. The backhand also shows you how important the wrist and elbow can be and you see that for the return you get, your forehand is way too large.

Edited by NextLevel - 06/23/2014 at 5:35pm

peter79 wrote: Match between me and Yosuayosan, he use Storm of Jupiter.

I have a few videos HERE - they are videos that range quite a bit in my playing strength (1400-1900).  The two best players I played against on that thread (Shay2Be and Leshxa) also share my coach so you don't quite see the backhand matchup as clearly as you would against the forehand dominant juniors.  

BRS, it looks to me like the majority of the time, you stand with your weight on your heels which makes your ability to move side to side a little awkward.  As a result, you tend to hop to the ball instead of shuffling your feet.  Stand more with your weight on the toes/balls of your feet and practice shuffling.

NextLevel wrote: I have a few videos HERE - they are videos that range quite a bit in my playing strength (1400-1900).  The two best players I played against on that thread (Shay2Be and Leshxa) also share my coach so you don't quite see the backhand matchup as clearly as you would against the forehand dominant juniors.   This is probably the closest video to how I play now, even though it is outdated (worse serves and strokes) and not vs. a looper:

Good match. Oya plays at much higher level anyway.