Drills from a coaching session with my coach

It has little to do with the PB style.  It's about Byebyeabout claiming to have expertise related to training TT players when he does not and refusing to accept the limitations of his experiences and other people's abilities.  Note that I cited coaches with experience who do things differently from the recommendations of people who were criticizing Gary Fraiman (and these coaches were similar to Fraiman), who has good experience that was being ignored by some of them.  You can't coach adults with established styles and physical limitations the way you coach kids.  And an older coach can't play against players who are closer to his level the way he did when he was younger.  That's why multiball is such a great tool.

Yes, because pushblocker wrote that he has no interest in looping and relooping.  His goal is to end the shot with his first stroke.  At the point he wrote that, you should have reasonably ended your criticism, but then you started to needle him as if it was an excuse.  Going past your center is part of a kill stroke.

Sometimes, we all have to accept that there are players out there who are better than we are and who will bring back any ball we loop at them.  But if we know the quality of player we intend to give trouble, that simplifies our goals.

My coach had known my game long before he started coaching me. He knew that my blocking game against loop is solid at 2300 level. He even saw me in person when I played one of his studends at the time at the NA Team tournament a few years back when I beat his mid 2200 level student 3:0 in a challenge match (not part of the event).  It wouldn't be wise to give up that part of my game as I would have to start from scratch if I would want a technically sound game.  This would require me to get down to about 1300 - 1400 rating level and develop my game from there. However, that wasn't what either of us wanted to do. We decided to work on my extreme backhand oriented stance to be able to hit some forehands if needed.. My problem was not to beat offensive players as I would have most offensive players under 2250 for breakfast. My problem were those players who would refuse to attack and would play it safe. Once someebody would play it safe, I would have big trouble against them. That's why it was necessary to incorporate a put away attack into my game.. If someone would play high or with little spin, the goal is to punish them for doing so. If they know that I can attack and I can put away their returns if they return it safe and with little spin, they are forced to take more risks and that works in my favor. Often, 1 or 2 successful attacks will keep the opponent from playing it safe.. The moment I get them to attack hard instead of playing it safe, my chances of winning go up significantly. In recent matches, my attacks worked really well but I still miss some critical shots as my confidence is not where it should be but right now, NOBODY under around 2400 rating has a easy time with me except for flat hitters. I used to have big trouble with defenders as I wasn't able to attack.. Now, some choppers that used to beat me 3:0 every time now make 4 to 5 points per game against me. If the opponent plays safe or defensive, my game is 300% better than it used to be.. Of course, the change in my stance has cost me some rating points as my blocking is not as good as it used to be but I have added so many weapons to my game that I can prevent opponents from just playing it safe as I will attack and score if they play it too safe. As I'm only taking coaching once a week, progress is not as fast as it would be if I could play more but I think that I've made great progress. Many players who were playing it safe against me and used to beat me, now have no more chance against me.  I'm certain that my playing level right now is well above my current rating. I also had some high rated players selectively default to me as they didn't want to play me and lose the points.. (i.e. Roberto Renta who has never beaten me and slectively defaulted to me  in a tournament).. Would they have played me, I would've won and would be over 2200 right now but I couldn't force them to play me... Anyways, I'm confident in my current playing level and I'm feeling that the hard work is finally paying off.. It's not reflected in my rating yet as I'm still 150 points below my highest rating but I'm confident that I'll be over 2200 by the end of the year..

Considering that I'm 43 years old and have a tear in my inner right meniscus, I'm not doing too bad..