A training match of myself

First of all, well played.

@qynthnghm: oh....now I see, you're talking about forward movement while I'm talking about sidewards movement :D hehe....mis-understanding.
@smackman: thank you! I didn't change the camera angle so maybe next time I will use two cameras to make things easier. Anyway, the reason I didn't loop is because I wanted to play safe (that's bad) but also the playing area is very limited and I don't want to hit my racket or my head to the wall so that's my only viable option

TBS9x wrote: Thank you! I did play my defensive game rather badly during the match :D I have to admit that, the chops are high because I chop the balls too early and I'm trying to fix it as soon as possible.

You have a nice all-round game , I like your modern defender attitude but why would you want to try and chop a serve thats gone past the end line when you can easily loop it (and you did at times) you should be attacking when you can rather than being a target lol ie you can chop a topspin and have a good effect but not usually a service recieve

qynthnghm wrote: TBS9x wrote: @qynthnghm: alright, sounds a little strange but ok :D Actually I just realized that my backhand chops are impaired because when I wait for the ball I put my weight on my left leg which is supposed to be moving (stupid me...), I should have put most weight on the right leg so I can quickly "leap" to my left side so I can get ready for my opponent's loop. Is that when you are moving left and back for your backhand chop? I always thought you were supposed to skip off the left foot and then follow with the right, so that the right foot steps to where your left foot was. It's like a basic movement in both fencing and JKD for rapid forward and backward dashes. Maybe it might sound strange, but that is what the stance is called in Chinese martial arts; having your feet set wide apart and "sitting" down with the back straight for stability and balance (similar to riding a horse). For example, Timo Boll has an excellent horse stance when he prepares for service return.

Oh now I understand, you mean I bent my legs down well ? Okay, cool cool, a little confusing term but alright Anyway about the movement when chopping on backhand side, I normally put too much pressure on the left leg when waiting for the ball which means that the ball might just go straight to my body or very wide to my backhand. In case it is wide to my backhand and I'm already having a lot of weight on my left leg then I can't move to the left because I'm stabilizing my body with that leg. But now that I know my problem, when I wait for the ball I would put more weight on the right leg so that I can push myself to the left if needed and then all the weight will be transfered to the left leg again during the chop

@qynthnghm: alright, sounds a little strange but ok :D

Actually I just realized that my backhand chops are impaired because when I wait for the ball I put my weight on my left leg which is supposed to be moving (stupid me...), I should have put most weight on the right leg so I can quickly "leap" to my left side so I can get ready for my opponent's loop.

No no guys, I can't be compared to Pushblocker because we don't fall into the same category, definitely. And even just assuming that I have a better forehand and some other techniques, that is not what counts when it is put into the rating because he simply wins because opponents are not familiar with his style and I bet if I meet him the first time he will probably have me 3-0 easily.
@tomkat22,roundrobin,carbonTT: you guys are right on the spot! I can't say that I'm over 1800, maybe around 1700 maximum because I feel that my performance is still not stable enough, what I show you now is just on a fairly good day when I'm not under pressure, maybe I will have to post something again soon so you guys can compare? And yes tomkat22, what you say is true I'm fine with that. Well, unless I'm in a surprisingly good shape and he suits my game then we might not know but on an average day then I'm pretty screwed.

Once again, very grateful for all the comments MYTT is still best place to learn on the net :D

tomkat22 wrote: Maybe 1800 on a "good day". His opponent is feeding him lots of "creampuff",easy balls.

Edited by Carbon TT - 04/24/2011 at 5:40pm

kenneyy88 wrote: I'd say 1800-1900. And the talk about pushblocker is nonsense, its a different type of game to play against a good long pip blocker and a chopper.

Agreed.  1800-1900 is about right. 

You're definitely right.  Just look how play Pushblocker  and he is over 2200. TBS9x  is better in every way. I mean PB even  doesn't have  a FH and he is 2200+.

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bayttplayer wrote: tomkat22 wrote: Probably 1600 USATT,give or take 100. ................ have you ever seen 1600 USATT player play like that???   this guy over 2000 in my opinion..

You're definitely right.  Just look how play Pushblocker  and he is over 2200. TBS9x  is better in every way. I mean PB even  doesn't have  a FH and he is 2200+.

Thank you! I did play my defensive game rather badly during the match :D I have to admit that, the chops are high because I chop the balls too early and I'm trying to fix it as soon as possible.

Edited by TBS9x - 04/24/2011 at 11:35am

Oh, forgot the training partner. He chicken wing returns balls on FH with BH and seems to be generally 100 points lower rated than TBS9x.

Thanks guys! I've realized that also, I do need  to squat down. I will definitely try it today and see how it works out! :D

If you play in our Lyulin Open I will give you 1800 +/- 100 to begin with.

I don't have any tip for your style, but I think you play very well.  If you can play like you do in the video against any player, then I think any one under 1800 may have problem with you.