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I thought this was a pretty cool look at the science of table tennis.

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Cool video!

I'm so sure about the emphasis on sound though...I would think visuals (ie watching the stroke) are mostly used to judge the spin.

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I agree, I found that portion a bit surprising, you can generally tell from the motion of the other person what the spin is.

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Just For Fun: LKT Toxic 3, FH: Air Illumina Black 1.8 mm BH: Xiying 979 OX

I don't know about you guys, but at my level of play I mostly judge spin by sound.. Opponents strokes are just too fast to judge properly on the motion + what about times when they hit not in the middle of the racket but somewhere near the side/top? There's no way you can see that, but it makes lots of difference to the speed/spin on the ball. Sound helps very very much.
Also there is a player where I train who has hearing problems. Although he is using a device that helps him hear, but his hearing is still worse that other players. The result of this is that I can trick/deceive him with spin manipulation way more often that other players. And have in mind that he is actually a good player, even got 2nd place in world's deaf table tennis championship team's event this year (http://jdtta.web.fc2.com/MedalList.pdf)

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Generally the clubs I play in are pretty noisy, it's really tough to hear the hit of the ball, so I rely mostly on the movement of the opponents, and hope that I've read it right. Not really much other option. It can lead to some mis-reads, but not very often.

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I'm not sure if I do it when playing myself because the sound is always ON but when watching videos of TT I've noticed I can't tell what is going on without sound because I can't tell how much pace is on the ball without the sound of the ball hitting the table

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