Does it ever happen to you that you come to the club, start hitting or playing a match, and suddenly realize that you aren't able to play today? Like, at all: your topspins go long, pushes go into the net or sideways, you're making an insane amount of service errors... Despite that you might have been playing your best TT yesterday, today nothing seems to work.

My best approach to such situations is to leave the club immediately, telling myself that it's just today, tomorrow my game will be back and everything will be fine again.
But that's merely a hope, in reality, I don't know what I should do (or avoid doing) in order to get my game back, or what ruined it in the first place.

How do you deal with it?

I'm just happy you are going down this path of changing your serve and also experiencing similar issues I'm having. A few more practice attempts? Cmon now. Maybe a few months of 7 hours a week practice.

Back to picking my left leg up on the backhand serve...

It took me about 3 months to feel comfortable serving with my arm closer to my body. Still imperfect but the change was very much worth it. Some people think I hide the serve but that is more about how familiar they are with serving technique.

I would be X-Rating if I did not have X-Defect is a common statement.

But the more I understand how to use the body, I have come to appreciate more and more how much my knee (and overall joint) issues limit me - it is really pathetic. I push off with the lower body for 5 minutes and then my knees start acting up and then I become a statue. It can suck sometimes.

Talking about TT in India, am i missing something about watching UTT season 3. It seems I can only watch it live on ITTV, and cannot watch anything from the past except highlights on Youtube. I hate highlights, as I want to see the players' reactions between points and games. If I miss the live show, that seems to be it. I suspect Brett might know a little about this.

ETTS63 is now available on ttEDGE.com

LTT117 should be an interesting video when it comes out. I've been teaching players how to jump into the backswing for some time, so it's time for a video. It's actually quite a complicated theory although all top players do it.

I'm not going to write too much specifically about coaching India. I'm currently coaching both seniors and junior teams and it's quite an experience. I've benched against Lin Yun Ju which was an interesting experience. That kid is about to leap through the stratosphere and potentially win in Tokyo. I've never seen anything quite like it from close range.

If you have nothing better to do, here is a Brett-time story to help put you to sleep. http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/o ... 07907.html

and this for the super bored lurker
https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sp ... 659609.ece

ETTS63 is now available on ttEDGE.com

There was a debate on a swedish table tennis podcast a while ago about the different approach coaches have. Many coaches seem to think that you should move then start the backswing. I don't think it makes sense as there's just no time for that and it does not look like that's what pro players do.

Ironically this is what I've been trying to practice in training when switching between backhand and forehand. I look forward to this vid.
https://youtu.be/kMQvoNfOoUE?t=5
Like Freitas is doing here, sort of a mini hop while spinning his hips back for fh and a mini hop into bow position for the bh. I think you've covered some of it on your videos.

There was a debate on a swedish table tennis podcast a while ago about the different approach coaches have. Many coaches seem to think that you should move then start the backswing. I don't think it makes sense as there's just no time for that and it does not look like that's what pro players do.