Table Tennis

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"Olympic champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng stunned Chinese table tennis fans by announcing that they were withdrawing from the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings on Friday, barely five months after winning Olympic gold. (...)

“Recently, WTT [World Table Tennis] issued a new rule that fines will be imposed if you do not participate. I am really not willing to accept it, but I still respect the international organisations, so I can only choose to withdraw from the world rankings.” (...)

Chen’s post on Weibo also stressed the strain of competing at the Paris Olympics.

“The new regulations on withdrawal penalties recently issued by WTT, because my body is currently unable to bear every high-intensity event, out of respect for the international organisations, I signed the document on Monday and finally made the choice to withdraw from the world ranking,” she wrote.

The WTT 2025 handbook, published on December 20, stated that players who miss the WTT Grand Smash, WTT Champions and WTT Finals would be fined, the amount of which depends on the athletes ranking."

"As living proof of passing on a legacy, when Will Bayley returned from the Tokyo Paralympics with a silver medal around his neck, Bly Twomey played a match against him in Brighton and her future path was set. Now 14, Twomey heads to the Paris Paralympics ranked fourth in the world, hoping to upset players twice her age."

Key things:

Index finger is the primary finger for rpb... I found this to be very important. Also another thing I think is different with rpb and shakehand backhand is the elbow position. Usually rpb is lower. Compare Felix Lebrun and Jun Mizutani for example

Also, Fang Bo said that Wang Hao has the heaviest loop ever (heavier than Wang Liqin, Ma Long, Ma Lin etc.)

Interesting serve by Felix at 1:27. Haven't seen that in a while

Shakehand vs Penhold on the highest stage

People who don't play don't realize how hard it is (Michael Maze juggling the ball)

This video focus on some details to enhance your forehand, including concentrating the force on your fingers, how to relax your body, and minimize the movement in your forehand swing.

Maybe penhold is not dead afterall :)

I created this community for people interested in table tennis :) Hopefully more people will migrate from Reddit