Summary: <h4>Previous #PQOTD - 2:02</h4> <p>Which player do you want to play like?</p> <h4>#PQOTD - 3:38</h4> <p>When is the strangest time you have trained or played Table Tennis?</p> <h4>World Rankings Discussion - 3:55</h4> <p>Ma Long new No 1 in the World</p> <h4> <a href="/table-tennis-forum/short-pimples-forehand-players/">Best Short Pimple Players</a> - 6:39</h4> <p>Michael: I was wondering which players in the top 100 use short pimples on their forehand. I am thinking of offensive players like Wang Zeng Yi. </p> <h4>Preparing Against Funny Rubber - 9:02</h4> <p>Dieter: Last Friday I played inter-club and lost against 2 short pimple players around 1100 ELO and a anti-power player of 800. I'm 750 myself. I beat a 900 player with regular bat. In our club we don't have players with strange rubbers. How to train for that?</p> <h4>Favourite Match - 10:39</h4> <p>Brock: Which is your favourite match of all time?</p> <h4>Wrong Footed - 12:02</h4> <p>Trevor: How can I avoid or improve being wrong-footed when my opponent goes for a smash/ finishing shot?</p> <h4>Angle for Forehand Topspin - 13:39</h4> <p>Bhaswar: While practising the forehand strokes i am not always able to find the right combination of bat angle and bat speed , and so the ball ends up hitting the net or flying out of the table.What should i do?</p> <h4>Forehand Sidespin Flick - 16:55</h4> <p>Mahammed: Is there something such as a sidespin forehand flick and if there is, can penholders do it?</p> <h4>Aggressive Attackers - 19:01</h4> <p>Brock: Do you know a tip against an aggressive attacker?</p> <h4> <a href="/table-tennis-forum/sponge-for-topspin/">Sponge Thickness for Learning</a> - 20:04</h4> <p>Martinand: Hello coach, I suppose that the sponge is very important to do and to learn topspin, my question what thickness, 2 mm or less the sponge hard or not hard?</p> <h4> <a href="/table-tennis-forum/first-tournament-questions/">First Tournament</a> - 21:06</h4> <p>Thomas: I am entering my first tournament and I have an ittf approved bat, but I was wondering about shoes and what to wear. Do the shoes have to be specifically table tennis shoes. Also are there any other requirements that most people don't know about?</p> <h4> <a href="/table-tennis-forum/serving-tactics-by-a-pimple-player/">Short Pimple Serves</a> - 24:05 </h4> <p>Naveesha: What are the best services for a player using a pimple rubber?</p> <h4>Links in this Episode</h4> <p><a href="/PingSkillsConsistencyChart.pdf">Consistency Chart</a></p> <p><a href="/table-tennis/strokes-and-technique/forehand-topspin-against-block/">Forehand Topspin Against Block</a></p> <p><a href="/table-tennis-forum/forehand-topspin-bat-angle/">Forehand Topspin Bat Angle</a></p> <p><a href="/table-tennis-blog/what-to-expect-at-a-tournament/">What to Expect at a Tournament</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/">World Rankings</a></p> <p> </p>
