DR.Evil - Nice post but ------

[Sandrine]

on Tuesday September 9 , 2025 #5

Most of the "coaches" that PingPod employs are total jokes. Low level players with no coaching experience or professional experience, charging absurd prices for what they offer.
The only ones worth paying for ("national coaches") are charging much more than what you would pay just going to a regular training center.

The "Ask a Coach" community board seems like a pretty good place to ask if anyone knows of a coach who is chopper/attacker with short pips on BH and inverted on FH. Recommendations would not be restricted to PingPod affiliated coaches. The national coaches are uniformly excellent in my experience. They do have lower level coaches, but that's clearly indicated. Can't vouch for them, but I'd be surprised if any were less than competent for their advertised teaching level.

Good reply by Dr.Evil.
Unfortunately this does not take into account how the coaches are brainwashed by the robotNazi controlled ITTF to stay focused on top-spin only Olympic version of the sport of table tennis and not coach about coaching for all spin version of real and diversity table tennis

[James Z]

Most of the "coaches" that PingPod employs are total jokes. Low level players with no coaching experience or professional experience, charging absurd prices for what they offer.

Not all low level coaches have to the experience or level same as high level coaches.
For beginners it is ok as long as they are not engaging in coaching malpractice starting new players with (click link) dumb rackets due to being brainwashed by ITTF

The only ones worth paying for ("national coaches") are charging much more than what you would pay just going to a regular training center.

I disagree .
They should be charging at least as much as tennis coaches.
For celebrities , I personally would charge like $1000 a day if I was so inclined to coach, based on my experience in the sport.
You are paying for my experience mostly, in my case.

But is some cases , if you want take lesson from say Waldner or Nadal , it is more about vanity than actual coaching LOL
Same concept