This is how I was repeatedly brainwashed by the robotNazi controlled ITTF

[James Z]

Before I proceed let me make something clear.
I am NOT blaming the (click link >) robotNazis who control the ITTF or its coaches.
I have noone else but my own sheer stupidity to blame & I take full responsibility for this
I take full responsibility for not thoroughly researching the issues involved on my own

That said , let me explain how I was brainwashed many times

My first brainwashing by the ITTF and its coaches was my first 10 or so years in the sport. In my defense anti rubbers & (click link >) slim or flex pips were still new on the scene & so I have little bit of an excuse for my stupidity.
During these first 10 years I was told that top spin only table tennis was the ONLY NORMAL way to play table tennis using
(click link >) dumb rackets . I was constantly brainwashed that I should not be using (click link >) smart rackets regardless of my playing style.
I was told I should develop "my proper technique" to loop (or top spin) on the backhand because looping from both wings is the ONLY NORMAL way to play table tennis.
And I believed it…………even though I was a natural chopper on my backhand
Noone corrected me. I wasted the first 10 years of my prime years in table tennis using a (click link >) dumb racket .
I was young, clueless and naïve. Like everyone else I believed that ITTF was a fair & corruption free organization that actually supports all playing styles. Little did I know that ITTF was just getting started on the pips player abuse .
Of course I am not blaming anyone because most of them were also probably as clueless as me because (click link >) smart rackets was still a new evolving concept.
Anyway I corrected myself after 10 wasted years and started to use a smart racket to match my playing style as a chopper on the backhand & looper on the forehand.
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My second brainwashing by the ITTF was primarily as a coach myself. Even though I was a chopper I still was led to believe that everyone should still start in the sport using a dumb racket.
Again , I believed it. This brainwashing lasted almost 30 years only still last year (2024) when I realized that newcomers to the sport, especially children should be starting in the sport not using dumb rackets but should start with a smart racket. I won’t go into details here as to why but I have explained why in my other postings about (click link >) smart rackets, dumb rackets and coaching malpractice . Let me just say briefly here that this is due 2 reasons
1. the biomechanics of the naturally weaker backhand in all racket sports for almost all humans
2. the neuro science implications of brain development in children as related to table tennis
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My third brainwashing by the ITTF was about (click link >) long or flex pips . Again, ITTF is not completely to blame because they do what they do best …that is to brainwash all players especially the choppers to match the needs of their agenda which is dictated by the robotNazis. I understand that & it is mostly my fault not researching this issue. Because only till last year (2024) , just like everyone else, I also believed that “long” pips existed in table tennis ………because that is what ITTF says in its (click link >) LARC . I did not realize that “long” pips were actually banned even before I stated playing seriously in the sport.
Because “long” pips were actually banned at the 1977 Birmingham BGM . But given the big idiot that I am I continued to believe that “long” pips actually exist in table tennis because ITTF says so deceptively in its (click link >) ITTF LARC .
Again, I have nobody to blame but my own stupidity for not doing a thorough research about this years ago when I started using slim pips (which ITTF calls “long” pips). I have scores of documents and webpages and posts explaining this to choppers but they are so brainwashed like me that they do not want to believe that there are no “long” pips in table tennis since 1977.

[Phankha]

I hope that your experiences serve as a wakeup call to all those players who waste their true potential away by attempting to play top spin only table tennis instead of real all spins diversity table tennis