Mizutani Loop

[UnUnderstandable55]

@zedzulzorander he didnt fail? look carefully at the CORRECT table.

[SirBeastly74]

Idk what I was watching for. All I saw were two guys playing ping pong

[zedzulzorander]

did anyone see the black guy in the back fail at his serve?

[marilina984]

@zedzulzorander I was just a net lol. Perhaps your mind played you a trick thinking their net was the one of the front's table.

[zedzulzorander]

@marilina984 you know what? you're right lol. thanks for clearing it up :)

[marilina984]

@zedzulzorander Haha, no problem. :)

[MrTakuyari]

@zedzulzorander

[zedzulzorander]

@MrTakuyari i know i made a mistake lol

[lois69270]

@zedzulzorander He didn't fail at his serve, the ball touched the net ;)

[zedzulzorander]

@lois69270 i know, i saw it wrong lol. i thought it was the closer net.

[vageta9281984]

@lois69270 watch the video again, I dont even think the serve touched the net, right after the guy served, the video starts over again and you're seeing where the ball is at the end of one video and the beginning of the repeated video (in a slower mode), the video transition just happens to be timed right and the ball is in a similar spot when the clip is started again, could be the end of a point and serve is switched. :)

[kaikaz]

What I also see is that he is not using his wrist to add more spin.

[17teacmrocks]

@kaikaz no he is. it is very slight and more of an inward motion than upward

[lildavey09]

looks kind of awkward with his left foot forwards, why would he do that?

[kaikaz]

@lildavey09 I dont know exactly why he would do that but I guess it has a reason. I do the same thing and I think its easier to make your loop action more forward with your upper body if you stand like this. If he would stand on his right foot, he cant make a full rotation of the upper body and loses even more power in his stroke. He uses the same technique with his arm as boll and I dont think you need to stand with the right foot in front of you then. If you play like the chinese you have to.

[17teacmrocks]

@kaikaz it would be more forward but it prevents you from hitting a straight topspin. when you're angled more closed, you're more likely to hit sidespin into it which is slower than straight topspin. when you move forward you want time the swing to reach the ball in front of you not angle your body from the side closer

[MachanBuenafe]

@lildavey09 i also do the same thing :)

[whatubeaccount1]

@lildavey09 i've wondered the same thing. i imagine it's because he's stronger in both his left leg and left arm, either naturally or because of years of table tennis training (probably because of training). i'm left handed, and i never have my left foot forward when i hit. looks funny and difficult. and it explains why he defends less and attacks more. he's got a great style though:) maze's is the same really.

[17teacmrocks]

@whatubeaccount1 no. it's because he's hitting cross court. he doesn't need to open up left side as much.

[Kenli0327]

@17teacmrocks that makes no sense. So when Wang Liqin hits cross court he close up his forearm?

[17teacmrocks]

@lildavey09 because mizutani is a bh oriented player. he's hitting cross court too so he doesn't need to open up to fh side as much.

[hopufi]

@lildavey09 Some ppl do it, because then they have their weight on this leg and they can immediately push in the other direction.

[jayjaymatt]

very similar to timo boll's stroke, theyre both very similar players technically, but game wise too, neither the most powerful but can handle spin and speed very well and can kill when they need to

[MiniDonbeE]

its like that for speed, he takes a big swing if he has the time but sometimes you dont have the time, he stands close to the table to make some speed.. thats why he hits it like that :)

[CTTlleida1]

He would get more power by using more he's arm as chinese do, but i'm not going to say to mizutani how to play his strokes.

[Diuable]

@CTTlleida1 yeah he would but i think that all depends on the rubber as well.

[AngelDevil444]

that swing definitely won't let him hit the ball as powerfully as possible. He can hit the ball way harder if he changes his swing.

[DonAntonio91]

You want to see a real forehand loop? watch?v=_ppw7NT9g1w&feature=re­lated

[petertje000wjnmk]

weird technique

[1motko1]

I dont like the forehand at all

[bartek4443]

He stands with the opposite foot forward as most Chinese and other forehand dominated attackers stand, which is probably to make blocking with his backhand easier as that is the best part of his game (BH block, BH lob)