Hi everyone, my name's Runlai Ji and you can call me Giuliano. I'm a former professional table tennis player. I hold bachelor's and master's degree in sports training from Zhejiang University. I also served as a tactical analyst for the Chinese national team during closed door training camps for major international events. I supported preparations for the 2019 ITTF World Championships in Budapest, the preparation camp for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, and the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships finals in Chengdu. But, this channel is not just about my background. My goal is to help amateur players see the game more clearly and train more intelligently. Many amateur players think they lose because their technique is not good enough. Sometimes, that's true. But, very often, the real problem is not the technique itself. The real problem is that they do not understand how points are won and lost. So, the first video of this channel, I want to share three things amateur players often miss. These are not secrets. They are simple ideas from high level table tennis that you can use in your own training. Number one, technique is not everything. Many players focus too much on whether their strokes look like those of professional players. They ask, "Does my forehand look like Ma Long's? Does my backhand look professional? Does my swing look beautiful?" But, in a real match, a beautiful stroke is not enough. A forehand loop matters only when it helps you solve a problem in a point. What ball are you attacking? Are you in the right position? Where are you placing the ball? What do you want your opponent to do with the next ball? If you only copy the outside shape of a professional player's technique, you may copy what it look like, but miss why it works. So, next time you train, do not only ask yourself, "Does my stroke look good?" Ask a better question, "What situation am I trying to create in this point?" That's how high-level players think. Number two, random training creates random match results. Many club players train like this. 5 minutes forehand, 5 minutes backhand, a few serve, and then they start playing matches. Of course, that's fine. It can also improve your feel for the ball. But, most of the time, it does not build reliable match skills. A table tennis match is not made of isolated strokes. It's made of specific match situations. Serve, receive, serve ball attack, force ball attack, transition, recovery. So, you cannot train movement in isolation. You'll need to train real match situations. Training quality matters. In training, you should sometimes work against more speed, spin, power, and demanding placement than you usually face in matches. The better you adapt to high-intensity training, the more control and confidence you will have in competition. Number three, fundamentals come first. This is the point I want to emphasize most. Fundamentals are the foundation of your game. That foundation is built on footwork, stroke quality, and consistency. Fundamental training can be very boring and you have Many amateur players do not have the patience to do it consistently. But if you are watching this video, I want you to take your fundamentals seriously. It's not an overstatement to say that fundamentals come first. In the deciding moments of world-class matches, high-risk, complex techniques appear far less often than people might expect. At the highest level, basic skills decide more points than many people imagine. During Chinese national team training camps for major events, fundamentals are trained to a extremely high standard. This is one reason Chinese world-class players can perform under the highest pressure. Their fundamentals are strong enough to hold up in the most important moments. So, let us summarize. Number one, technique must serve a purpose in the match. Number two, random training creates random match results. Number three, fundamentals, fundamentals, and fundamentals. This is Juliano Table Tennis Analyze. My goal is to help you see the game more clearly. I want to turn high-level Chinese table tennis ideas into practical training methods that everyone players can use. In future videos, I will also analyze real amateur match videos and explain what they should train next. If you want to learn how high-level Chinese training principles can improve your game, please subscribe to the channel. At the end of this video, I have a question for you. What do you think is the most important technical aspect of table tennis? See you in the next video. Bye-bye.