Game and skills analysis Josip HUZJAK (Croatia)

The following observations are of course my personal view and do not claim to be the “truth”!

Here comes Josip HUZJAK (Croatia):

Strengths:

constistent defending on backhand
good physical fitness
good consistent and choppy defending on forehand with long pips
good forehand topspin on pushes
good follow-up on initial forehand topspin
good twiddling of the bat, returning backhand pushes often with heavy backspin by using the pimples-in side of the bat

Weaknesses:

attitude problem: showing to often signs of resignation or discontent with what he is doing, thus building up self esteem with the opponent.
pushes too much, especially with backhand from almost all sides of the table
harmless, not to say boring serves with forehand
does not show any strategy when permanently confronted with pushes down his backhand
forehand push inconsistent, often goes off the table

Suggestions:

should work on a positive and fighting attitude when playing
should definitely try to get greater variety in serving
should try to counter topspin on forehand side from time to time
should practice attacking or breaking the game on repetitive pushes down his backhand: Pushlifting the ball with pimples into various corners of the table. Topspinning with backhand like Ruben Filus and many other defenders

Game and skills analysis Paulius Gura (Lithuania)

The following observations are of course my personal view and do not claim to be the “truth”!

Here comes Paulius Gura (Lithuania):

Not much you can tell of course from just one short video.

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

forehand generally too weak and inconsistent
forehand counter topspin from behind the table too slow, too high and too inconsistent
forehand pushing too inconsistent and too high
forehand defending is more “shovelling” the ball back (too high most of the time) instead of chopping it back low and with heavy backspin

Suggestions:

practise forehand in all variations
practise forehand serves
from sound and speed of the racket I would derive that the blade is too slow for modern defending. Should consider getting faster one and the adopt own style to defend with faster blade.