Recent content by Atas Newton

YESSSS GET IN!

I think it is a big issue, because it's giving those who do it an unfair advantage, even if insignifacnt. Some of the players don't even attempt to hide the serves - maybe they reckon it's unsportsmanlike, or maybe they just stick with the same serves since early days and they happen not to be...

the worst performance of the entire WC goes to the 2 commentators, absolutely useless 🤡🤡 I was especially tilted by the condescending advice to LGY to "play like he wants to win it for once" and the little segment where one of them failed to comprehend the chop block by Ma Long and thought LGY...

gg, women of Japan, you really gave it a shot. Sha Sha hard carrying as usual. I'm out of the loop, why no Wang Manyu?

I don't get how at the biggest tournament we end up with a commentator whose only input is a fancy pronunciation of the name 'Lebrun', as well as recital of some stats.

how so, because he started a couple years later than most? Bit of an exaggeration

yeah, when he talks about waist rotation adding power - I don't see any waist rotation at all in his backhands. Is it a case of "what one feels they're doing" being very different from "what they're actually doing"? I know people use waist on big BH loops, but not Anders, not in this video anyway

Has anyone ever actually damaged their rubber with soap/alcohol? I keep hearing alcohol will "dry out" the rubber, but no one cares to explain what it means and how - from a chemical pov - does it happen. Another popular anecdote is the rubber softening (sometimes referred to as "liquefying")...

tell you what, after watching the snooker video someone posted today I'm really skeptical of the 1ms figure. A cue tip and a snooker ball are both a lot harded than a table tennis racket and ball, and the dwell time is still above 1ms.

wait a second, is that Deng Yaping? Looks fabulous for her age

Spherical cows in vacuum are a physicist's best friends

you're taking this way too personally, people don't question your qualification, the question is how much value is there in the maths and physics for an actual table tennis player. One might give a definitive proof that human can't possibly feel the dwell time, but it won't make the metaphor go...

nah mate, block is the way, looping is for the tryhards!

Win the Olympics! Slightly more realistically, get a decent serve.