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  1. Basic advice on knowing spin from long pips?

    It's generally discouraged to serve backspin to the long pips. By giving them a backspin ball you'll get a floaty ball back which can cause you to make an error if you judge the spin or trajectory wrong. The general advice you'll get is to serve fast long to the pips forcing the pips player to...
  2. What table tennis rubbers & blade do you use?

    Blade : Xiom Hugo HAL FH : Dignics 80 BH : Dignics 09C Love it, I can just rip through the ball knowing I'll find the table
  3. Some inspiration to expand your serve selection

    I myself am guilty of cycling between the 5 same serves in match play but I'll definitely try some of these like the bazooka, twist and hook variants serves at my next training session. Which serves do you TTD members want to incorporate into your game ?
  4. Country specific play style: Real or Myth?

    I agree on the training group argument, Calderano and Gauzy played in the same team for several years and and they are both adept at the 2 handed backhand
  5. Country specific play style: Real or Myth?

    There was a lot of disparity in playing styles 10-20 years ago according to your country and it is still the case today but to a way lesser extent. Nowadays I'd say that there are trends that are almost worldwide, like the introduction of the banana flick and the shift to a more counter based...
  6. Problems with dandoy.eu

    They have discounts up to 25% on blade + rubbers sales and they have always answered my questions when I called them. Plus if you go to their shop they have good advice on equipment. But yeah their commands are slower than TT11
  7. New Xiom Jekyll and Hyde Rubbers

    I think you guys are mixing the rasanter and Jekyll & Hyde threads .. the J&H versions are V,X,H and Z as AndySmith pointed out the Z version is the premium version. The J&H concept is two opposing characteristics in 1 rubber but even after reading the description for the V version it's still a...
  8. New Xiom Jekyll and Hyde Rubbers

    The V versions from what I can gather are modern tensors while the H version will be an hybrid. The V 47.5° and 52.5° are now available in most countries in Europe so I look forward to the tests. They have been available for a few weeks in Asia and there's a review on Youtube if you can...
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