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That's very interesting Suga D. Why would the national TV stations want to keep TT small? Surely, if they know that TT has a lot of spectators they would want to show the sport? In England, I feel that the lack national media attention is because the sport has failed to attract spectators...

Thanks for all the comments so far. Very interesting to read all of them. Clearly the UK is not alone in having almost no TV coverage of TT. And I'm not surprised to learn that there is plenty in China. How about Germany, France, Belgium or any other countries where you have professional TT...

The national press in England certainly covered table tennis in the past, but probably not in the memory of anyone living now. This was the national press line up for a major event in London in 1954.

I'm very interested to hear from people in different countries about how much mainstream media coverage is given to table tennis. In England, table tennis used to get TV coverage many years ago but it steadily sank to almost zero during the last decades of the 20th century. Similarly in...

My attempt to summarise what I have learned from the many helpful responses to my original question. I shouldn't be thinking about carbon blades being "better" or "worse" but it's a question of individual preference. A player's preference may be influenced by the type of shots they tend to play...

As a newbie to this forum I must say I am hugely impressed with the volume and quality of responses to my question this morning. Not just that, but also the fact that the comments have come from about nine different countries. All that tells me two things very clearly. Firstly, that table...

Great - thanks vvk1

Very interesting - thanks. I haven't heard that term "meta game" before, but I'd like to know if this is different from table tennis....

Thanks for that Tony. Sounds like you are sitting on the fence, but I'm pleased to have a reply so quickly after posting my first question on TTD!

Can anyone point me towards any evidence that carbon blades are superior to all-wood? I'm looking for independent scientific data rather than subjective opinions. Thanks for any help.