Recent content by Johnniedarko

I assume the person who asked the question already bought some shoes, as its a 6 year old thread. That being said, in my limited experience, indoor soccer (futsal) shoes are better developed for Western larger and wider feet than (even more) niche indoor sports as TT.

Excellent content, great points, well done guys! (y)

@Gozo Aruna This is not going to be about TT but more about life in general. 'Suck it up like a man.' and its equivalents 'be the bigger person' or 'be the adult', are always used because the third person wants to avoid conflict (between you and the 2nd person). Underlying point is thay a happy...

In the clip of Timo it seems to me that he is complaining about the angle of the throw, not the hiddenness of the serve? The commentators seem to think so at least. And that angle is allowed by the rules (up to 30 degrees from vertical), so no error from the umpire.

I don't really understand the "more money would fix everything" argument or the "YouTube is the solution" idea. Nothing would change for the better. Why would it? What would happen if the sport was more popular? Perhaps a different organization would rival WTT. Eventually the new one might...

Looking good, already wearing the brand new Xiom shirts.

Playa PingPong Store is reliable. I buy rubbers and glue there. They have stock in Europe and so shipping is usually less than 2 weeks to me (Netherlands). They are also easy with restitution. They once sent me 3 wrong hardness rubbers, and when I filed a complaint I got my money back so I got...

By your description I am assuming you play Barbarian. If you Rage you gain resistance to bludgeoning damage, and of course you can pummel the ball through your opponent with additional damage. Since you said you got a new feat, I am going to assume you have your subclass feature already, dont...

I wasn't trying to make a point for or against pips. I just wanted to clear up a potential misunderstanding. To answer your question, personally that sounds like fun.

The text in that animation litterally says that the stroke reduces the amouny of spin on the ball. So while your topspin gets returned as backspin by the LP, it is less spin than what you gave it. Of course if you gave it topspin from hell, it'll still be a lot of backspin you get back. The...

Just stop with the gay joke already. 10% of the world is gay, and so is the TT community. Be more respectful.

I'm so glad everyone sticking up for poor old ITTF. Need to show documents that you're pregnant or else get fined? Of course, because you are their employee and it's in the contract. Need to drop your league games to travel around the world? Of course, you can also choose to not do...

Thanks for the thorough explanation!

While implementing the techniques mentioned here you will probably still stand up a great deal more than you think you do, because your feeling for height isn't good. For immediate feedback have someone stand next to you and hold their hand (or broomstick or whatever..) above your head in a way...

Genuine question: what is in your opinion mentally strong? If it's for school it's probably good to define what is and isn't mentally strong. In this thread I see a number of ideas you can use: Emotion during games: 1. Keeping emotions under control, and 2. Not showing any emotion at all. (I...