Recent content by longrange

I think half of the problems can really be circumvented by placing a third umpire (or one of the two) in the front view of the table, behind one of the players. I've seen it somewhere in the lower German/Austrian leagues: they have (had) 15 seconds clock against stalling and this third umpire...

Gauzy was just gauzying as usual. It's not his first rodeo.

By "sweat" you mean water condenses on the rubber? And only Ma Long and WCQ need to dry (coincidentally tacky) topsheets with their dusty towels, whereas nobody else notices water on their rubbers? I mean, I wouldn't be able to play with wet tenergy either. Or water just condenses on tacky rubbers?

I've seen Ma Long and Wang Chuqin both tapping their rackets against the towels—I guess—to reduce the tack. Looks like these guys don't see tackiness as an advantage.

I wonder how ITTF have even come up with these ugly win-loss ratios? It always used to be a difference. Now they have ratio of 4/4=1 and 8/0=1, total absurdity.

Yes, the success rate is insane. But this guy annihilates me in a variety of ways and I can only get to land 1-2 of these loops per game, 1-2 being counterlooped in the BO7. Ideally I aim into foot by foot square of wide short FH. If the opponent moves laterally from his BH corner the ball is...

Exactly for _blocking_ they are not easy. If you just put your racket behind the ball, it'll just pop up. You'll have to adjust the angle (might even not be possible) and/or actively drive it. They are easy to smash/punch or to counterloop, but you gotta be on the table or on top of the...

I'd like to add that there's another facet of this modern loop-driving technique: it allows the opponent to block easier. The more translational momentum there is on the ball, the less your opponent feels the spin. If you can give pure topspin with barely any speed—this is a very tough ball to...

This stroke is actually not that complicated. You gotta stand wide, knees bent slightly, your center of mass is always between your feet, right in the center. You backswing and push with your FH foot, this rotates your body. The stroke itself is a slight upgrade of the FH-drive: the elbow is...

Bigger head size leads to a little more flex of the blade and this favors the FH.

No, it's tiny.

No, nothing special, one layer of glue on rubber and blade, no boosting. The blade is 160×152, 95g. But China Ying weighs 85g uncut, it's 60°. The red rubber is China Guang 55° and it is not light either.

Because you're defending a rule with no justification whatsoever, isn't it obvious? You're pushing a rule (and call those who violate it cheaters), just because it's in the book with now explanation why it is there and what for. You see, there are fair and just rules and laws and unfair, unjust...

Sure, mate. I have three pips-in rubbers with the ITTF code 24-108 on my desk, can you conclude that they have the same sponge based on this information? Note, if you can't then your justifications of "the line" is invalid, as LARC does not define rubbers uniquely: boosted or unboosted or...