Recent content by MartinGunn

TTX has not been thought through extensively, it has been rushed out! Rules not set in stone as yet! A revenue maker rather than a serious attempt to attract participation i think.

IMO these were great balls. Hardly any breakages from what I could see. Boll isn't the player he was and Gionis just had a bad tournament. Just sour grapes...the English, Japanese and Chinese are not complaining about the balls

haha I wish AndySmith lol. But seriously, its a shame they couldnt just endorse sandpaper or hardbat TT when they had the chance, this latest attempt seems desperate and just a means of creating revenue :(

So basically, ITTF have watched WCPP Sandpaper Ping Pong become a success and have now thought "we want a piece of that!" Even taking the double point ball and no spin bats!!!...wouldn't it have been easier for ITTF just to embrace the sandpaper game?....of course not! Because now they can...

Well what can I say, Im seeing this video all over the place! Thanks to Dan for getting it out there, and im only sorry that I wasnt wearing the normal TTD shirt!...Think its a shot weve all pulled off at some stage, but not often you have someone there filming it. For the record, the shirt...

Can second that!!!....annoying sod!! lol.....but do get in myself with a few nuclear backhands now and again!! :)

How annoying!!!...........That he has a world class backhand!!!.....into the body it is then!! loll...

Some great replies there, and an interesting addition from Mr Henzell there.....its amazing at that level that the response received isn't what we would expect, as a comparative novice if I was ever lucky enough to play Wang Hao, or any of the penhold chinese for that matter, I would make a...

Thought it might be interesting to hear what are the best shots you have faced in your table tennis careers?? For example I had more chance of reading the hebrew bible than I did against Gavin Rumgays serves!!!, and going back 20 years I would never think of giving a loose no spin ball to...

Heres a video of John Hilton straight after his European Mens Singles win in 1980. As many of you may know he was of course ranked at No1 in europe, No5 in the World but only No4 at Manchester YMCA where they had finally mastered his Long Pimple twiddling style......but as you can see from the...

It didnt come in til about 1985-88 I think, I seem to remember my coach telling me about the new 6 inch service rule when it came out when I was a junior.

Heres a video of probably one of the best "speed glue era" players, Jean Philippe Gatien. Probably one of the most explosive and fastest ever european players, a lesson in footwork!!..........count how many forehand winners he makes from the backhand side, fading cross court!!!!

As promised Dan, find below videos of Tibor Klampar, European No1 in the 80s and the first top player to use speed glue, first video is a bit grainy but dates back to the time when the chinese had never really seen speed glue and they spent the whole match picking up the ball!!!....second match...