Recent content by oophyte

I guess we shouldn't have doubted the man nicknamed 梁满局 (Mr. Decider Liang)

Did anyone else feel like LJK vs Tomokazu was more like the women's TT than men's? 80% of it was BH to BH and both sides stuck close to the table. I get that the peak meta in the modern game seems to centre around varying between the opponent's BH corner and middle, but these 2 really take it to...

Well, on the upside, yours cost almost 1/3 of mine!

Very interesting! The fact that you don't have to sand the shoulders sounds too good to be true. I've had a permanent callus on my index finger for the last 2 decades due to playing penhold. However, if Sanwei achieves this by adding more horizontal wood padding, those extra materials might add...

I've heard in reviews that, for the all wood variant, there are 2 versions. The purple handle version with a thinner handle is more intended for younger players with smaller hands. The regular sized all wood variant is probably sold out too.

Spin is a big part, but when I think of consistency achieved through spin, it's Xu Xin that comes to mind: running around 3 m from the table and counter looping everything by contacting the ball way late into the descending phase. XX is like the physical avatar of the magnus effect. On the...

(Don't ask me for a source, I'm supposed to be at work!) I think the CNT coach Qin Zhijian has said in an interview in the past that FZD's specialty is getting one more back on the table than the other guy. Obviously his quality is far from passive. In fact, other former CNT players describe...

I don't know what you consider modern Cpen, but my grip from the picture about doesn't look much different from Xu Xin's.

OK, been playing with it for 3 days. 1 day with return board, then 2 days with a partner. Here are my experiences so far. I will focus on the handle, as the performance of the blade itself is not the main topic. Both rubbers are new to me as well, so a comparison of blade performance wouldn't be...

I'm curious: For what grip do you think this would be bad?

Bonus off-topic clips: I had no idea Chinese rubbers of today could still be tacky enough to ensnare balls mid-bounce! Though maybe it's partially due to residual glue from the plastic film. LAC Pro DF DragonShadow CTRL

This special handle is called Future Cpen (未来直板) version 6.0, because it has gone through a few iterations of improvements in collaboration with a Chinese TT blogger/streamer LaoP (老P乒乓). I've had my eyes on this cpen niche handle for like a year. Not much discussion on this anywhere, so I...

A few different things to consider: From what I've read, Yinhe has signed many Chinese active pro players (though they tend to defect to DHS when they make it big to the tier 1 CNT level), and the NKNT (such as the Paris XD silver medalists) also use Yinhe. So, at the pro level, Yinhe is...

Both pieces of advice can be summarized as one simple logic: if you anticipate the opponent to counter with quality, then step back to prepare. Anticipation is about using one's head and knowing one's opponent. When Waldner successfully anticipates that a ball is coming to his FH corner, does...

What I've read is that a lighter blade means faster recovery between strokes and transition between FH/BH. However, I'm skeptical about how big of a difference it actually makes. I might get flamed for this, but I'm actually wondering a related question: can people really tell the difference...