Recent content by tabletennismaniac

Yes, you have a point :D thank you for feedback by the way! that’s why I’m asking instead of just doing… it’s just annoying and i always one want to play competition with optimal rubber performance for me, so I need to change around 2 weeks before. Making it hard if have matches on 2 weekends in...

I really like Hybrid K3 rubber, but I like it best after ~15 hours of use. It seems like it becomes slightly softer after “break in” period. Do you think boosting it with one layer of Falco could be to achieve this feeling from the beginning?

Thanks all! Great insights that definitely helps. I can see myself in most of your replies. I can also totally relate to the point of going down levels if not playing your game. My game is aggressive close to the table style putting a lot of pressure on the opponent. If I go back from the table...

This weekend I had lost to probably the lowest ranked player I had lost in the last 5 years. I have played quite OK during the the day, but in that match I was heavy favourite. The opponent played completely fearlessly (as expected for an underdog) - taking very high risk shots and landing them...

In very short, you can start to earn some money when you reach around 2000 TTR (something around 2400 USATT?). From this level clubs in e.g Germany would be willing to pay you money for matches (somewhere around 200-400 euros per match). When you are at this level people will also start accept...

Thanks! Not sure about what you mean with “two balls on a stick”?

Thank you very much everyone for great tips! I’m a little bit hesitant to mess with how I hold the paddle (this always end up in disaster at least to me), except for holding it more relaxed. I will try to incorporate this!

For anyone who is not willing to watch full video - his answer is “That’s a difficult question for me to answer…”, so you probably can make an conclusion based on this 😊

Did you actually find it helpful to keep your hand relaxed? I personally feel it quite difficult to keep only certain parts of my body tight. As soon as try to conciuosly tighten something, everything else gets tight…

I’m curious if anyone else experienced this issue and hopefully found a solution. In general I consider myself quite stiff person and my natural instinct is always to tense up. Over the years I have developed quite stiff forehand which I try to loosen up slowly. What I have noticed is that I can...

I must admit I also find him arrogant and dislike his way of communication, so I did some research into his results based on the curiosity. My conclusion is that he was very very good player - something in between Regionalliga (4th division) and 3rd Bundesliga in Germany. So, more than capable...

Welcome! Good luck and enjoy!

Even though I completely agree that it’s not possible to compete at the highest mens levels with sort pimples on both sides anymore, your attitude towards OP is really annoying. Let me just remind you that on mens side England is bronze medalists of WTTC 2016 and Taiwan has 2 bronze medals from...

Usually, it’s that simple while you are not yet at the table :) when you start to actually play, it becomes a lot more difficult.

One of the best players playing this on the world level is Amirreza Abbasi from Iran. If given opportunity to play internationally, he is probably not far from top 100 in the world. I have played a few times against him and the biggest issue is that the ball from pips is coming very fast and...