Recent content by talbon

  1. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    After what he did to you, I'd be surprised if it didn't!
  2. Road to Tokyo 2020: Chinese TT Team

    :p:rolleyes: I see, so that's what she's been doing all this time against CNT! She's getting ready for this to happen again. When she's down 3-11 5-11 2-11 2-9... quick squirrel nods of the head: "I've got her where I wanted. Now it's my match."
  3. World Table Tennis Championships 2019

    Well, the net call left a bad taste in my mouth :/ I really hope it was the correct call. Even Li Xiaoxia(?) seemed embarrassed. The winning culture is nice and all but when it comes to nets and edges, the whole of CNT including coaches ought to take a page out of WLQ and ZJK's book. It's...
  4. World Table Tennis Championships 2019

    Liu Shiwen: It's time to kick ass AND chew bubblegum. By the way, what brand of gum is she using?
  5. New blade with more feeling ? (current is tibhar IV S)

    What do kids get nowadays when they start? Why not use the same setup? Get a page from the book of fast learners, if he wants to practice TT properly and progress? Something allround like Yasaka Sweden or Yasaka Gatien + Mark V, or one of the dozens of similar setups across various brands...
  6. How to backhand loop a super spinny pendulum serve that comes long

    Just push the ball back. He will miss the 3rd ball often enough on his own.
  7. Forced away from the table

    You should explain the context more, your question is really really open to interpretation. I'm assuming your son's playing someone who can block his drives and force him back (playing at angles or with fast pace). I'll have to guess his playing style too. The easiest thing to try/learn is for...
  8. ZhangLei on MaLong's injury: Very serious, may affect 2020 olympics.

    It's the flipside of being one of the top dogs in LGL's CNT. Surely they get worried about your health, but after repeatedly abusing, breaking and stitching your body in the first place. Of course ML is responsible for his own body and his ambitions, and he did make it to the top. Anyway, wish...
  9. Has anyone tried the new Timo Boll CAF?

    Are we sure the fiber is not arylate (AL)? It's red too. The blade's in the same range of price as IF AL used to be. But they had taken AL blades off of their catalogue for a couple of years. Of course, the colour is probably more of a marketing code than some material related constraint.
  10. Has anyone tried the new Timo Boll CAF?

    Table tennis blades are a little bit like presidents.
  11. Butterfly Innerforce layer alc + chinese rubber

    It's got two very distinct gears. Slow and fast. Not always easy to pinpoint exactly where it switches gears. I didn't like the setup too much. I like to generate a variety of paces, not 2. Also it sacrifices on power. How I rationalize this behaviour is that the outer plies are soft, the...
  12. Hard European topspin rubber

    Wouldn't T05H be the closest to H3N? Taking into account also spin. (not saying, just asking) MX-S is nice, comfortable and all but nowhere close to H3N & variants to load a ball with spin and speed. (I'm talking about unboosted rubbers that you can obtain from standard resellers as a random...
  13. Tactics against a mid-court looper

    The first question to answer is: do they threaten you with their loops? If they don't, relax... you have a ton of options. Let them loop and construct the rally patiently. If they do, and it's not something you can fix easily (like: you systematically anticipate cross-court but they actually...
  14. Does the point count if somebody serves out of turn?

    Point counts. The correct sequence of play has to be resumed as soon as the error is noticed.
  15. Zhang Jike's watch collection is insane!

    I would pick up the watches in store, then use the shipping money on a sheet of tenergy. Rich AND smart. ╭( ・ㅂ・)و ̑̑ ˂ᵒ͜͡ᵏᵎ⁾✩
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