Recent content by Tom Lodziak

Actually, I think these forehand loops are fairly decent. You have plenty of racket speed in your vertical swing, a nice arc over the net, and some decent spin. This type of loop is unlikely to be an outright winner (although sometimes opponents will block it off the end), but if all your...

I like to call this the 'curse of the flat hitter'. I come across it a lot in coaching sessions and it can be a challenge to fix. The problem I see often... - Some players have very strong flat hits. If these flat hit lands, they have a very good chance of winning a point outright, but it is...

As others have mentioned, the change of ball has made more of a difference. There are 1000s of rubbers available and they are all different, so if someone really wants to have a heavy spin oriented game, they can find a rubber to do this. But even before the ball changed to 40+, I think table...

So far yes. Even though the rubber feels faster than MX-P 50, my consistency seems to be holding up. It really does have a nice arc with topspin shots.

Too early to say. I've only had the rubber for 1 week. I will need to use it for longer.

I've been playing with MX-P 50 for a few months. By comparison MX-P Infinity has more catapult and a higher arc.

My sense of smell is pretty bad. If I get my nose up close and give it a good sniff, then I get that sweet booster smell!

I've been testing MX-P Infinity (max sponge) for the past week on my forehand. Very fast, excellent grip with the topsheet, so lots and lots of topspin. Definitely feel my attacks have an extra gear compared to MX-P 50. Medium-high throw angle. Really easy to loop backspin, even with my...

You make some good observations. I'm at a stage in my game that I know if I want to reach a higher level I need to be more positive. Just keeping the ball on the table doesn't work against very strong players. But in the transition from being a more controlled player to a more attacking player...

If you'd like a flavour of what the tournament was like, here's a video about my experience...

Points 6 and 7 will be the hardest for you to overcome. Over the years I have coached many players who like to flat hit and hit hard. These are by far the most challenging players for me to coach. They wish to improve, but they find it very hard to change the habit of flat hitting. Why? Because...

The results are in! Overall I had 594 responses, from players from 70 different countries. Incredibly, players who responded to the survey are using 291 different rubbers. So, on to the results. What are the most popular rubbers? Here’s a video where I reveal the findings of my survey and test...

Last few days to complete my rubber survey. I've had hundreds of responses so far but a few more will always be welcome. https://www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/table-tennis-rubber-survey-2024/ I'll be closing the survey on Tuesday, crunching the numbers on Wednesday, then publishing the results on...

Thanks to everyone who has responded. I'm planning on keeping the survey open for a couple more weeks and then publish the findings mid-February.

I will definitely give an update. Depending on how many responses I can get, I can give detail about most popular brand, most popular rubber for FH, most popular for BH. When I ran the survey two years ago, Butterfly Tenergy 05 was still the most popular rubber. I am intrigued to see if that is...