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Comparing the impact of shoes in football to the impact of rubbers and blades in table tennis is ridiculous for obvious reasons. Exploit model seems a bit dramatic too, unless all product marketing is what you consider exploit models.

So if you've been playing for 8 years how many of the blades and rubbers that you recommend to people have you tried for long enough of a time to get an accurate assessment of them?

I thought you were saying something else. No doubt that there are lots of people out there who wrongfully blame their equipment for their lack of progress, you are just catering to one end of that demographic with your blog and paid "equipment consulting" service.

What is the hard proof?

Yeah for sure, many different valid coaching methods for different types of students. For those who are being taught to take bigger all body techniques as you mention, I would agree that a relatively slower and less reactive setup would be a good idea (y)(y) I wouldn't go so far as all wood and...

As the game has changed with the current ball, I see over the last 5 years that professional coaching is moving away from the all body strokes you mention and more towards fast and compact strokes with an emphasis on speed and recovery, as the game has moved that way as well. This is also why...

Complete and utter guaranteed domination by the Chinese is over. Supremacy, probably not.

Wow 80% of people you know are frustratedly lost in the EJ jungle and on the verge of quitting huh? We must have very different experiences. To me, most people not receiving coaching are just playing for fun and not expecting massive progress, and are aware that their lack of progress is due to...

What about super slow setups that don't give you the feeling of solid feedback when you play a strong topspin or flat hit, leading to fear that your contact was incorrect or that your shot will get returned aggressively with ease?

What do you mean by the big ball body motion stroke?

Fair enough that you can't compare development between those in professional training programs and those who aren't, but the point I was trying to make is that if reactive/fast equipment was the massive hindrance that common forum wisdom holds that it is, you wouldn't have people consistently...

Mostly depends on if the hypothetical beginner is working with a good coach or not. If they are, starting off with reactive blades and rubbers isn't as devastating as most people insist it is. There's a post a while back that was an old listing of the equipment of the ICC junior program's...

Smart idea. Also, you have mentioned cost before, I hope you know how expensive training at 888 long term will be unless you are maybe 2500+. Or whether it will even still exist by the time you hit the minimum rating required.

This person would probably never consider Zyre and is likely to stay with their standard ALC blade, but good to know

A 2550 player I know just tested it for a period of time and ended up deciding against using it for this exact reason.

You are probably not getting into ITDP as an outsider/visitor at only 2200, just FYI.

How is this for empirical evidence? June 2025, I believe before it was publicly announced anywhere else:

Probably not happening.

Interesting, that explains why it is printed on the pro issued sheet packages even though the printed thickness on such packages also says 2.1. I don't see it on any of my commercial 2.1 09cs. However, still moot because I've hit with a Butterfly pro's racket on which he stated the Dignics 05 he...

Could you maybe elaborate on this? Maybe I am misunderstanding your stance in this discussion. It seems like you are aware that some pro players get rubbers with thickness that can't be commercially purchased? Old post so maybe you have some additional new information to that story that changed...