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What is the best way to return a short no-spin or sidespin only serve? I typically would return this kind of serve with a closed-face long push. But this opens me up to a loop. Sometimes I go ahead and short push this serve. But this has very high likelihood that your short push goes high and...

Top Usatt players like Kou Lei and Ma Jinbao are 2800. What would WCQ or FZD or LSD be? Maybe 3000? 3100? 3200?

What price do you think an old Viscaria that is fairly worn, edges have chips here and there from prolonged use should sell for? I'm sure all of you have these 10 year old blades lying around that are a bit beat up, but still very good for actual performance. The actual playing surface is fine.

I see that overwhelmingly most pros use either Viscaria (or similar) blade or HL5 (or similar) blade. How come nobody likes "in between" blades? Blades that sacrifice some power for dwell time or vice versa? There is a fairly wide range of blades between the properties of Vis and HL5, but I...

Since the tariffs, everything on Aliexpress is expensive for Americans now. The Stuor blades I used to get for $30-40 are now going for $60. Rubbers have gone way up in price across the board: Sanwei, DF, Yinhe, Loki. Who is still buying and how do you feel?

Today I tried out the W81 inner. I've had this blade since last November, but I never tried it until now. Anybody else have this blade? how does it play for you? It has a limba-inner fibre construction, so I suppose it's meant to be Loki's version of Long 5 or something. Mine has a 1400...

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When WCQ is focused and prepared, I think everybody can see that he is quite a special player. His dominant wins over Harimoto in Fukuoka and Chongqing were sublime. He combines great serve and receive, versatile and strong forehand, versatile backhand, and elite counterloop. He's done it again...

This video is pretty interesting. Does anybody want to try taking the quiz and posting your results? I'm really bad at this, but I will give it a try. 1. Sidespin (not sure if there is top/under). No idea how to read this. 2. Sidetop 3. light underspin 4. topspin 5. underspin 6. dead 7...

What are the best serve return video tutorials that you have seen and recommend most? I've seen a few of them and wondering if there are any outstanding ones? I've seen: Of these, I found the video from "Rational TT" to be best. It's a systematic receive theory that gives 3 return options...

1) Fitness and stamina 2) Serves 3) Receives 4) Topspin strokes 5) Counter loops Question for 2100+ players. What area do you think is most important to improve from 1900 to 2100? How would you rank them in order?

EJ's are back! Now we can buy from Aliexpress again.

Tennis balls have lines so you can clearly see the spin. Why not add this to the TT ball? It would make returning serve less random, produce better rallies and improve the viewing and playing experience.

As I browse Aliexpress, it seems like some prices have risen quite a lot. But at the same time, some items seem to be the same price...

https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=polestar vs https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=polestarS Anybody tried these 2 rubbers? What is the difference between them? Is it just the factory tuning?

https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=polestar vs https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=polestarS Anybody tried these 2 rubbers? What is the difference between them? Is it just the factory tuning?

I must have missed it, but there is a new Xiom Omega 8 now. https://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/xiom-omega-viii-china https://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/xiom-omega-viii-pro How are these new rubbers different from Xiom's existing series??

I tried out the Pro 01, 03, and 05 and can give my summary of how these blades play. First, all these blades have a somewhat small head size. I think it comes out to be 157x150. That is normal size, but for me, they I prefer the 160 or 158 or 159. The few mm actually is quite noticeable, and...

I've heard that speedglue works well as a sealant. I had some leftover Whale 2 around the house, so I decided to try it out as a sealant. I put a thin layer of it on my Inner 75. After drying, it does seem to provide some kind of protection. But after I glue a rubber on and take it off, I...

I have 2 paddles setup in front of me. The XVT ZL600 and the Yinhe Pro 03, both with Chinese rubbers on it. The Pro 03 weighs just 189g, and the ZL600 weighs 193g. But when I hold the paddles, the 03 feels much heavier and hard to maneuver. I'm not totally sure why. I think it has...