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  1. Harimoto Innerforce Super ALC

    Played with the Harimoto SALC for 1 training session: Really good handle and feeling in the handle, probably among my top 3 favorites. A lot of control for blocking, countering and even chopping. Gets really fast when you hit harder and the SALC kicks in, good feedback in the hand, definitely...
  2. Fan Zhendong Butterfly Tutorials

    https://www.butterfly.co.jp/takurepo/tech/detail/025621.html
  3. German League 2024-2025 Bundesliga Match between Fulda and Ochenhausen TTBL

    Also Stumper will switch clubs next season afaik. Idk which one though.
  4. Harimoto Innerforce Super ALC

    My 40€ Stuor Harimoto vs. My BTY Harimoto Super ALC. I'll test it tomorrow and throughout the coming weeks.
  5. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Played my first tournament today after a 6 month break. It was a team tournament, where you and your partner each play a singles, and if needed a doubles. We went into it with 0 expectation and to our surprise, we actually got into the final after having won 3 doubles in the 5th set, 2 of...
  6. Post your latest EJ purchase

    My EJ list for new years and my upcoming birthday: A barely used Harimoto Super ALC for a good price Another Spectol S1 1.6mm A Spinpipds D3 in 0.5mm The blue sponge Loki Arthur China which will still take a while to arrive.
  7. How do Pros train to "retain" a skill?

    I used a bunch of coaching / teaching transcriptions from Hemming Hu's online coaching, some Quanshibao videos and my own feedback / description to train one of the newest Google AI Models via aistudio.google.com , they are free and extremely good. I also worked my way around reducing the total...
  8. How do Pros train to "retain" a skill?

    Here is what my TT AI gave as an answer, and I would agree with it: " This is frustrating, but it's a normal part of the learning process. It's the difference between skill acquisition in a controlled environment and skill retention and transfer to the unpredictable nature of a match. Here's...
  9. Fan zhendong, Ma Long and Cheng Meng announces Retirement from WTT/ITTF

    https://worldtabletennis.com/description?artId=4517 "The limitation and corresponding fines for players who withdraw from a WTT event and participate in a non-WTT event during the following event week have been completely removed. The 2025 WTT Handbook does introduce higher fines for players...
  10. Fan Zhendong Butterfly Tutorials

    Butterfly just posted their first of many Fan Zhendong Forehand Topspin tutorials. They have a bunch of these from Pro Players for almost everything, this FZD one is new: https://www.butterfly.co.jp/takurepo/tech/special/fzd/ https://www.butterfly.co.jp/takurepo/tech/detail/025620.html
  11. Europe Smash Sweden August 14-24 2025

    Its my first time seeing that. WOW. He makes 8 BACKHAND ERRORS IN A ROW - 6 MATCH POINTS. How is that even possible.
  12. 2024 US Open, Las Vegas Dec 16-21

    Although Tom's serves look strange, I don't see anything illegal about them. He throws it high enough, very vertically imo, doesn't hide it. He just does some arm movement before the throw but that's nothing illegal.
  13. 2024 US Open, Las Vegas Dec 16-21

    Does anyone know about Defenders Playing? I only know of Wang Wei
  14. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    I just placed my order for the Blue Sponge Arthur China + Quanshibao F1 from Taobao. We will see how it goes.
  15. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Something must have clicked for me during the last 3 or 4 training sessions. Today I was able to confidently Counterloop balls in a match, where I didn't pay much attention to technique The same shots that I'd have missed a week ago. I couldn't record it, but I assume my stance and part of my...
  16. 2024 Chinese Super League roster is out

    Looks like an old video to me, not from this year or broadcast.
  17. Best way to practice 3rd ball attack?

    I would say there is levels to it, depending on what you want to achieve. You can do it where: - You only do 1 or 2 serve variations - Your partner only does 1 or 2 return variations - You mix serves - Partner mixes returns - A combination of both - Partner tries to make 3rd Ball easy /...
  18. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    There is probably many factors contributing to your poor performance, and it's hard to properly judge simply like this. I assume you're still relatively "new" to all of this, so expect it to get better with time and experience. A good quote I heard once was: "You can't Google experience."...
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