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We don't have controversial players like Lia Thomas of swimming AFAIK. But yeah, as others mentioned, if "superior Size/Strength/Speed gives you no real advantage over your opponent" is true, the top women would be just as good as the top men.

If you play with fake TT equipment, are you a fake TT player?

Do we know if national / provincial / commercial are produced as one type of rubber and then 'graded' as N/P/C according to how they turned out? (Much like Nittaku doesn't produce 1 star and 2 stars on purpose; they're just 3 stars that didn't meet quality standards, IIRC).

I remember seeing Yasaka Zap too.

I'm guessing its a real proper TT rubber, just branded fakely. This reminds me of a "Yasaka New Era" I bought many years ago off ebay. I still don't know to this day if it's really produced by Yasaka, or is a fake product that has no actual corresponding Yasaka product. And yet, I liked it...

Maybe Stiga should make a Cybershape table. Those table corners are dangerous.

I never win, so it's not a struggle for me. But seriously, I totally understand what you're asking. Maybe if you accept that tactics is as much a part of the game as technique, and that pushing is as much a valid technique as attacking that would help. Practice your pushing so it's at...

Yes, I missed that one sentence where you mentioned you were bouncing the ball towards you (not just vertically). Once I saw that, everything fell into place.

I assume you have deliberately chosen to let it bounce 2x instead of 1x. What was the reason for 2x vs 1x? (I sometimes do this practice when alone. Haven't thought about bouncing it 2x)

LOL. Are you going to invert your tagline? "Technique is at least 10 times more important than the equipment. " Anti-spins should be called "Anti-Zone", or "Zone-Killer" :ninja:

Only because I was unsure whether some pips-out were being marketed as anti-spin. In any case, I was only interested in inverteds.

What are the differences between popular anti-spin rubbers? How are they different from each other? (Asking about pips in only). When a normal rubber (like Hurricane 3, or an ESN) loses its tack/grip, can you just use it as an anti-spin rubber?

"Flow" is a similar concept (book by Csikszentmihalyi). Actually not sure how they're different. Being in the zone delivers the best performance, AND the best feeling. Not sure what triggers it in me, but you're right, a good night rest and peak/near peak physical form are strong...

@zeio, @Wakkibatty , you guys sure know your stuff. I find it curious they perform these checks at the end. Presumably if a blade doesn't meet the flatness test it gets discarded -- and all that other stuff they've already done (stamping the logo for one example) is wasted? Not sure what...

What do you think they're doing at 12:36? (checking for gaps?) And what they're measuring at 12:45? (flatness?)

EJ only stops when one is dead. (I hear outer limba caskets are more comfy than koto ones).

Interesting conundrum of sorts. On the one hand we don't want advertisers to use/abuse this platform's ready audience. One the other hand matteoricupero posted in the right sub-forum, and I've seen several people who seem to have joined just to sell their blade, rubber, etc. I hope we can...

Your points 1 to 4 describe me EXACTLY as well, which makes me think it's a very very common problem. My theory about watching our own service is because during training we have to watch the ball to get feedback that we are doing it correctly. Repeat this thousands of times, and it becomes...

My cohort will immediately say Norway? A-ha! (The greatest pop song ever came from them) Norway is the absolute superpower country in the Winter Olympics (which unfortunately no one really watches...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway_at_the_Olympics

I have empty cardboard boxes. Put them at the bottom of the rack where the shoes are supposed to go. All I need is maybe a bird net to catch the balls (dunno maybe AUD30. Or find an Asian store and buy cheap mosquito net). Width is interesting. A TT table's width is 1.525m. A typical net...