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true, abstinence was the standard recommendation for maintaining or even improving athletic performance in the 20th century. bro science was the gold standard back then for coaches. i knew a few wrestling coaches that believed that building up sexual frustration in their athletes helped them be...

it's c55, at least one other guy from cnt did the switch too. can't remember the name.

no it's not like saying a 1-meter rope gives more swing than a 0.9995-meter rope. it's like saying a 1-meter rope gives more swing than a 0.976-meter rope. your analogy is off by almost 2 orders of magnitude. would you not notice for example: your monthly income go from $100 to $2? i sure feel...

it might have to do with sound cues that you use in the neural circuitry you developed for table tennis. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34870563/ humidity is a big factor too. in both spin generation and venue acoustics. i can't think of any explanation(that is not an april fools joke one) of...

it generates back and forth. similar to how the ball moves in tt. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

what people am i defending?

if you would have payed more attention in school, you would have known that using logical fallacies(appeal to popularity and anecdotes in this case, just to spell it out), can't lead to a valid argumentation. so, you, like most people here, are talking out of your ass, just because you need to...

ah, the internet.

it might be debatable, but from what you wrote, you are definitely not debating it.

the overt expression of passion is not the same thing as passion.

i didn't say anything about table tennis players that have a defensive style of play.

tt is a zero sum game. every won point comes at the expense of a lost point for the other side. so whenever things go good for you(win a point), you are understandably happy. that exact situation is for the opponent a bad thing(he lost a point) and he is understandably unhappy. expressing...

probably outsourcing training hours to countries in which labour is cheaper

92hrs/week is 13.14hrs/day.

if you know you'll commit to the rubber, buy both provincial and national versions in the same hardness and thickness(2.1/40 for example). based on whether you feel the difference between them or not, you'll know what to get for your 3rd sheet.

qualitatively, you'll find the answer in middle school physics books. quantitatively, you'll need undergrad mechanics+fluid dynamics.

the substance you call booster in tt slang is VOC free and classed as food safe(there are some products for which this is not true though), anything short of dipping the VOC meter in a bottle of that stuff will pass the racket VOC test.

it means: on day 337 of the year 2400 you will recover financially from this purchase.

if one would take the rule that implies that boosting is illegal seriously (2.4.7 The racket covering shall be used without any physical, chemical or other treatment.) than one should also conclude that cutting or handling the rubber in any way is illegal. imo, that's silly. the same way...

= "i hate how i need to read and do research stuff. why don't i know shit just by wishing it? this sucks!"