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I can attest just how slow Nittaku Best Anti is. While I've found that anti at least for me is best played closer to the table vs off (if off, I prefer long pips), my goodness I have to hit the ball hard to get it back over the table. But I do like how much it changes pace close to the table in...

I share this story because it really opened my eyes to something and I think it's worth learning. It's the player. There was a jr cadet usa top 25 player at our club. I think at the time he was playing with Tenergy. He later switched to a version of H3 but it was Tenergy at the time. I have...

I feel like I know the answer to this. But as you look at this, is there really much difference between a curved handle and the pistol grip? Essentially both blades are trying to point the head down for you correct? Now the grip on the Sanwei pistol grip I'm pretty sure I get. But on the...

A little about me. I like weird blades. I like stuff out of the ordinary. Unusual play. etc. That Wingspan blade thread really threw me down a rabbit hole. Check that out or some of the comments & videos in it if you haven't yet...

This might be kinda weird but I stand by this based on my own experience. A number of years ago, as a penholder, I was learning how to hit a RPB formerly being a TPB guy. Anyways, for the longest of time, I felt like I have no feel for it. Then at club just casually hitting with buddies, I...

I wasn't trying to be contentious. I'm sorry you took it that way. Almost universally when people ask questions like that, it's under the impression that the person asking what they suspect they're missing is the right kind of rubber. It's helpful for them to learn sooner rather than later it's...

I don't know but feel like it should be stated because it's true. It doesn't matter what he's using. Full on euro, hybrid, Chinese tacky, his serve is what it is from skill. Not the rubber. So if you're watching his videos looking for pointers, then look for the pointers. It's not the rubber.

Good to know. Seems to me that the majority of reviewers of this blade have been playing it shakehand with how you hold it. ball in the hand. It makes sense how they all say with service & flips how there's unlimited wrist movement. You can twist your wrist around in any possible way and never...

I once had a buddy who had this stuff bring it to club. He played Chinese Tacky. Sprayed this on, could pick up the ball. That wasn't happening before. I was convinced at the time that was the best cleaner one could buy. Now I just use water today but if I were to buy a cleaner, I'd probably...

just for clarification I'm assuming you're playing this shakehand?

So I've been fascinated by this blade ever since I initially saw it. I can't quite figure out if it'd be more gimmick or if it could legitimately good. I think one would have to play with it to feel it out but there's a simple feel test we can all do (shakehand or penhold like myself) to...

Interesting. Must be the difference in the product. I'm telling you from the Elmers I've ever applied. I see no visible difference in rubber expanding. And when I glue on & cut, I've never experience the rubber shrinking or pulling back. It's always stayed right at the edge where I cut it. So...

Elmers. There's a somewhat larger bottle you can get at Walmart. Will last quite a while. I want to say it's around 6 bucks or something like that. Can't go wrong. FYI after seeing your original post, I just glued on Butterfly Super Anti to my RPB side (for passive blocks and the occasional...

Well if you're anything OX you can't use rubber cement. But I've used rubber cement on all my sponged rubbers for years. Easy to work with, fast, easy clean-up (as in there's nothing to do or pick off) if you ever pull them, would pass any test after a number of days if they test for that so...

So I've mainly used balls like these in my service practice. I use them to gauge if I'm getting the spin & amount of spin I was hoping for. They were particularly helpful on the reverse pendulum serve. At the time I found my side/backspin version after the two bounces were almost purely...

I'd be curious to hear a test of allowing your coach to hold up their arm & hide the ball. Hopefully he's good at that. One test with an all white ball. Then a two-toned ball. Based on that, report back if it helped you in the slightest.

Hey I'm a lefty penholder so I too use placement & variety of spin on serves to give me an advantage but don't you think for bigger picture stuff one need to look past "how does this only effect me?". I think we can be bigger than that. I'm just interested in allowing hidden serves because I...

This thread has kinda delved into two topics. 1 - the best TV product. There are many ways with technology they could do this. Tony pointed out the ESPN thing and I have seen that before. I think stats in how fast a player hits it, the RPMs would all be cool, useful information. It doesn't...

Could be. There are a lot of things in play they could do to try to improve the television product. I was most interested aiding the players in the game in reading spin. That's why I mentioned the two-toned ball. All visual graphics or cameras could help the viewer but does nothing for the...

Looks like it was 2014 when they did that. Here is a video of that if anybody is interested. But this isn't a full accurate picture of the whole point anyways since by this time you couldn't hide serves. I'm not saying this was a great ball and it should be used. It has nothing to do with...