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The dataset would be really useful for opponent analysis. I'm sure the teams collected data like this over the years anyway, but if you get accurate data for ball height and spin in addition to the things you can already see with your eyes then you have some really nice stuff to mine.

ITTF have released some info about the ball tracking tech they used in China.

Big move for both sides. Victas players usually use their products exclusively so I guess we'll see Pitch ditch the Butterfly gear. Interesting times. edit Here's the press release: https://www.victas.com/ja_jp/info/press/victas/2019/05/30-14-57 They have him using V>15 Extra, but no...

Since his comeback from injury, ML has looked as dominant as I've ever seen him. It's always tough to call when teammates play each other, but it will need a big performance from FZD tomorrow. Looking forward to it, even with the unfortunate seeding.

Yeah. His FH looks more stable these days overall, but his BH-FH switch seems much better. Harder to disrupt his rhythm and balance.

It's so tight. And so low percentage.

It used to be that we could blame the Russian Gov. for everything, but now we have the gift of Trump. Although, could we in turn blame the Russians for him? Still, here I am waiting for Pitch...Koki not improving my mood.

SAAAAAAD face.

Is Table 2's stream down?

Well, Butterfly have updated Harimoto's profile to say D05 on both sides now, so I guess that was all academic. If accurate, of course.

Absolutely. I can understand why people would want to buy the SP rubbers from prott, because they're special and cool and whatever. A fun, expensive experiment. But I can't understand how they know what they're actually buying when they order one. Perhaps that's part of the fun? I just find...

Great info, as always. My main gripe, and where my post over in the D05 thread came from, isn't that these directly-supplied rubbers exist, it's how different they are in the real world (and how certain people are about that difference). Last year a friend of mine ordered a sheet of "team" T64...

I've been dragged in the past for overreaching about what the Pros use, and what use that info is, so some of this is just me being a bit devil's advocate about it all. I think there has been a (probable) trend in the past of the pros getting custom versions of rubbers (mainly sponge hardness...

It totally is plausible! And yet...no direct evidence that it's actually happening. As an aside - what's the difference between the pro and commercial versions of T05, in your experience?

Anything is possible I suppose. I'd prefer proof though.

What makes you say that? How different do you think they are?

Totally agree with this. The way D05 flattens out a bit on harder shots, while being very spinny in slower gears, suits my BH really well. Somewhat related - I was surprised to see in the WTTC player's setup picture thread that Harimoto used D05 on FH and T05 on BH.

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Many thanks. The other scenario I can think of about the use of "change to" is that they will start to use yellow as the default on the tour. Which would be... interesting.