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Any athlete who takes his sport seriously, would love to show up a few days early, to get acclimated to the timezone, temperature and rest from the trip. The TT players we're talking about have dedicated their childhood and adulthood to this sport, so I'm going to assume that they take their...

I don't know about this, and how long ago you are talking, but that's good. Sporters are workers and have rights. It likely involved the introduction of payment, which was recently increased...

Exactly, 10-20 matches that only take one day, vs. 10-20 tournaments that last 3 to 7 days each. Not to forget: none of it is mandatory. None of it forces pregnant and sick players to repetively supply medical files or else get fined. In fact, the only non-sick exemption made is for 'maternity...

Bad comparison, but it proves the point exactly. FIFA World Cup is once every 4 years. Continental Cups (UEFA European Championships for example) as well, so that is one international championship every 2 years. The calendars are the same for every player in the World, so planning is easy...

So the thing is that WTT apparently forces players to play events, even if they did not sign up to the event. And it forbids them to play their own event at the time of a WTT event. How accurate this is I don't know. So to find out, I went through the rulebook with a magnifying glass to see...

I'm curious, why didn't you use the Ma Lin Carbon instead?

I completely agree with the points Vipertabletennis made. Litterally telling people: "this is what you can use" is more clear than your baseball example. What if somebody develops a baseball wood that delivers unexpected spin? (Balsa baseball bat has a nice ring...). Then the rules don't work...

If you want less bounciness than Rakza7, look at Yinhe Mercury 2. It grippy (and little tacky), good for spin and very linear (no catapult). Slower than ESN rubbers, but faster than typical Chinese rubbers. Medium for forehand, Soft for backhand. Tried soft on forehand as well but it bottoms...

Two news things. Data, and I'm going to keep it short. First of all, I've used the data of TAKKYU LABO / Table Tennis Labo, as compiled by Zaio. Credits: Takkyu Labo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoj8qH_dGJHF18zrxg93cPw/videos Zaio's post...

Guys, the thread is from 2022

Quick to enforce penalties but slow to pay prize money. Single handedly deciding on penalty payment conditions and heights. This is textbook extortion. It's a matter of time until ITTF gets sued by national associations. I guess ITTF took a good look at FIFA, and saw what they get away with...

TT Gear Lab measures the handle of each reviewed blade. I don't think I've seen a overview chart on there, but maybe this helps: https://ttgearlab.com/category/photos-info/

He probably can't find people to play with because he is beating people badly.

Maximum vignette, this is serious.

Your big underlying argument is: everybody must have the same equipment for a fair measurement of skill. This is a fair opinion but there's only one logical endpoint: everybody uses the same bat and rubber. I'd argue that the choice to use LP is part of the strategy of the game. As such TT is...

I can understand that indeed. The difference though is that I'm (together with 8 others) are being taught to do this for every shot in every rally. We are standing close to the table (arms outstreched reach the table). His idea is that the right arm has more reach (doubtful) and an easier...

Great video. Massive power on those shots.

Haha! Ok so there's merit, in that case I'll practice this shot too. It's just a bit weird that this is the only forehand shot that gets taught in this class. From what I hear from the other casuals, it's been like this for years. Thanks I would, but when not doing this specific forehand...

My coach insists on certain forehand footwork for both drive and loop, that is very different from anything I've seen on pro matches and online tutorials. Please tell me wether there's any merit from his idea, or that I should just ignore it. How I do the righthanded forehand: Basic stance is...