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There videos on youtube where Timo Boll, Dima Ovtcharov, Anders Lind show how they assemble their racket. So yes, at least some professionals do it by themselves.

My experience: 1 layer - edges of the rubber are not stick good and I was forced to re-glue in ~1-2 weeks. I suspect that it might work for other people and that maybe I could use more glue or spread it more evenly, but it simply didn't work for me 2 layers - usually it is just ok, maybe because...

After playing with different alc blades with Timo Boll name on them for many years, I suddenly found myself playing with this one :

As far as I remember, both Timo and Dima said in their videos that edge tape changes something (speed/feel/whatever, I didn't pay too much attention to this part of their videos). So I believe that if two professionals playing 20-30 years x 30-40 hours per week say that edge tape changes...

It actually depends on many variables. Current condition: after covid, 2 trainings/week was more than I could handle for maybe 3-4 month Age: a little bit more than 15 years ago, when I was 25, I've been playing 6 times per week (5x2 hours, and 1x4 hours). It was hard for first maybe month...

My coach uses huieson balls for years. He prefers black ones. Purple were lighter, softer and not round enough. Red+black are better, something between black and purple, but again had problems with their shape. Black ones are more consistent. There are still some bad balls among them, but...

As I understood, it is marked as delivered not by aliexpress, but by delivery service. I have never heard that buyer won dispute in such case (and read multiple times that dispute was lost, they just trust delivery services info)

They won't believe and won't refund, since it is marked as delivered

Actually I have no idea right now, it was too long ago for me to remember those details and it was noticable only in that piece of technique which I almost didn't use. Pushes were not affected by this and that was the start of a training when I'm not fully warmed up. But maybe it is just due to...

You have unlocked my memories. I used to have weird tremor ~15 years ago. Interestingly, it never appeared in normal life, only in table tennis. It didn't affect pushes, nor loops, nor bh shots. And only while doing fh drives during warm up. FH drives were just absolutely unpredicatble for maybe...

Same for me

I tried DNA Platinum H 5 times ~2 years ago just after I finished with MX-D (which I played for a little bit more than a year). So my impressions are not really fresh. MX-D felt a little bit havier for me, slightly faster (or maybe easier to get that speed out of it). Close to each other in...

I guess, more experienced players will give better advice, but from my point of view: 1. That around 1:53 your partner shots lands at comfortable area: you don't have to lean or pivot anywhere, they are just nice. In most of other situations you are getting one good ball, and then you have to...

I own two of those and they help me. It is not about learning how to spin or making it better, it is just some sort of fitness for me. Since I cannot play every day, and 3 times/week is not enough for me, I'm trying to add some shadow practice from time to time. And since simple shadow practice...

I have some cheap huieson and tarksn. They both have those dots, but slightly lighter than the rest of the surface. I wouldn't even notice that difference without your post But I don't see those dots on TTS training balls (local brand that orders it somewhere in China) and on dhs dj40+, but...

For a pro - yes. But for 90% and more of this forum it is a hobby. And positive emotions mean more than play level. Someone gets them from repeating 50 topspins in a row, someone from winning, but someone from trying new equipment. Why not?

I have a cat, a chinchilla and 2 children at home, I cannot leave my rubber and blade on a table for that long, something will definitely happen :) And I don't see any reason why I should do this. 10-15 minutes is usually enough, probably I'm not that paranoic or maybe I just don't feel my...

In 2008 I could buy it for 36 euro (it is lower than official price at that time), it was higher than was bryce which I used before (probably 28 euro, which wasn't that cheap, tibhar torpedo was 24, tibhar rapid was 20 or even less). Then one day in 2010 he said that he cannot sell it for less...

Those things were performed by trained professionals, don't try this at home :) Most of the halls I played in were rather small. One was like 1.5 meters behind you and when you try to counterloop or attack long balls with a big swing you have a chance to hit a wall behind you. Or when someone...

It really depends on your preferences, there are even people who likes playing worn out rubbers more than a fresh ones and those who can use single sheet for years Signs might be different: it becomes too soft, or too hard or not tacky, or produces less spin, or becomes inconsistent, or is badly...