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This is true but at the same time, Chinese players of Waldner's era were weaker. At the beginning of Waldner's career, the most significant of these would have been Gatien and Appelgren, later Persson, possibly guys like Primoracs, and Korbel. Great players, but Ma Long has had to contend with...

Not even #2. IMHO. people forget about Wang Liqin.

I don't have anything specific. It would be interesting to video someone with each rubber to see what changes.

Actually I think the coaches are not wrong to do that. I can say from personal experience and from that of others is that many of the rubber and blade changes people talk about here don't really affect a player's level much -- but they could if the change is big enough and if the player gives...

Believe me on this, where I live, very close to the Gulf of Mexico, it is a constant problem. And the one thing my clubmates and I can assure you is that ALL rubbers can be moisture and humidity sensitive! Some of my clubmates are originally from China and use tacky rubbers, I play with more...

Regarding the question of climate, I learned to play as a kid in Sweden and I am completely used to Japanese and European rubbers. Now I live in Houston Texas. Those of you who have been here will be aware that the humidity is extreme about 12 months out of the year. The city is more or less on...

This is the main thing. It depends on what you learned to play with. I should add that the notion that Chinese rubbers can only play well in a "Chinese climate" is nonsense. China is huge , and the climate varies a great deal depending on where you are. The climate in Shanghai is completely...

One thing I like about France is regional differences are not so pronounced so I can function reasonably anywhere there (or in Geneva, Lausanne or Brussels). That doesn't mean I understand everything though. I need to get better at some of the slang used these days in ordinary popular language...

I've seen kids as young as 6 who had coordination sufficient to begin to learn without getting frustrated. Just remember, at that age they don't have much attention span. And if they start a bit later they will quickly catch up.And if they hate it, don't push it. Maybe try again a couple of...

Years ago (around 2005) I was in Germany on business visiting a colleague in Gottingen. While we were talking in his office, he got a phone call from someone in Munich, and after a couple of minutes of frustration he hung up and swore. He told me that whoever he was talking to insisted on...

I think you should just learn German for the sake of learning German. And if it helps you playing TT even better!!! As a general rule, if you're going to live someplace for any length of time, it seems like a reasonable thing to learn the language as best as you can. Nothing works as well as...

Here is one of the most entertaining g matches of all time, featuring Korean choppers. https://youtu.be/NzYtFLpJrQU

No, it is not body type, it is tradition and coaching infrastructure. So many little kids in Brazil dream of futbol, have opportunities to play, are exposed at a young age, etc. And if they are great they can make a good living doing it. If somebody shows talent that talent will be...

Definition for a thread like this is where you learned to play. Lilly Zhang for example learned to play in the US and is American. Harmimoto is Japanese. However Chen Weixing is Asian. But the entire thread is based on a false premise for all the reasons noted.. Now, if OP had said...

They have to pay a fee. Kilkerspin apparently doesn't want to. Edit added, yes, I see that was already mentioned. Killerspin may not bring in enough revenue to do it..They can't be selling much. Once years ago they sponsored a junior in my club with some rblades and ubber they got from China...

Almost certainly they are made by DHS.

Exactly. This is the reason.. In Asia there will be more of everything. Actually over last 20 years if you restrict attention to world top 100 there MAY be about as Europeans (especially eastern European). Anyway I can think of quite a few. Maybe I'm wrong about the exact numbers. I would...

I didn't check into into this thread before now, but finally I decided to look at it, and it has gone about how I would have expected. There is always the one dude that seems to think people are robots and the whole thing can be reduced to engineering (and who actually plays accordingly as you...

Really the only way to possibly know what MIGHT be happening is to get an MRI. Even that doesn't always show everything that might be causing back pain. There are a lot of different things that could be causing your symptoms. And even if you know what it is, it may or may not be easy to do...

Whatever it is I am using at the moment.