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What exactly happens with the sponge? It becomes softer and bouncier?

Wouldn't he rather live in one of the TT powers and train more upcoming players? He could live and train players in Germany, France, or Sweden, etc. It feels kind of a waste that he trains players in San Diego of all places. I don't think America is going to produce many future stars.

When a tacky rubbers "breaks in", is it because the tackiness wears off so the rubber feels more responsive? or does it have something to do with the sponge?

Today, I missed so many returns against high, slow, spinny opening loops. This shot is really hard to return. What is the right way to return this shot? Should you hit the ball off the bounce when the ball is low? Or should you wait for the ball to come up so you have more angle to work with...

Well i was watching TTD reviews and league matches. Ive actually never seen players so good live before. Definitely the best players in my city are not that good I don't think. Someone said Dan was a top 50 UK player before. But even now, he seems extremely good to me. But I never even thought...

Which countries have the strongest club level (non-pro) players in the world? What would be the top 5 countries?

One thing I like about TT11, is that you can see what are the most popular rubbers being sold. H3, MXP, G1 usually lead the pack. Recently this Nittaku Hammond Z2 has shown up. Anybody know if this rubber is as good as ESN rubbers?

Why not cut the rubber to a oversize blade. Then take it off, and it may fit a normal blade just right

Why dont people just cut the rubber larger than normal?

Why does he live in US now?

Actually I've been hitting with H3 from a few friends' rackets. When the tackiness wears out, H3 is actually reasonably fast. It's not as dead/slow as my initial impression. When its brand new out of the package, it really is quite slow. The sponge itself is not super reboundy, but has...

Do you feel a big difference in power between Omega series and Vega series?

Why is rakza 9 not popular? If its the fastest, seems like it would be a good BH rubber?

Ill play him again this week and try to play more offensive.

Im not coaching his technique, just his game strategy.

Thanks really appreciate these stats. Im impressed that you can identify a dead ball from so far away. I am trying to open up more, but i feel rushed when he is playing so fast. Actually were not trying to beat each other. After each set, we are coaching each other on where we think the...

Thanks really appreciate these stats. Im impressed that you can identify a dead ball from so far away. I am trying to open up more, but i feel rushed when he is playing so fast. Actually were not trying to beat each other. After each set, we are coaching each other on where we think the...

Yep i will try to incorporate more techniques next session. I still think i missed plenty of blocks and hope to get that down. Also he plays in the city wide round robin tournaments and he said he beat 1700 player. So i dont really consider myself better, but just stylistically i am winning...

Well my normal rubber i play now is $12 Moon Speed. Its clearly slower than esn, but for $12 it does its job. You are right, this rubber can do 98% of what any butterfly rubber can do, so thats why i use it. Im not worrying about rwhat ubbers to use, im just having fun and being curious about...

Actually i have no idea why it went to ask a pro. I started thread on phone, so may have accidentally touched something. Yes, in this recorded game, he played a lot faster than me. It was mostly him opening up first. We played several more unrecorded sets after this where he played slower and...