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  1. Miwa Harimoto

    Miwa Harimoto. The new and uprising sensation in the TT world. I am impressed with her winning performance. How would you describe her play-style? A. It is unique to her and her only. She may start a new trend. Others may follow. B. Her style is typical of Japanese Women TT professionals...
  2. Serve like DA BOSS!

    When you copy the best server of all time...Note: To complete the whole package, one must remain totally emotionless and have an icy cold stare. Total Waldner'esque moment.
  3. Lin Gaoyuan's BH

    Start watching from 0'50" to 1'20" clip. First off Adam is no pushover when it comes to TT. However to see Adam's return of LGY BH flying all over is a sight to behold. I noticed that LGY hit his BH really low as he squat really low to take his BH. NB: This is not how I am taught my BH but...
  4. FH powerloop against underspin

    I know ERT does lurk here in this forum so I'll start a discussion here. It would be very nice if ERT could also participate in this discussion. The video above by Pingsunday showed a professional loop underspin ball a certain way. 1. I have seen Kim Taek Soo YT video teaching his amateur...
  5. New trend: Close to table aggressive attacking style

    Dear coaches and trainers, This post is more targeted at you guys / gals. If you are one, please response. I first heard about this new trend a while ago but never paid any attention to it until very recently. The context as follows: 1. My coach is telling me to come closer and closer to the...
  6. Competition: How should I approach it?

    It has been three years since we have any competition going, no thanks to Covid. Prior to Covid I did not take TT really seriously. It is only after this Lockdown ease that I began to be a more competitive oriented player ( or at least this is what I hope to be in the future ). So, I am totally...
  7. Block like Da Boss!

    Block like Da Boss - Pro VersionBlock like Da Boss - Amateur Version 1 🤣Block like Da Boss - Amateur version 2😂
  8. Country specific play style: Real or Myth?

    Let's us take a look at the global TT powerhouse: On the Asia side we have: 1. China 2. Japan 3. South Korea 4. India On the European side we have 5. Germany 6. France African nations such as Egypt & Nigeria Latin Americas such as Brazil Is it possible for one to say Germany has a distinct...
  9. Serve & receive contribute 50% of your game

    "Serve & receive contribute 50% of your game points. Some said one third." Ladies and gentlemen of this TT community, the above anecdotal statistic is what I gather from interacting with my circle of TT community, including here. It would appear to me a majority consensus do agree that serve &...
  10. Help needed: How to deal with soft / no spin / minimal spin short ball

    I am looper, FH dominant. I use European set up and love playing mid to far table loop a loop. My winning condition is powerful forehand loop while defending with BH ( but I am working on a more aggressive BH counter - work in progress ) I am having trouble with my club mates who all now know...
  11. Grip vs Spin: is there a difference?

    Greeting Komrad in TT, Recently I browsed the Yasaka webpage and I came to this term: Grip vs Spin. In the website: Raksa7 is listed as Spin focused whereas Rakza X is Grip focused. Can anyone tell me what does it mean? To me Grip create Spin and hence synonymous. Am I missing something here...
  12. Custom blade by my regular vendor

    Hi good people of TTD, I have been using the Ariex GT 10mm One Ply Hinoki for a while and I am loving it and by golly! I have not EJ'ed for sometime already. My vendor who sold me the above blade approached me again recently and offered to make a custom 11mm One Ply shake-hand blade using the...
  13. Let's start a conversation - Harimoto / Ma Long BH

    I wish to start a talking point. Let me start by giving a context. Last week during my coaching, I had a conversation and I showed my coach a random video of Ma Long's powerful BH, something like this:And being the fan-boy that I am, I was cooing how marvelous and wonderful the Chinese BH is and...
  14. Butterfly Falcima for noobies

    Not too long ago, I made a comment that BTY is only looking out for pro players and ignored us noobies club players. Guess what! In Mar 2022, they will launch a new bat targeted at noobie club players. Rejoice! Hail BTY! They do listen actually. And what rubber should go on it? None other than...
  15. Hey Birdman! Gong Xi Fa Chai

    My dear Chinese friend, Have a happy reunion dinner & holiday to you. Don't overeat or else your spin will suffer later! 🤣🤣🤣
  16. Frustrated & Confused

    Hi everyone and Happy New Year, As a new year reso, I wanted to better my TT and up my game to take on my club Tier 1 players. Hence I sign up with a coach one on one lessons. This coming weekend will be my sixth lesson. I am doing well in my coaching lesson. The coach goes through the usual...
  17. Its my turn to be in dilemma

    Its 12.12 and EJ symptom is acting up again. Initially I wanted to just buy a commercial TG Skyline 2 (2.1mm mid hard @ USD 12.00 ) to be used as FH on my Nittaku Acoustic. Then I saw a good deal at Lazada 12.12 for the Blue Sponge Provincial TG Skyline 2 that cost four times more than the...
  18. Tackiness versus grippiness

    As per title, Grippiness versus Tackiness, which is a better option to generate spin. Does tacky grippy rubber exist? If yes, technically should be able to produce super massive awesome spin right? P/S Mod, if similar thread exist kindly assist to merge. Thank you.
  19. Looking for high arc rubber

    Guys & Girls, I Want to find out: Which rubber has high throw or high arching trajectory with strong catapult effect and is cheaper than T05. High arching trajectory to make slow spinny loop for opening up with safe and deep placement. Strong catapult effect for powerful smash to finish...
  20. Gym ball & Resistance Band

    Good evening friend Carl, First I must thank you for teaching me that stretching to help solve an ache in my right upper hip / buttock area. The dull pain is still there whenever after I play TT but it is not bothering me much once I perfom that stretching you taught me, OK, back to my main...
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