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One thing I would add to the process of reading spin: the ball does not lie. In other words, if you expect the ball to be heavy underspin serve, but you pop the ball up, then it is a no spin serve. The ball does not lie. So your opponent must have fooled you. Then you have to start paying...

I have been following the thread and have not made a comment so far. But.... How much money is there in table tennis? I don't think it is that much. It is a niche sport after all. I bet CTTA gets more money than ITTF or WTT. I would not be surprised that Liu Guoliang will fulfill his role as...

I don't think it is a technique issue. When I said I dumped all the balls into the net, I was exaggerating. I might have dumped all the passive shots into the net for the first 5 minutes but I adjusted. I don't know. Franziska inner zlc and ovtcharov innerforce alc seem to have other gears...

So I recently started experimenting with inner carbon again. And I am bit confused. I started trying inner carbon blades recently with franziska inner zlc and ovtcharov innerforce alc and I got really confused. Both blades (I don't know how Butterfly does it) feel very dead at low speed, like...

That means he goes through a set of rubber every week? He talked about changing his rubbers, during this playing days, every 2 weeks. So that means there are 52 weeks a year so he needs 26 sets of rubber per year. Yeah, he does not need 100 sets of rubbers a year. And I agree with him as well...

@Heming Hu just released a video last night and I watched it. I hope he comes back to the forum at some point! A few things and see if we can lead to some discussion: 1) He actually mentioned that with his last video, people said he sounded arrogant. Lol. I think I read the thread here. Some...

I am going old school. He Zhili, also known by her married name Chire Koyama, moved to Japan from China after refusing to throw matches. She eventually beat Deng Yaping in the 1994 Asian Games to win women's single title for Japan. I am sure CNT was very very pissed... Chen Jing failed to make...

$45 dollar per sheet of rubber? Or $45 dollar for two sheets? I would recommend Xiom Vega Pro on your forehand side with Xiom Vega Japan/Korea/Asia on your backhand side. It fits with light or medium weight rubber. Forehand is 2-3 degree harder than backhand. Xiom Vega Pro was considered as a...

Ox. I have tried long pips before. It is nice to have the sponge but ox feels both controllable and yet if you need to hit the ball fast, you can hit through the pips and use the wood/carbon to help you with speed. If you want to try long pips, I would start with ox. With no sponge, I feel that...

Thank you for your feedback. Let me talk out loud a bit. I use hurricane on the forehand of an outer carbon blade so I understand what it means that a rubber has "multiple gears." With hurricane, I can drop the ball short with control and then I can loop drive hard to activate the sponge...

US Open is, what its name implies, open to every single person. You can fly in from Japan or Germany and participate if you want to. If you don't have an USATT ratings, you can enter any events you want; I am just not sure if you are deemed over-rated for that rating event, you might not be able...

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I played in a tournament a couple weeks ago so I am back to experimenting with the equipment a bit. I have had Franziska Innerforce ZLC for a while but never got into it. Over the weekend, a light bulb lit up in my head; I decided to change the BH rubber from Xiom Vega Japan (soft ESN) to...

In general, the blue sponge feels "harder" than the orange sponge. If you are afraid of boosting the rubber and make it too soft, I guess you should go with blue sponge. And if you don't plan to boost, I still recommend blue sponge for one simple reason: blue sponge's top sheet is tackier. As...

A few comments and a couple questions. I have been watching a few random matches here and there. It is good to see Xu Xin back at the table! He is so much fun to watch! Compared to the younger players, it does look like Xu Xin's style of playing is more old school: further away from the table...

I am going to write a short post based on what I have read on this page. I oddly find Rozena to be faster and stiffer than C-1. Is the difference that big? No, I can adapt to either of them on my backhand after I play with it for about an hour. I agree that Rakza X is faster and stiffer than...

I agree. If someone wants Butterfly rubber, then buy Butterfly rubber. You cannot duplicate that. For my backhand, I have used C-1 for the past 3 months and it is falling apart. So I am debating if I should change that C-1 to another C-1 or go back to trying Acuda S2. In that period of time...

This is a long post and I have said a few of these things before. Do you have a coach who is explaining to you how he is building your loop along the way? I learned looping in the 38mm ball era. My Chinese coach started me learning how to loop no spin ball, on the way own, standing a bit...

You should use both loops. Use slow spinny loops when you are out of position because it is very hard to do a "full stroke" especially with Chinese rubber on your forehand side. When the ball comes into your comfort/strike zone because you are constantly moving with your feet and you are in...

I think CNT version is just basically Golden Viscaria. You should play with whatever blade that suits you.