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Mmmm, Indeed, it looks like the ELO calculation: ELO-rating. Thank you very much for your explanation. About above 2200-player. I am very disappointed in his ability. He does not give any signal of his level of what he should perform according to his ranking. If I compare our best player...

Best club in your city? Really? When I see your writing ie your club can't exactly be called a good example. Every self-respecting club has one or more trainers and should offer training to starting and/or youth players. If I were you, I would speak to one of the directors or look out for...

I have no idea about the grading system in America or Canada but how should I read/understand a 2200 level? I suppose they are not comparable to ELO points?

Use your thumb, dry. If it goes really hard, dab your thumb in acetone each time and rub it over the glue until it is dry. Normally, the glue should "roll up".

I played for a while with Rakza Z (FH) and Rakza 7 soft (BH) on an Andro TP_Ligna CI. Both are really very good rubbers with the properties described above. Still, we went back to our old compound. In my opinion, two underrated rubbers, namely: on my FH a Gewo Hype XT Pro (for grip > spin and...

I think it has to be mostly a combination of everything you list above. Combine that with innate talent and there is a future in you (overall). Otherwise, it will be hard, very hard work.

I don't think so. We trained with wristbands a lot between the '75s > '85s. The only purpose was to generate speed when we played without wristbands, not to create more power. In those days, strength was of secondary importance, that only came much later.

I tried to watch the match via the horrible live stream. Shame on WTT! Let me clarify, I am neither anti Harimoto nor at all pro Tomokazu. What that boy has achieved at a very young age is phenomenal, meanwhile he has stagnated a bit and even had a much lesser period. As far as I can see, he...

I think there is/was a problem with the light or at least the lighting during this match anyway otherwise you would not see a shadow player on the table. There is little a camera position or setting can do to change that. If a player stands at the same angle opposite the light angle as the...

:oops: against two oponents?

What incredibly bad light in that playroom.:oops: It's as if they had to play against ghosts. What an amateurish state of affairs. Shame on the organisers.

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I am always curious to know how much pressure you compress the wood with and with which device. I also suppose that when you put more or less pressure on your wood it affects the characteristics of the blade.

about insoles

Doesn't matter. Was also not specifically in response to you but in general. It was about proposals and/or adjustments to regulations (nets, balls, rubbers, playing surface, etc.... I already described my proposal above, for the moment countless illegal services are given in my opinion every...

Yes indeed, which is why my last sentence. A lot is allowed these days. Even throwing 20m with your wood is only penalised with a yellow cardboard.

Lol, maybe they can start banning or at least regulating serving next to/upside the table. When I see Lim Jong Hoon (and there are a few more like that) pretty much standing with their body next to the table and as a result, in 90% of them serve their services above/over the table and take...

I don't think he will ever make it to a top 5 or even top 10 within the CNT. I also see some (regular) tactical errors by Watanabe.

I cannot think of any advantage to this kind of grip. It occurs to me that she would actually be better switching to handshake instead to pen grip but neither will happen. In any case, I don't see any big leaps forward in the near future for her.

It has never been fun but it has been a challenge every time.