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Any more tips for budget backhand rubbers in the 15-20 bucks range? As I said I use the snipe and it works pretty well but in the last couple weeks I developed the ability to hit a pretty heavy spin backhand loop. Any tips for a not so expensive BH rubber that has decent control but more spin...

Now there is huge pressure on fan, without dima, xx and of course most importantly ma long he basically needs to win now.

Do you think it would be better to use RPB for everything on the BH and not use TBP at all except for pushes and short touch? Mal lin would mostly use TBP and only occasionally RBP but the younger guys use mostly RPB not just for topspin but also for flat drives and blocks. Which do you think...

Dima is also out, had an ankle surgery

What do you want it to do? What is your playstyle and what is your strengths and weaknesses on your BH? Do you want it for kinda straight blocking and counter driving?

I don't quite understand the effect of hardness. Generally it is softer sponge means easier control and harder one more power, right? Which one provides more spin (given equal rubbers otherwise)? ​​​​

Good answers. The interesting question is whether a player that focuses on RBP since he is small can get the same proficiency with backhand in all situations (banana flip, slow loop against backspin, power loop, counter loop close and away from table, straight counter drive..) as shakehand can...

This probably has been debated a lot but despite the advances in RPB technique there aren't many new penhold players. Obviously China went mostly shakehand since the mid to late 90s ​ because the one sided penhold attack got outplayed by the 2 winged topspin attack of the swedes and they needed...

Love waldner but MA long simply has won a lot more than waldner and also has lost a lot less big games. Waldner would have needed to beat Kong in 2000 to have a chance at the goat title. Also losing against Johnny huang in 1996 was a big lost opportunity for him, he could have won another...

Definitely great vids. I wonder what is the difference between the "topspin" in ep 2 (https://youtu.be/zmyzhzi1oZs) And the "drive" in ep 3 https://youtu.be/e3_9WDZkeAc ​​​​​​? What are They in European terminology? To me the video 3 looks like a bigger swing loop while 2 is more like a close...

Great. I use the ak47 red on the FH and like it too.Have you ever played the focus iii snipe on the BH? Wonder how it compares to the yellow ak47. Currently using the focus but not quite sure yet

Thanks for your answers. Btw I meant how often the server wins the point at all (whether after 1 or 15 strokes), not just straight aces. In tennis there are tons of stats about this, but didn't find anything in TT.

Are there any stats on how often the server wins the point at the world class level? Obviously this is dependent on how evenly matched they are and how good the serve is but I wonder if there are any stats on averages. What percentage of serve points is the server expected to win in an even...

Is he even still active? He isn't ranked very high anymore. I wonder why he did decline so much. I know he is 40 but he has been pretty bad the last 4-5 years now and others like Timo and vladi still did well at that age. Does defensive play age worse? But in his prime he was really great I...

Filius isn't in the team for Germany, Dang Qiu (German born but Chinese parents penhold player) got the last spot.

@Michael zhuang For a helpful tip that has practical use I like this drill in a video by ti long. go to about 2:20, the drill consists of throwing a half full water bottle forward and only slightly upward (think about only throwing upward slope like 10 degrees or so). This can help teaching the...

I think the closing of racket angle is actually a myth. I know top players feel that way (timo has talked about exactly what you describe) but if you watch for example ma long he does start his racket vertical (blue line) and then closes but he reaches the maximum closed position very early...

I'm surprised the difference is 20 kph, that is a huge difference

Best for Block is probably short pips:).

Looks really good in that Düsseldorf masters Series. At 23 yo he seems to have improved a lot, last Year he was one of the weaker bundesliga players but this series he has really dominated. https://youtu.be/8sGf-gLrLDI Obviously no Chinese players and also not all the top euro players either...