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really interesting point here, haven't heard players say I don't have much topspin too often. And they do this same stuff against high level players we have. One of which that comes to mind is an older gentleman by the name of Parvis, who's right now I think 2350ish +/-100. He also doesn't loop...

agreed, this was mostly for the sake of explaining the rubber recommendation though. glad you pointed this out though, wouldn't want people to take my words here and live by them.

FIRSTLY THIS IS ONLY SPEAKING OF TRADITIONAL PENHOLD. NO RPB You told me everyone has a switchover point but after today, I played almost exclusively penholders trying to improve against them. I think you may have misinterpreted what I meant. And I would love for you to try and clarify again if...

If you're a developing player I wouldn't recommend a slow rubber, or for that even a slow blade. I do however, recommend a blade that feels good in your hand and has good vibration. (please no rocket launchers). For a rubber where you want to develop your technique and improve I recommend...

Second weakness I thought of posted.

I'd love to see JP if someone has video of him, Unfortunately since I'm not east coast I've never had the chance to meet such a player. This next year I'll be traveling quite a bit, florida in june, if anyone would like to meet up and hit :)

The majority of advice I've gotten from you all against how to approach penholders has been great, I'll be testing quite a bit of it tomorrow night. Thanks for all the help! Especially to TTmonster, ndh, carl, vvk1,and nextlevel I'll be bumping this thread every week or so when I have questions...

Could be very true, especially after the outrage china had toward the comments about how they may change the rules for testing again. If they make the rubbers more readily available the chinese could still play the same way they have.

The "pull them out of the bh corner and then place it there" sounds most helpful, I tend to just go straight for the backhand against them assuming it's weaker but that was clearly the wrong mindset. Now you say that they DO have a switchover point? Is there a way you can explain this because...

I decided to click view post, knowing that your posts were going to be some nonsense that didn't relate to my actual issues and now I feel the need to comment on them. (I hate my ego for not being able to just ignore you.) I obviously don't think playing a style is stupid or un-fun and don't...

Yes, out of the many high leveled penholders we have none of them spin. And the only ones with rpb have long pips on them. The thing is, also all these high level penholders were self taught and have quite a bit of funk on their strokes. It's just sad that this funk is never topspin. So I was...

even have a choice of red... lol

Had lots of non-sanctioned tournaments nearby. I actually won the U1800 of one of them about a year ago. But for sanctioned tournaments the closest one we've had since I started playing is approximately a 3.5 hour drive away. Just never felt it was worth it at the time. My game had too many...

mustn't have read the thread thoroughly, I understand, it's big. Sanctioned tournament on april 14th

There are LOTS of ways to scam through ebay. make sure you understand exactly how ebay works and all their rules before making a purchase. You never know if a player posted an older picture of a blade in better quality, and then when you recieve it they could just say "that's not how I sent it"...

lots of ways to scam through ebay. Why not just post a for sale thread here and if someone buys it close the ebay sale?

Can't be that good, I bet he doesn't even use a viscaria

Who's zhang jike? is he a new player? he looks like he wears china clothes

Please scroll down to the blue section called weaknesses to help me and give me some advice for this situation. P.S. I'll be updating this thread on a moderately regular basis. once I get my camera I'll have a video up and probably change it weekly or something like that. The main purpose...

Making this thread for advice and general things I've noticed in my short lived table tennis career What to expect from this thread? Video's (within about a month) Strategies Questions about gameplay Strengths and weaknesses General Discussion Advice Table Tennis Background I first...