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My passive play is odd, I slow the ball down a lot which confuses people as it's still a topspin stroke with a good amount of spin. players often tend to be too far off the table and end up reaching ahead of themselves in an attempt to get keep up some form of aggression against my passive...

the lower number on there is actually more control, that's correct. Well a benefit to having the high number for them is "woah look how high this is on the spectrum! totally worth the 200$" Newer blades with carbon tend to have less vibration but they're also more expensive. For butterfly...

Yea, it can be frustrating. It comes down to, should I just play more to get better touch and be more consistent with my shots? Or should I add in more fitness on the side so I can play a stronger game. When you're never going to be a professional or sponsored and your life goal is 2000USATT...

Vibration and control are pretty similar. Just imagine more vibration = more control. As you can feel the ball dig into your blade with more vibrations, you can get direct feedback to how much more you need to close your paddle or open it if you misread their spin. If your angle and stroke are...

I find, the better your stroke and technique without footwork gets, the footwork comes more and more naturally. You'll start to move better so you can get in position and actually go through the ball with your stroke rather than poking at it and changing the angle of your paddle. For me, I...

Yea, I was organizing a chart for a website because with butterfly's products they changed a bit and were using that table. I didn't know what to do with control section and the websites owner also was thrown off. We just threw the vibration information into the control part. Each line on the...

I actually have a friend sell mine for me over on mytabletennis.net Yea they sell for that price pretty easily, on first day he put it up he had 7 offers

Here's the thing, I've tried a few viscarias and tbs's, I've had some old tag of both (no serial but not 1st gen, 2nd). My worst of the viscaria blades was actually an old tag one, it was mushy and NOT crisp. Maybe the older ones tend to be better because of the wood being older on them, but I'm...

The problem is that people are finding problems with your comments and advice. That's why video of you would be good. If we see that your strokes have good form we'd know there was something lost in the way we were interpreting what you say. But what you do, is occasionally post things that...

I found it interesting that you often don't end your forehand stroke at the fore-head, and instead end your stroke under your chin a bit or around chin height. I don't know if this is incorrect to end your stroke there or not but the way my coach teaches stroke's, it wouldn't be possible to end...

viscaria is the same as TBS in terms of plies though, so if tbs feels too soft, the viscaria likely would too.

You see, if the European teams had superior equipment but were still getting recked by the chinese, I don't see the chinese complaining about their equipment. Dima and Timo both say the chinese rubber is better but how can we take their word on this? Maybe the chinese are just so much better...

The thing is the chinese weren't trying to market their equipment in a way that makes it seem like the commercial version is the same. They changed the color of the sponge even to make it look different. are you mad at them for not just saying "this is a mystery rubber"?

Correct. People can say something but they didn't do anything wrong.

If your country spends a lot of time investing in the creation of a rubber, I believe that country gets to decide what they do with the rubber. They can share it for profit or keep it to themselves for an advantage. Look at when the japanese were the first to use sponge on their raquets. All...

I actually disagree with Carl on recommended weight. Yes a heavier blade will technically give you more stability and force behind your strokes. But for me, it's not worth it. I'm not in the greatest physical shape (pretty lanky), and adding another 5-10 grams that you'll be lifting for 1000...

How heavy is the blade you're using?

Wow. I see so much similarity in our forehands. lots of similar issues but the body transfer looks good. Is your backhand flick strong because of your grip?

Best of luck! If you get a sponsorship, I expect a follow up on this thread letting us know!

Can't believe how much time I put into arguing on this thread. You, TTFrenzy, are a champion best of luck with future endeavours. I'm leaving this one.