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  1. Best glue for easy removal from rubber

    Problem with easy-to-remove-glues is that the rubber is easily removed...
  2. Banish long pips

    The biggest misconception is that if you practice more against pips you will enjoy table tennis more. It will only make your training sessions less fun.
  3. Proposal for serve rule change in doubles

    Or like other racquet sports - first right, then left.
  4. New Butterfly rubber ratings

    I'd say that a big portion of this is marketing. Numbers fit Butterfly's strategy. They have changed over the years...
  5. Banish long pips

    Thanks! One could always have a pips-only-class as well. We can't have discrimination! :)
  6. Banish long pips

    There could be non-pips-class/division in some tournaments. Just like there are other kinds of divisions (age, gender, rating...). No need to completely ban but I think many would appreciate that. For practice sessions it is a bit harder. You can't just ignore playing club- and team-mates with...
  7. Banish long pips

    This discussion again. It is not about winning or losing, it is about the joy. Playing an opponent like the one described isn't particularly fun even if you win. Perhaps a ban is too much, but it would be nice with non-pips-tournaments.
  8. Unboxing new Yinhe blade : Yinhe Pro-01

    Gravediggin' a bit. Sorry for that. How is the handle size of the Yinhe 01-Pro compared to Viscaria? I would really like a Viscaria with bigger handle. Suspect that this is not the case but it can't hurt to ask! :)
  9. Is 2.1 to 1.9 thickness noticeable?

    Dare try 1.7. It is a lot less different than most people think. Tenergies will be lighter than most modern rubbers.
  10. Anton Kallberg and his viscaria special

    Källbergs handle looks longer than most also. Might just be an illusion though.
  11. SQST squared straight handle

    And widths of hands and length of fingers!
  12. SQST squared straight handle

    It is quite thin from the start and that would make it even thinner though.
  13. Light BH rubber

    Butterfly rubbers. Lighter rubbers, lighter wallet.
  14. Anders Lind discussing illegal serves

    Not at all. But the most common way of serving would be forbidden, that's correct. TT would benefit from this on all levels. But for the professionals, who never really have any problems receiving serves it wouldn't be such a big thing. For the rest of us the game would be even more fun, more...
  15. Anders Lind discussing illegal serves

    Great video. Apart from what he said we must keep in mind that 99,9% of all games are not pro games. So it is even harder to follow the rules where you only have one (or no!) umpire and the umpire most of the time has no formal training. Change the rules to "the whole body of the server must...
  16. T19 or D64/80 as a BH?

    Aren't all Tenergies faster than all Dignics-rubbers unless you hit really hard? On the BH side I suspect a lot of people also have easier to open up the game with a T19 than Dignics. Bouncier short-game though.
  17. Reached EJ Enlightenment

    The point of EJ-ing is fun though. There is a perception of getting better at table tennis but ultimatly it comes down to having fun trying new stuff!
  18. Dignics 80 and Tenergy 05 alternatives

    This. Even if the playing characteristics are similar of a certain rubber the over all feel and timing on a significantly heavier setup will be different and take time to get used to.
  19. How were pendulum serves returned, before the backhand Flip was more established?

    It is only a problem if it is hard to read whether it is sidespin-underspin or sidespin-topspin. And if it is topspin it is very hard to "push with quality".
  20. Why it is hard for umpires to call hidden serves

    But only like 0.3% of all table tennis matches have more than one umpire. It is impossible for a single umpire to see the ball when the most common way of serving in table tennis is done with the back against the umpire. Also, I do not think that we really want a sort of "whining culture"...
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