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There's actually an illegal way to modify and 'boost' a pickleball paddle to give it more speed and trampoline effect, and that's known as "core crushing." Basically you compromise the honeycomb lattice support in the core of the paddle so that it becomes overall more elastic and less rigid...

The biggest advantages to pickleball is the low barrier to entry and the social aspect. Almost everyone plays doubles and the ball is predictable and slow enough where the rally almost always gets past the serve and return phase. For me, the biggest difference is that I don't have to deal with...

I've had these epiphanies quite a few times. Then came back to the club a few days later to find that my body had forgotten how to execute the technique again (usually FH loop) with the same secret sauce. It's important to know that you're capable of it thr first time though. Hopefully it...

So it's Miki House that's footing the bills for Honoka to appear here? Wonder what the internal politics of those decisions are like. They have been pushing Odo recently and Hashimoto has been sitting on the sideline. Would seeing more Hashimoto require Odo to underperform? Kinda sucks if that...

There really needs to be a push for more Hashimoto appearances in WTT. This event JNT got to send pretty much the whole squad over so we get to see her, but it's crazy that someone like her is being held in reserve for the most part. Out of all the great TT action, Hashimoto in WS and...

Amazing result for Hashimoto. Hayata has been strong vs choppers and looked like it was gonna remain the case but Hashimoto found a way to turn it around for the huge comeback. Is the road open for her to take this title? Needs to get through Joo and then the winner of Diaz/DHK. Would...

I only started watching TT a few years ago. But it became obvious to me pretty quickly that there's almost nobody in the sport more respected, liked, and celebrated as a player and a person than Timo Boll. The man exudes class and good vibes. T-Mobile really dropped the ball not signing him as...

Amazing war between SYS and Miwa. Miwa ran out of steam there at the end but while still fresh SYS brought out the best out of her.

CXT with the slick tactics throwing in the slow ultra spinny balls and really breaking Hayata's rhythm. Feels like most points she got in 4th and 5th were mishits and outright misses from Hayata unable to adjust to the different pace. Having to spend her timeout well ahead in the 2nd game to...

The environment might have something to do with it. I don't know how often he's played in front of 60k people before but something like that might exacerbate already problematic tendencies.

The crowd at this Shenzen event is very interesting for a lot of reasons. For one, the WCQ and SYS support is on full display and it's both impressive and terrifying. I'm not sure I've ever seen such ardent cult-like support for any athlete in an individual sport in recent history. This is...

Mima completely wrecked SXY 3-0 with none of the sets being particularly close. Now I mentioned this is the best I've seen Mima play in years, but how much of this is due to the newer generation of KM and SXY not having enough table time with Mima clones? Kinda wonder about that. Also, this...

My guess is that still being a child, he has a harder time managing his emotions. Being very young in competitive sport is highly correlated with extreme inconsistency. This is especially pronounced in finer motor skill sports like TT.

There was one blistering big topspin rally at the end that Uda won to save the match. Can't ask for a better spot to have one of those.

Mima looked great out there with a real chance to beat a streaking KM there in the 4th game. Chop blocking like Koki Niwa, flying around the table smashing shots. Best I've seen her play in a long time!

Here's something I've been trying to figure out actually: How do you justify glued pieces of plywood costing significantly more than $35? Like, what goes into a Long 3 that's not in say a Sanwei Fextra that is worth the extra $200?

I'm also a Loki Arthur China advocate. Played with maybe 8 different FH rubbers and LAC is clearly the best for me so far. Helps that I haven't gotten a bad sheet yet *fingers crossed*

There's enough books online that will take your action (at least for more popular sports) where this becomes a non issue. More recently within the past few years people have begun to use exchanges where the website only takes a small fee for site usage but bettors make and take lines between...

Hey man, stuff like this taking it too far. I'm not one for stifling discussion but this really strays into personal attack territory. Coaching and mentoring relationships can be very close and meaningful so being offensive in this regard is like talking about someone's friends or family...

Yeah they were making a ruckus getting WCQ autographs or something during LJK's victory interview. There was a point where LJK kinda stopped and had to look over at them with a disappointed expression.