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Any paper written before 2017 tests a ball bn no longer in use. DHS had its first ABS ball out then and since then ABS balls have been the standard. There are subtle differences and I personally hate the Nittaku balls that are dominant in the US (I play better with just about every other ball as...

Heavy spin is still threatening but the athletic component is much higher and the spin build up is also requires more athleticism. Even speed has issues as well as the ball tends to slow down when it goes off the table, in a worse way if you use the traditional topspin arc so many balls sit if...

Tenergy 19 was after the Dignics era, 05H before . No free lunches unfortunately. I really liked Tenergy 19 because of thr tight arcs and high dwell. Not as explosive as T05 and not as quick a release for people who like that feeling, but the dwell time feels good and gives a feeling of more...

Nimes/Montpellier with the Lebruns definite can, even if they will need some breaks.

You really should try a softer and less sticky rubber like D80 or D05, not because it is necessary but because people underestimate the speed benefit. You do seem like the kind of person who might play best with D09c given your game, but again, these are all trade offs, and as you play better...

The power of D80 is that you can do everything and it has a relatively low trajectory vs the D05 which gives people less time when you drive even though the spin is not as heavy so there is a confidence limit. But if Mizutani could play with it, then the limit can't be that bad right? I'm...

Your anticipation of sitting balls, especially when returned on your serve, and your getting into position to kill them or place them to wide angles/into the elbow is slow. You probably also need to develop a kill shot for some of those balls. If you improve that, you can shorten a few points...

Yoshimura just won the 2026 Feeder in Instanbul.

The criteria I heard/read is that anything not filled by trials, top 3 ranked players and national champion is then filled by coaches(Strengthening Committee) selection. Since Miwa, Ito, Hayata, Mende filled top 3 + Trials, whatever is left is coaches(Strengthening Committee) selection...

Ito just took the spot that she was qualified for by World Ranking so only one of Nagasaki or Hashimoto could make the team. Would be interesting to know what determined the choice between Hashimoto and Nagasaki.

This is interesting because I thought for some reason that the Asian Table Tennis Champs had the same qualifier as the 2026 London WTTTC. Since Hina is playing, not sure it is smart for Odo not to play, but that said, if they are to stay consistent, it is very hard to find Japanese players with...

Flavien Coton, meet gravity...

Liu Jialiang is underrated everywhere lol.... SPOILER: He has the result to prove it as well lol...

Be conscious of your foot positioning when you train and when you play. Many players train forehand and backhand out of very different stances even when they are not very athletic, and don't remember that they are transitioning from one to the other when playing forehand vs backhand or...

The funny thing is that i play with players with the playing level you would think would make them appreciate the importance of standard warm up but they are older than i am so I don't bring it up so I don't want to be rude. They just smash my topspins and loop the ball all over the place. No...

I remember someone using this as an example of blades of pros not being used or sold to the public - soon this will be no longer:

I am familar with all those names. Bence beat Seyfried and yes, all those guys are better than Szantozi. Hopefully it pays off in a few years so it isn't all wasted!

I am seeing Bence Majoros playing Joe Seyfried now in Pro B final. I remember only Csabas and Szudi played with a junior (Szantozi). I am sure Bence could have helped the team tremendously.

The team dynamics between the men's teams and the women's teams are very different and I think the Group stage for 1A explains a lot. Japan could field the benched players on the women's team and still win the silver, even with risk. Doing that on the men's team given no real preliminary...

In China, the coaches have all achieved at least as much as the players, but in Japan, the players tend to have achieved more than the coaches. I feel as if unless they get a Chinese coach or Mizutani tries to get behind the bench, there is no serious solution. Even watching the JNT women get...