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Since I keep a pretty detailed training log, I can tell you that I've put in about 16 hours of table time since starting this thread (6 hours of coaching, and 10 hours playing against club players and friends). So that's about 4 hours per week. I didn't count the time that I've been at home...

Thanks for providing your thoughts. The fact that you have a lot of knowledge about the industry and yet the WTT hosting decisions are unfathomable even to you is a huge cause for concern. The voting between Durban and Dusseldorf seems shocking to me. I've seen a few Bundesliga matches in...

Some other matches to check out. Gauzy vs Eduard Ionescu (Day 2, Table 1, Session 2) - This U19 Ionescu kid is hyper aggressive and powerful player. Something Gauzy couldn't handle so he had to reach into his bag of tricks and play off speed and more deceptive shots. Dang Qiu vs Vitor Ishiy...

I wouldn't feel bad for Butterfly. Their marketing is so effective that it has most in the TT community believing that a $75 all-wood starter blade is a 'value' option. Whatever they lose out now they'll make back many times over in a few years when OP is unable to resist buying their latest...

Yeah I'm torn on this. I'm happy that the WTTC is in Africa. And I'm happy that Tony and his kids got to go to this one. But I have to agree that WTTC should be in countries that are better for building TT as a sport. I saw some of the South African wild card players and it was truly...

I'd recommend not buying a Primorac. It's listed as OFF-, it's actually an ALL/ALL+ with the new ball. So you'll be paying $75 for a slow blade that will require you to buy expensive tensor rubber in the future to speed up your setup. Given that you like the value of CJ8000, I'm assuming this is...

One month update: It's been a little over a month since I've started focusing on improving the recovery/bounce step and I'm very happy with the results so far. Here is a video of me doing a random FH/BH drill on April 10. A few things to note: 1. My feet are mostly very planted and...

Pitfchford/Geraldo was a very close and intense match featuring a lot of good long rallies. Worth watching. You can find it on Day 2, Table 4, Session 1.

For all you Japanophiles, the women team are being featured on Table 2 Session 1 today. Nagasaki, then Hirano, then Hayata, then Ito.

Just popping in here to say that Jian Zeng from Singapore looks exactly like Ma Long but female. It's actually quite uncanny.

American sports audiences enjoy their stats. For baseball fans, we are keenly aware of the popular pitchers who throw 100+ mph fastballs. Technology exists to show how much drop there is in a curveball pitch and its flight path. This has helped a lot of casual fans understand the complexity of...

For those that love the red/white/blue handle design but don't want to shell out $150+ for it: Sanwei came out with something shockingly similar in 2017. Sanwei A9.

Thanks for not taking any offense and being thorough about answering my questions. To be honest, for the amount of time I spend practicing and thinking about TT, a couple hundred bucks here and there on equipment feels like a small amount of money. But training in Vietnam made me realize that...

Not trying to be argumentative here, but why are you suggesting a $150 setup to a beginner? Also, why are you suggesting the Falcima specifically? As far as I'm aware, you dont actually play with one and the only forum member here that actually did put in time with one here abandoned it for a...

Tbh, at this beginner level, the setup probably doesn't matter too much as long as it's comfortable and you get a lot of feedback from it. For me, feedback means being able to feel the ball on the blade/rubber, and a combination that rewards good shots and allows you to make full body strokes...

That's great that you've tried all 3. Sounds like you're a bit of a 7 ply connoisseur. I'm pretty committed to my Fextras for a good while, but since the Chinese 7 plies are so cheap, what would be other models to try or upgrade to? PD 537 is like Barwell at a fraction of the price and looks...

I don't ever blame my racket for losing. But I will stare angrily at it when I miss a shot.

I always shake my head when I see that H3's top end speed is 5.5 on that comparison table.

Wow this is an incredible example of textbook recovery after each shot. It's apparent that Liu has ingrained the mindset that every shot she hits will be returned and the recovery is built into every stroke. This is especially apparent around 0:39 when she hits what most people would think would...

I think I got it from Playa Ping Pong Store. It's called "Pro Fextra V" and was a special version made for that distributor. It's a bit limited in supply so I had trouble finding one less than 85g. I asked for the lightest one and they gave me 87g one. The blue version has a slightly thicker...