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Comparing pro level or full time players with the old guy (me) playing 3 times a week with a few tournaments a year is insane/irrelevant. Also saying coaching is the answer is also somewhat crazy-many of us have NO access to a coach-either due to finances or time or due to geography or all three.

We are all strongly convinced in whatever our opinion is.

Responses are all over the place on this thread. I will contradict a few of them: R7 is NOT a beginner rubber! Just putting H3 neo on both sides is terrible advice (unless you are a kid and have a full time Chinese coach) for 99% of people. IF you are playing a lot (3 or more days a week)...

Which (shipping costs) are significant:(

One statement I did not like is-Your rating doesn't lie. I disagree. You can improve greatly without a significant increase in rating, particularly at middle levels. Rating is based on wins and losses-not how well you play.

Pure and Clipper are 7 ply and should play more linear. Wood and All around classic 5 ply and have more kick with less linearity. Theoretically.

Common man, have a little sense of humor! Everyone can see what review for what it is. Plus we get a laugh out of it. I had a few of my reviews (which were absolutely legitimate) reported and dinged. I responded to whoever let me know. They thought I was just dogging the rubber, but certainly...

Are we talking table tennis rubber or pronouns?

Balsa blades do NOT chop well in my experience. Not true, off the table chopping.

Happens all the time. Kinda makes it fun for me.

I don't think this rule per se would hurt my pips, but I do think it would open the door to more rule changes, like elimination of "junk rubbers". I do agree it may slow the game down and allow longer rallies.

My sweet spot is 159-164 grams-I use thin sponge LP or LP OX on one side. No booster on my max inverted. But I frankly oppose a weight maximum or limit. I like variety. Also scared someone is gonna take my pips away!

One thing I think is overlooked is that EJing makes more sense for mixed rubber players. If I played double inverted I think there is MUCH less impetus to EJ. But as a LP player I am always looking for more control on my BH with good power on my FH-whether it is related to blade, LP rubber or...

NO ONE WILL TALK ABOUT EQUIPMENT AT MY CLUB!!!

You, sir, are my kind of table tennis player!!!!

DF VP was a nice rubber at first, but I tried to change blades with it and the sponge totally cracked. No booster, just light revolution speed glue. I can see it working if you have a fast carbon blade and don't change rubbers often.

Wow, that two face ALC blade really looks asymmetric! Have you found the holy grail for LP players??? I am tempted, even though I avoid balsa blades like the plague.

The hardest part of this thread is the implication that a "hitter" is not a proper style of table tennis. Of course it is different, but it is a traditional and respected (well at least by me) style. The second is the arbitrary separation of hitting from looping. Topspin is on a continuum. A...

The ball is important, that said there are SO MANY other variables (table, opponents equipment, opponents stroke, elevation, humidity, etc) that I am a firm believer in using a variety of balls to get used to variation. IMHO.

I use ASICS gel rocket in wide. Not ANY true table tennis shoe in EE or EEEE (my preference) that I know of.