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So the current agreement is that there is no friction test for pips in table tennis and that just like boosting, using pips baked in the sun or inverted rubbers worn to anti is not tested for and is practically legal?

So how are pips rubbers tested for friction limit in racket control?

No Butterfly alternatives I know of. I heard the Zhou Qihao Hyper ARY-c 90 from Joola is similar, but that's about it.

He said Australia lol. Just not very clearly.

Yoshimura just is more comfortable with pips and is more powerful than Levenko, his drives have tons of spin, it just isn't high spin to slow or moderate speed with arc, it is low arc, fast high spin drives. By the 3rd game, Nie figured out how to avoid more often the obvious placements that...

I think proof that the friction test is being applied widely is the question. We know they are tested for thickness, but how and when for friction is the question. There aren't many players using pips, but the fact that no one has failed a friction test calls into question how widely the test...

A "fiery" world champion ahem ahem....

If he felt that the pips were treated, that at least explains his behavior even if it doesn't justify it.

It's entirely human. And he might still believe he didn't really initiate the contact. Again, not saying he is a great guy or a terrible guy, just saying that this is common in sports, don't let the PR machines make you think that human nature is glossy because not all players show everything...

Players like Levenko, Pistej, Lind, Heming etc. all have their own personalities, table tennis is not played exclusively by angels. There isn't enough money in the sport for professional PR firms to sanitize it, so you will have to bear with these personalities as long as you watch the sport...

Where are the videos with his Cybershape? Really curious. They would have to precede the second half of 2021...

Yeah but what he means is rules related to using boosters and things like rubber friction coefficients. There are rules on these things, but is there a test for them?

Some research turned up this as well... it's clear he is not popular... Coton did not shake his hand at the end of the match...

In all seriousness, the rubber is likely treated to reduce friction but Levenko should just have figured it out but to be fair, better players than him (Rolland) also lost to that guy.

"This rubber is not correct" - I love that line lol. @Gozo Aruna probably does too lol.

Thats how you can tell he is trolling, he has no comments on his obvious lies and errors.

You haven't accepted or rejected the bet. Not responding explicitly within the next 24 hours will be taken as rejection. My conclusion is that Harimoto has improved, by how much I don't know, but I am willing to wager with some confidence that the historical record overstates the degree of...

And his no longer playing as much on clay - that part cannot be left out. If he had continued to play on clay, it would still have been bad for him.

Moral of the story - don't tell stories about things that people you are talking to actually lived through and followed. Chat GPT can only agree with them lol.