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He is either a bot or a religious advertiser of his return board product. If he is a bot, it is a decent design for sure, I think he might also have one at mytt. Be sure to share your conclusions to inform mytt moderation :D.

The *most* important thing is to get a good coach/mentor. As you can see, DerEchte needed Bogeyhunter. I was lucky to have coaches and mentors in my table tennis club who never charged me a lot and often nothing at all. In fact, the player I play the most like now is a player that never...

Or he might need a 5 ply with a harder outer ply. Both are reasonable possibilities depending on what he prioritizes.

Low throw blade with feeling is a tough one, you probably need a harder outer ply on a blade that is relatively thin or has fewer plies, which is what the rosewood would have given you, or conversely, something like the clipper with more plies, in which case, the softness of the outer ply...

The more you use the legs, the more anything becomes a tiring, athletic activity. But the legs are also extremely resilient if fueled and trained well. So you have to manage your electrolytes and fuel more aggressively.

Can you push with sidespin?

The last Cpen guy I played who drove me nuts was a Korean with boosted Hurricane 3 forehand, Hellfire OX backhand on a Cybershape Carbon - he would just chop block everything and loop kill or hit with the pips after twiddling (yes, he chop blocked with the Hurricane inverted, it created an...

One more thing that is obvious - you serve, then you jump into position after the serve is over. This is too slow - the serve has to be while moving into ready position, or be done in ready position or else you will struggle to handle fast returns or returns that require you to move after...

South Jersey means you are close to Philly so Trolley is an option. So is Princeton. Going to Lily Yip (or even Princeton) regularly is definitely too far away. But if you really want yo improve, you need to find a way to get to play away from the home club somewhere like Lily Yip at least...

Do you have a coach? While it costs money, taking coaching even once a month as long as you record your lessons is very helpful. Table tennis (at least the modern all-round attacking style) has developed specific movements and preparations to make your movement and strokes efficient. What you...

G1 has the Tenergy 05 short pimple configuration. It is designed to give relatively high arc. The arc you actually get on your strokes is a matter of technique amongst other things, everyone does this a bit differently.

So I am going to record the new playing style and footwork. It is going to take some practice, definitely more physically demanding in some ways but easier In others. My third ball over the table is more aggressive. But basically the main thing the elbow close to the body does is force me to...

Depends on the opponent though. To be honest, the rankings have held up fairly well, it is the dramatic presentation that can be misleading sometimes. Pocket Rocket has also played out of his mind and made the matches closer than they might have been. It's great to see drama but I care more...

Pretty much. I think if you are aggressive with your use of the lower body, the elbow away from the body model on forward swings is probably the way to go. But for me, I am trying to manage arthritis while still playing athletically. Elbow close to the body is one of the things I feel will...

So I have a new technical model now: Damien Provost. or at least how I imagine his game. I am not a lefty but I like the way he keeps his elbows close so that his rotation consistently generates power without excessive knee bend. Will play out of this model for the next few months and see how...

The most important thing in my experience is to put two layers on rubber, one on blade, and to let the glue dry on both and then put the rubber on before cutting. This gives the best adhesion. Scissors I have always used, people who use razor blades I admire I think. I don't have that in me...

Rubber changing and setup management is only an elaborate science if you make it so. As long as the glue job isn't terrible (not a good adhesion to blade), I can roll with even an aerosol can if necessary. Or nothing at all sometimes. I am just not good enough a player that these things make a...

The more spin you generate, the more practice against long pips you require to loop twice. But there are a few variables, probably the biggest one is how short the pips blocker can keep the ball and how well you can push, because looping twice or more, if they keep the ball short, the push is...

Sometimes the easy route to beating LP is to be able to loop twice. While they can turn heavy spin to heavy backspin, they often block it long too. It is a balancing act for sure.

Yes, as much as I love the Korbel, I think it is a bit outdated with the limba *and* the thickness, the Hadraw VK which was based on the Korbel Speed is a reasonable update, though a bit too thin, but the Koto outer ply is better for the ball rebound. I agree as you pointed out that 6.0mm...