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They are forced to switch - sometimes, players switch handles so they can use blades they like while keeping their sponsorship requirements intact. Any exceptions are in the contract - it isn't about your playing level. Many players go to a different sponsor and use equipment they may not love...

I think you are oversimplifying the issue - it always depends on what they negotiate in their contract.

It helps me place your statements in context. My point is that nothing you are talking about requires an understanding of textbook physics. Carl didn't get training in physics, he got training in how to use the body better. When I coach I am trying to tell people how to get more from using...

I hate to ask this but what is your TT playing level? And have you actually coached players before? I was talking to an international coach recently and asked him what I should do if I play the ball to someone on the backhand and I can't go to the forehand but I need to generate errors. He...

I think you are granting too much even here. Most of the information that you need about using equipment is gained by practicing with it. No one has equations that let's us know what equipment is best suited for them to play their best. And in fact, some people may play better with equipment...

I am not clear on how your response differs materially from anything that has been written. The problem you seem focused on is how to evaluate equipment suitability before you can test/use/buy it. This is not the same thing as whether knowledge of physics makes you a better TT player or...

This is interesting. What result from physics did pathfinder pro find specifically that helped your table tennis? Same with JRSDallas. Thanks.

Yeah. Until you cheat again...

What you are calling physics may or may not be the physics you learn in school. You are likely calling a lot of things physics that have little to do with a formal study of the subject. What Brokenball means is the kind of physics that engineers use not elements of physical fitness or...

Agreed - higher level players usually know a few things about their equipment that leads them to believe it works for them. But that is not the same thing as their claiming to be experts about how equipment affects their game. That said, this still exists...

Oh I know it is not necessarily rude or dismissive. The problem is that people use it to argue that I am being elitist when the truth is that I started playing serious table tennis about 9 years ago and went from USATT 500-600 to USATT 2000-2100 in about 4 years and have been working on my...

Yes and this is why I usually like to know the level of the player I am talking to when discussing these issues. It can sound rude or dismissive, but it can be important to get a rough idea of what one is up against when discussing an issue. I don't know any serious player who thinks an...

I don't know if it is so much about better for a player than about being unable to change habits formed as a child that got you to a high level. Other than that we likely agree. The thing is that the Chinese approach to me leads to the ability to deliver a wider range of shots than the top...

I don't think most players bring their backswing back straight arm, even the top Chinese players. Like I said it is a topic that I would like to discuss but it has a lot of nuance and being a lower level player, I am only saying what I see and may miss a lot of nuance. And I will state a lot...

It is easy to talk about in the abstract but if we put Fan Zhendong and Timo Boll side by side on video looping to a block, we can get a better idea of what it means. Nigerians also do straight arm loops with intense forearm snap and of course my biase leads me to believe it is ultimately a...

I don't agree, but the discussion is nuanced. Obviously, Timo Boll is one of the best players in the world, so it is all relative. But I do think that most Europeans are limited in the technical options they can bring to a ball when they need to put it away. Usually, the Koreans and Chinese...

You mean that you served illegally a lot in the past (not just once - I gotta get the interpretation right) and now that you are reformed, you want people to follow your lead? You played people who may have served illegally while serving illegally and got sanctimonious because you were bothered...

It is the point and we know your conscience is clear. The problem is that if you are serving illegal serves it shouldn't be. Trying is intent, action is actuality. It just shows how willing you are to set one standard for yourself and another for your opponents. You should review the points...

I think your attitude may be part of the problem. No one serves illegally in just one or two matches. Serves are habits. If you served like this in one match, you were likely serving like this in many matches over the same period. How long the period was may be tied to how long you used...

Ah, the camera angles make these serves look worse... that must be it! The rules don't have legality scales - a serve is either a fault or it isn't. The strength of a serve is irrelevant to the rules - I remember playing a guy who couldn't serve with spin but hid every serve - that didn't...