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But no one said the purpose of ranking is for seeding. It is one purpose of ranking but not the only one. Sometimes, ranking just measures performance in certain events over a period.

No major sport or tour does it this way for the obvious reason that it devalues the tour. When someone can remain inactive for a year and still maintain their seeding/ranking, it has its own issues as well. There is no reason he can't be asked to earn back his ranking. Even in prior years...

Yes, I Was wondering when this would come up. The ITTF tour has to undergo major changes to support this new ranking system and the ranking system may need to be tweaked with time as well.

It should be tied to recent player performance in the ranking system. Djokovic may or may not be a top 10 player but since he has not played, he doesn't deserve the ranking. Ding Ning has not played enough to deserve the ranking.

The people complaining don't want to give the new ranking a chance. I am not complaining - I don't believe ranking should necessarily tie to player strength.

Because using their points for seeding makes the loss of ranking inconsequential.

It's a natural consequence of not getting early training in rotating the shoulders when powering a forehand. Regardless, anyone serious about their table tennis should spend extended time mastering close to the table play as you need it against the pips and deadball players. The problem of...

For what it's worth, serve return was one of the worst aspects of my game and in some ways, it is generally below my overall playing level even now. I tend to only be able to play someone if they have basic serves or their serves are mostly the same spin (and in that case, mostly backspin). I...

In an ELO system, all that matters is your strength is measured by who you play against. So if a 12 year old plays anyone in any event, his strength is measured. In the tennis system, all that matters is how many ranking points you have accumulated. So even if you are playing level wise the...

Gergely is a good looping blade, hinoki outer ply,anything you use on it is fine.

If the rubbers play well, ignore it. If not, reglue.

In practice, spin blocks can be extremely annoying if you need to do drills and warm up rapidly. Credit to Ilia and the penholder is they want to become better practice partners for each other.

Sounds like a $10 increase. London Bridge is falling down, my dear Andy!

Come on Buddy. $31 or $6 more is not the Apocalypse.

Golden Tango is relatively cheap at TTnpp.com. Not sure why pro will be that much more expensive.

LGY doesn't have overwhelming power and benefits from facing CNT power regularly. FZD has overwhelming power and will do very well against most players who don't see it on a regular basis.

Carl, Rainneverever, Please you are both valuable forum members speaking past each other. Any chance for a truce?

All Chinese rubbers have QC problems in my limited experience with them - it's not necessarily that the rubber will not play Well, but that you are not always confident it will play like the last sheet did or that they didn't mess up the sponge hardness or that a sheet won't bubble etc. That...

I doubt we are entirely in agreement when you post advice that I have never heard a good coach recommend and consider it level appropriate for a player who I am fairly sure is below my playing level. Wanting to maintain privacy is fine but it makes no sense to be so quick to offer advice to...

Understood. I think in general that giving TT advice needs a certain level of experience and lots of things people say should take into account the level of the person they are giving advice too. Too often, I have read many internet experts give lots of advice without being willing to share...