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The players Dima needs to beat are the ones he didn't/doesn't play at the T2 APAC and ECL. This has been largely the case at many tournaments for years now, only obscured by a few choke jobs at Olympics and WTTCs.

Not 100% aggression, but to increase the level of your 60-70% shots so that to a lower player, they look like 100% aggression. Consistency without power is not enough, as you said, the Chinese train to increase the power and don't make consistency an absolute. Nowadays, spin that bothers your...

Yes, but it is because your "much power" is not produced consistently. The way I like to describe it is: 1. If the ball is low or tricky, meaning you need time and consistency, spin it up. 2. If the ball is high or easy, drive it. 3. With practice, you want to make more balls go from...

So I am playing with Koto ALC for the first time and trying to somewhat imitate my favorite player, Timo Boll, only of course with a straighter arm technique and a lack of footwork :D. It has been an interesting process. For me, the biggest appeal of Vega Pro is the price. To be able to find...

My own position is simple - if you can hit a powerful topspin with consistent technique and place it in the middle of the table to receive a consistent block (which is something usually only 2300+ players can do and I really mean 2500+), then go ahead. Most people under 2300 looping with power...

Depends on whether there is a rule in the draw that places them on opposite sides if they both win their groups. There often is in ITTF events that limit countries to two participants.

You could say the same for the Olympics so such arguments are really pointless. World Cups are on an average basis tougher to win that ITTF tournaments. Let's not let the whole national team dominance issue warp this. We have Grand tour finals and WTTC champs for that.

There is variation amongst individual blades, but that said, many player think a Boll Spirit is softer than a Boll ALC partly because it doesn't have the surface treatment that the ALC has. In the Butterfly catalog, the playing characteristics of the Spirit, Viscaria, Boll ALC, ZJK ALC and...

Comparing a blade to a Timo Boll Spirit is not that different from comparing the blade to a Viscaria and Dan does that a lot in the review.

A pity Carl didn't read you the riot act but he is probably busy these days. It is worth experiencing and fighting a little with the slower speed of all wood blades until you know how a good offensive stroke should feel. It's hard to learn that feeling with a fast blade because all the strokes...

Can't wait for the competition. I am guessing Dan got 2 pts... This review may be the only time Freitas uses his blade as long as his trust Maze is still operational.

If you like tack that much, there are ways of prolonging it especially by using plastic sheets. The impression I got talking to people who worked with advanced users of tacky rubbers was that you weren't supposed to prolong it excessively but I am fairly sure everyone has their own relative...

Because LGY won the Asian Cup, which is the continental qualifier. Since China already had the World Champion, the only way FZD goes is if Ma Long withdraws. He is the automatic replacement if that happens since he came second in the Asian Cup.

I thought LGY got revenge at the Asian Cup or the last ITTF event already.

He got the ITTF's wildcard. I was probably thinking about the host's selection. But it is interesting that the ITTF went that route - I guess the country limits may have played a factor.

I tried the long 5. The problem is that the head is too big for what I am trying to do and it feels too soft as limba is too dwelly. Of course given I used d welly stuff for a long time, this is silly but I mean it. The bigger head is the real issue - I want something that lets me get more...

So I have switched to ALC blades. What has surprised me is how much more control I have on offensive shots than I Thought I would. In fact, I think that with the plastic ball, I am more convinced that if you have heavy spin shots, convert the spin to power. In any case, so far the choice to...

Kanak Jha won the North American Cup as David Powell won the Oceania Cup as Tsuboi won the Latin American Cup as Aruna won the African Cup. Harimoto did not play the Asian Cup where Mizutani and Niwa played and while he could have gotten a special invite, I suspect the Belgians gave that to...

IF the spin is missing, your hand is too tight and you are not doing any whippy wrist work. But just post video - these things are easy to fix when there is video but are usually a waste of time when there isn't. You might be getting good speed but because you are refusing to change your...

Let's try again. No one is saying that Ding Ning's 3300 and Ma Long's 3300 are the same since the ratings are in different systems. Everyone has said that women are generally weaker than men in sports, but that if the men and women play each other in the same system and get wins and losses in...