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  1. Would switching to a 5 ply wood blade help at this point?

    Raising these threads would be really interesting if any OP ever came back to say what they decided and how it worked out. But despite spending far too much time reading TT forums, I don't ever recall seeing that.
  2. Vertical vs horizontal short pips

    Moristo SP is vertical. Moristo SP AX is horizontal. Very big difference in play. AX makes more spin but also takes more spin. It plays kind of like an old-school inverted, sriver or mark v. Regular Moristo SP is slightly grippy but it hits through spin more like a typical SP.
  3. Could my equipment be hampering my consistency?

    Maybe your swing is the same from third vall vs backspin to 5th ball vs topspin or block, too vertical. You can drill vs multiball one push then one or two block or topspin to work on adjusting your swing to the incoming spin.
  4. SARS-CoV-2; CoVID-19; Coronavirus; Updates and Information

    Re re-opening the economy, is 100% mask adherence in public both necessary and sufficient? I don't really get the reliance on mass testing in the US at this late date. All tests have some rate of false negative (and false positive). 100% mask wearing has no false results. Obviously the...
  5. Sweet spot

    It sounds like sweet spot is being used to mean both a) how the contact feels to you b) affect on ball quality of speed and spin. If composite blades improve a but not b, then they could hinder development. Making bad shots feel.good is def not an unmixed blessing. If composites improve both...
  6. SARS-CoV-2; CoVID-19; Coronavirus; Updates and Information

    Not sure what population is meant in yoass post. ~40% of american adults are obese by BMI. If only one in three hospitalized Covid patients is obese that is lower than overall population. Or were you talking about another country?
  7. SARS-CoV-2; CoVID-19; Coronavirus; Updates and Information

    Isn't that what I give my dogs every month?
  8. I am 15 years old, what is the chance of becoming a professional?

    When considering choices like this one it is better to think about real alternatives and not imaginary ones. For example, you are using international pro player/not pro to decide whether to invest a lot of time and energy into table tennis. It's hard to make a decision on that basis because...
  9. How to explain why somebody must be passive when exercising

    The simple answer is because it is not a game, it's practice. If you begin to play an instrument you don't learn songs by playing them through over and over at full speed and making 1,000 mistakes. You start very slowly and gradually make it harder as you learn to do it. Why would TT be...
  10. Strategy for dealing with Harimoto's screaming

    I'm all for this whole thread getting locked or deleted because it is boring and repetitive AF. Harimoto screams. That bugs some people. Tenergy is hard to replace. We already know this.
  11. Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020

    Maybe revisit the value of a social safety net. That determines how much citizens suffer and die from econ dislocation. Not to be a neg nancy but 20k uk dead implies max 2mill infected. That's 3.3% of total pop. Does that seem plausible?
  12. Affordable robots

    This seems like a good deal. https://www.chheddar.com/t-y-y-t-989h-powerful-popular-ping-pong-table-tennis-enhanced-robot-ball-machine?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIs7rGlPin6AIVGGKGCh3qDgdEEAQYFyABEgIw2fD_BwE Must be a scam. I used that robot rebadged as the Paddle Palace H2W Pro. But mine cost $1700...
  13. Tips for disinfecting equipment and balls

    Play wearing mask and gloves. After play dispose of gloves. Equal handicap to both players.
  14. Is your club closed because of corona?

    Zerobeach table tennis is open as usual. I'd invite y'all to come on down, but we aren't taking anybody from Yoorup right now. Might bring a nasty foreign virus.
  15. Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020

    What's the over/under on when US gets to a nationwide Italy/Spain-style lockdown? 4/1? Using the maths discussed earlier in this thread 50*3,500 = 175k cases *2*2*2*2*2 (15 days) = 5.6million. If it takes a week to show symptoms then only *2*2*2 or 1.4 million will be symptomatic by 4/1...
  16. Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020

    As of Saturday staff at Johns Hopkins oncology were not wearing masks when treating/meeting patients. It is not surprising that many of them will be very ill very soon.
  17. Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020

    I don't mind being rude or people being rude to me. Where the comparison to flu breaks down, imo, is that everyone doesn't get flu all at once. If health systems get flooded with CV cases, or a big percentage of frontline Drs and nurses fall ill, many people will die from other causes for lack...
  18. Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020

    South Korea is the poster nation for controlled. 51 million k-peeps, 8k cases (and they test a lot). Let's say they have 25k total cases this year (which seems high but makes the maths easy). Real .0005 incidence versus hypothetical .80. Reality-based governments perform better vs...
  19. Caronavirus & Tokyo 2020

    I have been reading that in basically uncontrolled conditions (UK, Germany, USAx10) up to 80% will get Covid. 330 million peeps * .8 = 264 million infected peeps. If death rate is .001, 264,000 american dead peeps. Think about that for a minute. If covid follows that trajectory somebody you...
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