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Being an inverted rubber user, and not of a high standard, I don’t like playing against LP users!!! This is because basically I’m not good enough!!! Playing against a classic chopper, I don’t like it !!! Again because I’m not good enough!!! I don’t have enough consistency, and this is what...

Out of the blades listed, I have played with and own a Stiga Def Pro, It has carbon layers, so a good sweet spot is there, not a fast blade, but fast enough for close to mid distance. Can be easily controlled. I have the flared handle model, bit thin at the neck for my liking but still a good...

I have a pair of Yonex shoes, pretty sure they are an old model 65Z, for wider foot. Yonex used to make some shoes for wider foot, not sure if they still do? They have good grip, good support and were comfy ( they feel tight now, but this could be because my feet may be a little swollen due to a...

level and experience of a player is a factor in what type of routines are used by coaches, but I try and incorporate some form of irregular / random routine in every session, as I generally help coach beginners, the main thing to start with is learning the stroke in question and this is easier...

My personal thoughts about serves for beginners is that a basic serve (very basic) should be taught alongside BH & FH technique. Not necessarily at the start but fairly early on. So if learning BH & FH drive then the basic serve to teach will be a BH & FH drive serve, explaining serve rules and...

I was playing before speed glue was a thing in England, stopped playing, started again maybe 4 or so years later, speed glue was now in full effect, but as a local league player, I wasn’t really aware of it!! No internet back then !!! Played for a season or two then stopped playing for 30 or so...

I have been using Revolution no3 for a while now, it comes in 3 viscosity levels, so depending how thick you like your glue, you have a choice. the main reason I use this glue is because it’s so easy to remove from sponge/blade!! my experience is that usually, virtually no glue stays on the...

Hi Everyone, I’m looking for a good Long pimple and medium pimple rubber to use for basic coaching / training purposes for use v inverted players. We don’t have any coaches that use LP or MP and none of the players we coach use pimples either. For this reason, the rubbers will need to be user...

Checked Table Tennis England (TTE) and Badminton Association of England (BAE) websites. Badminton - 560,000 participants a week Table Tennis - 290,000 twice a month, (so roughly 145,000 participants a week) this is down from about 440,000 twice a month pre COVID, (220,000/week) note - figures...

Badminton. But even badminton is struggling compared to 30 yrs ago as far as numbers of players is concerned. There are less clubs and the number of divisions in leagues has reduced as well, but that’s no different to how TT has fared over the years. As an off topic side note In England there...

A blades speed characteristic is more to the point, fast is fast regardless of composition, slow is slow regardless of composition. Generally a slower speed characteristic is considered better for developing players but isn’t necessarily a hard and ‘fast’ rule !!! It seems that the general...

Yes, agreed!! Could be worse at present as well. mine took a few weeks to arrive from Hong Kong.

Don’t forget Xiom Tau 2, still fairly heavy, but has more bounce than H8-80, less than RZ EH, durability seems good as well. Good spin capabilities. Should be fast enough on your carbon blade. Often forgotten about but a very good rubber!!!

As the other posters have said, your game needs to be balanced, there’s always aspects that we are better at or maybe enjoy more, strokes we see as our favourites!! We then like to concentrate on the ‘good’ things!! Pushing can or is seen by a lot of players, especially youngsters and...

Looking at golf and the simulators used by coaches, the equipment measures what the player does, swing speed, attack angle etc etc and then projects the outcome, how high, how far, spin on the ball, distance hit, how far left or right of the target line etc etc This comes back to my 2nd...

Exactly the same things you are!! The Math and how to incorporate this into the robots programming. It will be figures and stats gathered by the sensors & camera’s etc that then help the robot to learn and adjust and to actually hit the ball back. A couple of questions 1) the paddle / rubbers...

Now that you have made 5 posts, you will be able to post videos!!! one of the sites requirements!!!

Hi, Yeah I like Rakza Z!! I was going to add it to my original reply, but wasn’t sure if you would consider a hybrid type rubber. It has good spin capabilities, is fast enough, considering I use it on a defensive type blade!! I can still put a ball past an opponent, especially close and mid...

Andro R42 or R48 are worth considering.

5 out of 5 rating for Rakza Z Extra Hard After using the normal version of Rakza Z, it was only going to be a matter of time before I tried the EH version!!In many ways RZ EH plays very similarly to RZ, as would be expected, the feel is somewhat harder because of the harder sponge, RZ EH is...