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I mean in professional sports with big titles & money on the line, I don't need athletes acting like they're okay with a loss and genuinely smile at handshakes. Nah man. Just shake the hand and move on. As for celebrating? I say for for it. Brings more excitement in the game when players are...

Seen several points now where Simon might soft loop, spin up a serve off the table and just sit back waiting to counter the Xu Xin forehand. Can you imagine how insane that would have sounded in the celluloid days? That 3rd ball would have out-spun basically everybody. Plastic ball just killed...

Is is that we're that resistant to change in a sport that probably has changed too much of late which is why so many are upset? As long as the two colors are easy to tell the differences between the two, what do you care ('You" being general. Not point at any one person) how someone likes to...

Blade & rubber composition is such a tricky game. It baffles me sometimes. Recent Example: Been playing with a Gambler Fire Dragon Touch which is a very nice, carbon flexy, slow blade. Had H3 Neo commercial on it. Loved the combination. Then as a gift from the family, I got a couple of sheets...

Any Jpen that's 10mm thick. You choose your rubber of choice. :p :p Like hitting the ball with a baseball bat. ;)

Also for your reference, outside of watching a lot of Dan Seemiller, you should also watch Eric Boggan. They both play the same setup. Inverted attacking, anti-spin for the weird. IMO when you play an unconventional style like seemiller is, or any style where you hit with one side of the paddle...

Yeah I'm with NL on this one. Especially the part of the TT cycle. You work on your game. You get in your 40s and up and all of a sudden there's a young buck who is closing the gap on you or you one you already can't beat. I'll just be real. Chances of you ever catching him are pretty slim...

Running TT clubs is hard. Funds are tight. At least it is for us. We're not sponsored but if a TT brand did want to sponsor us and supply us with all of their 1 type of tables? lol Anybody who doesn't like it will just have to suck it up. ;) He who pays the piper calls the tune. In all...

Since you're just dipping your toe in the water, you might try this and quickly decide you hate it. For that reason, I'd just recommend the class 802 short pips probably in 2.0 and see what you think. 802 is known as a do everything, classic style SP. And it's cheap. So if you don't like it...

DHS D40+ update. Just got some of these balls (they're the Ding Ning ones just as a heads up) in for club. We've been using these balls for a little over a couple of years I'm guessing with good results and people seem to feel they're fine. However, sometimes I've got to wonder about that...

Yeah I'm with Loopadoop here. My Stiga Clipper is probably 6-7 years old. If it has changed at all, then the difference is so small I can't tell the difference. So then I must ask if it matters. Unless you plan on going pro, I wouldn't worry about it. A bat can last you pretty much forever or...

In my service return in listing shots, it's generally 2 mixed in with a few others occasionally for variation. I also want to stress that I'm listing these from an intermediate player's perspective and I'd advise anyone else in the same boat to follow suit. If you try to play like FZD thinking...

I'm going to give a real helpful answer here... I don't know. :P I used to think it was like a week or two. Then the other day in the chat chat thread as I went from H3 Neo to another Chinese tacky rubber and I wasn't liking what it was doing. So I asked basically this question thinking "oh...

To the OP. Be sure to buy two of this setup. Always must have a backup in case you break a paddle or something. Oh yeah. You'll want to protect your blade. Don't forget a case. Butterfly Racket Case https://tinyurl.com/y44zo29k Remember. One for each of paddle for optimum protection.

I think at that age it's important just to learn how to make spin. Here's an old video where a guy is trying to show how to do a Ghost Serve (ie - really heavy backspin serve). Anyways, don't focus so much on that but what he's practicing. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEhLzWUvSOA...

use to play pips. Don't now but. With LPs? - No need to ever clean them. With SPs? - Because they are suppose to grip a little i did use water and a pips brush like Simas posted. Think it was like $3 so I could swing it. ;) Wouldn't clean every time but every now & then. Don't know if it made...

+1 I'm generally a believer in trying to play a style, even if I have to switch mine a little, that are out of the opponents comfort zone. You'd think "Well doesn't everybody?" Actually no. I know several players who ride by "this is my game and my one style and I will try to be so good at it...

My older brother played TT casually with a buddy in highschool. His friend was Korean who played Jpen and was better than my brother so my brother, played Jpen like his friend. Seeing those guys play jpen, I became a fan of penholder. However, my first 4-5 years of TT I played shakhand. One...

So I know you've tried fingers extended. And looks like you've tried curled. Have you tried just the traditional grip? Slightly curled?

To the OP. Here's the problem with comparing yourself to the style of the pros. It's almost like a different sport at that level. Just because 1 or 2 styles dominate at that level, doesn't mean "I must do this to succeed." If you're planning on going pro, sure play dual inverted shakehand and...