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Some say the fine is unprecedented or too high. According to http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29826136, QPR defender Rio Ferdinand has been suspended for three matches and fined £25,000 by the Football Association for comments he made on Twitter. The 35-year-old ex-England captain has...

It would be very unpleasant for me, but I'd blame no one but myself for behaving like an idiot and breaking the rules of the competition set out by the event organizers. This is called taking responsibility. Just to be clear, I have no problem with the actual celebration of the win. E.g. like...

ABC news called it an "epic fail!" http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/table-tennis-players-victory-celebration-costs-45k-26504183 Guardian fans seemed to be most amused about two guys fighting over a sweaty T-shirt. "Excellent" publicity for table tennis, what can I say.

Jimmy, first many thanks for doing your video highlights - I've greatly enjoyed watching them on youtube. However, while I agree with you that table tennis needs good emotion, this particular form of "emotion" is not "good". What if Kanak Jha had done something similar after winning the 2014...

Personal insults aside, I understand why any ZJK fan may want to find any excuse for calling such behaviour acceptable or "quirky" or "rebellious". However, I firmly believe that great athletes - such as ZJK or ML or TB (or any other great athlete in any sport such as football or tennis, etc)...

Bulls**t. He is supposed to be a role model for kids all over the world. ITTF and the Chinese TT federation should suspend him for an indefinite term for such behaviour.

re: TTD equipment review wish Dan, may I humbly suggest that you and Tom look into ways of producing a video review in collaboration with the players in this video: ;)

Where in London are you based? Here are some links: Central London league info: https://sites.google.com/site/centrallondonttleague/ http://www.fusionttc.co.uk/ http://www.wembleyharrow.uktt.info/ (this is probably the strongest local league around london) http://www.morpethttc.co.uk/...

Hmm, your deduction is wrong. Nothing I wrote above suggests that the top players do not need the wealth of experience (and discipline enforcer) that LGL is. IMHO, we're talking about somewhat different things. Your argument is that access to best coaches and strongest training partners...

This is getting a bit off-topic, but I hope the OP will indulge us. I am not saying that one should not train with better players should an opportunity arise, or that one should not get a coach, etc. It is just that there are many aspects of the game that one can work on and improve with the...

Wow, what a great generalization. What many players don't realize is that they don't have to practice with the best player in the club in order to improve. I'd be the first to admit that it is fun to play with the best players in a club, and blasting a loop past them during a 15 minute...

I think the esteemed TTD webmaster used the wrong image template :-)

Hi Tony, it really depends on the club. I am associated with two clubs - St Michaels TTC (http://www.stmichaelsttc.co.uk/) in St Albans, UK and Barnet TTC (http://bttc.co.uk/) in Barnet, UK. St Michaels TTC: Open twice a week, 7pm - 11pm Basic free coaching for beginners. Fees: Winter league...

Barnet table tennis club is great (I play there in the local league, and often pop in for a good practice), and not just for saturday (or sunday) morning coaching sessions. They've also got junior training sessions, both beginner and advanced master class. The coaching staff are ex-Hungarian...

Here is a map of main central london clubs: https://sites.google.com/site/centrallondonttleague/home/where_to_play I think the Morpeth TTC might be the closest to you. If you drive, do check out the Ellenborough club (http://www.ellenboroughttc.com/) in Enfield.

So why don't you want to put Vega Pro on FH/BH (or Europe on BH) of your BTY Innerforce ZLF? The amount of spin sacrificed as compared to your current T05/M2 combo will be negligible, while the amount of control you regain would actually be quite noticeable.

IMHO, any excuse said to the face of the match winner by the player who lost is stupid. The only acceptable response is to congratulate the opponent on the well-deserved win. Also, it never hurts to ask the other player what, in their opinion, what was it you did or didn't do or didn't do well...

* "the ball just didn't bounce on the table" * "ball bounced funny, must be something wrong with the floor" * "your teammate distracted me ..." * "I was too tired/sick/distracted to play properly" * "my (recently purchased) tenergy 05 rubber lost grip"

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Well, one has to work more with the Hurricane even with the normal celluloid ball - as compared to non-tacky rubbers like MX-P or 5Q. In fact, I found counter-looping to be a touch easier with the new ball regardless of which rubber was used, tacky or non-tacky, - because there was a bit less...