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I found it a lot of fun to play short pips backhand after I switched from a more spinny rubber (Rakza PO) to a less spinny rubber (Nittaku Moristo SP). I also spent about 6 months learning to twiddle (change rubber for FH or BH) consistently but only use it for serves now (like e.g. Mattias...

You will need to decide on the strategy before you buy the short pips. Do you want some spin capability (e.g. like Rakza PO or TSP SpinPips) or do you want to have a big difference between the two rubbers (like TSP Spectol, Nittaku Moristo SP, Yinhe Pluto)? I think this link sums it up...

I restarted at age 59 after not having played for 38 years. Key point is to thoroughly warm up and stretch before the practice, and to be really careful if you are overweight since the load on the knees and back is high for sudden unplanned movements (getting to a ball far far away). With...

I don't think you are limited by the racket or rubbers right now looking at the videos. I found that I can at my level (USATT ~1200) play with different rackets and after a few minutes I am adjusted. As for rubbers, I am using the Nittaku FastArcG1 and short pips MoristoSP. If you just want to...

This is a good intro: https://youtu.be/QkAtYs6gwig. (from Vicky Jiao). I am also playing with short pips backhand and I twiddle sometimes but the difficulty is that then you need two sets of strokes which takes a lot of practice. I am slowly getting there after 1 year. I also found one has to...

Loki Arthur Pro Super ZL, http://www.princett.com/EN/USD/product/LOKI-Arthur-Pro-Super-ZL-Table-Tennis-Blade-5-wood-2-SZLInternal-structure-421.html Koto outer, not Hinoki. Also: https://www.facebook.com/Princett-516743358347836/ Disclaimer, I haven't bought it (yet).

I sand, varnish, and glue myself now but I've ordered several rackets varnished & assembled from TT11 and theirs do look better (but they don't sand the edges which I need). I don't know how they cut the excess rubber off but it looks perfect. Maybe mine look as good too after a few 100's of...

Kai Zhang at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UefkiSPaj2Y seems to get more acceleration earlier, he looks more relaxed.

So what has helped me was to read the reviews at tabletennis11.com and the comparison at paddlepalace.com. They also have a blog at https://blog.tabletennis11.com/the-top-10-rubbers-of-2019 for the top 10 rubbers but they are not selling Butterfly. One of the top 10 was the Hurricane 3 Neo which...

I would watch all of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ8jiI0mVOM&list=PLbi5LUlkUf6VROXOtxdfq1Hl4I3E2sjju and especially forehand and backhand push will allow you to return balls with underspin easily. Interestingly if you watch the recent Chinese games you see the top players still push...

Hi MOG, thanks I'll try, I have a Yinhe Pro Feeling here but haven't had time to try it out.

I think the question about the level is pretty spot on. As an example, I was about 1300 after the 2019 US Open (after playing for 9 months) and I am not seeing an advantage right now going to carbon. As the EJ in my name says I have more than one blade and I did play a Clipper equivalent (Yinhe...

For the short pips rubbers there are some good reviews at https://blog.tabletennis11.com/, look for Moristo SP AX and Moristo SP. I use the (previous) Mima Ito rubbers, Moristo SP and FastArc G1 both "super-thick" (2.0) on a Sanwei Fextra blade. Works great for me. The Fextra is a little faster...

For the price of a Butterfly Viscaria you can go e.g. to princett.com (2-3 months shipping to the USA) and get 5-10 blades of high quality (also megaspin.net for faster shipping). You can then play a different blade every practice (which is what I do) which sharpens your adaptation skills. I...

I think all brands have blades with the 7-layer wood structure. Clipper is Limba-5xAyous-Limba. I have the Yinhe Purple Dragon 437 and the Sanwei Fextra. The Fextra has a thicker handle and 2x Limba/3x Ayous/2x Limba. Everyone I know who has one loves it (read the reviews). Megaspin has it for...

Yinhe Pro Feeling: For comparison, Yinhe T11+, Limba surface

When I have neck pain, first step is to go to https://www.youtube.com/user/toneandtighten on YouTube, and watch the exercises/lectures about the neck (he is a great physical therapist). Then do the exercises daily. Unless there is a more severe issue the pain will go away. I had severe back pain...

Actually my name is Erwin. The "J" is my middle name from my grandfather. I chose ejprinz because I want to minimize keystrokes...

Good Control Blades I started with an ALL blade (Butterfly Timo Boll Control) and upgraded to a Yasaka Ma Lin Soft Carbon. I got elbow problems so I got the Yasaka Battle Balsa (OFF blade, 73g) which has a harder surface but is light. Covid-19 and weight exercises with light weights took care...

I liked this explanation about the key elements of table tennis including footwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI0qyWMnh4c.