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  1. ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Busan 2024

    Tony, you'd be limiting his freedom to read or not read your post. We should never do that. If you ignore him, you limit yourself, you have the freedom for that. As in the match said the referee: "Calm down." It's not that hot, we all like your posts, and if you feel something is unfair with...
  2. ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Busan 2024

    Being overshadowed by own younger brother is not an easy thing to deal with. Alexis will sort it out, give him time!
  3. ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Busan 2024

    I'm not TH's fan either, but I must say I'm glad he improved after he reached certain plateau, and we started thinking about decline. He went back to basics, worked hard, didn't give a shit, worked hard again, didn't give up, and it pays off. And that is what I like. It brings joy.
  4. Any advices for my forehand.

    Hey lucatt, first I want to say that what I consider to be most important, the weight transfer, or sometimes called "the power from the ground", is present in your technique. We can clearly witness it (as indirect proof) when we see that your non-playing hand moves a long time before your...
  5. Hosting a TTD community tournament in Germany

    I'm in. But I really hope many more wants to come so that 4 tables is not enough... So an impudent question, is there a theoretical chance to have more tables?
  6. What is more profitable: regular reboosting a cheap Chinese rubbers or buying a Euro/Jap Hybrid?

    Yes, I give my blade to my team players and they say "NO, thanks, go away". At the same time, there is something like conscious decision to switch to something you don't like now/yet. E.g. I might try to switch to some hybrid and get used to it. Nicht ausgeschlossen ;-)
  7. What is more profitable: regular reboosting a cheap Chinese rubbers or buying a Euro/Jap Hybrid?

    They are close enough for me. But they definitely are not the same. I like H3 prov. BS, but it is not cheap. It is a bit lighter weight (well, let's say last 3 exemplars) than R9, and the H41 was perhaps even tiny bit softer than R9 which is declared H40,5. But still, close enough. The H3 prov...
  8. What is more profitable: regular reboosting a cheap Chinese rubbers or buying a Euro/Jap Hybrid?

    You're lucky that this question is still "open" for you. You see, people tend to develop preference for one or another (like e.g. JJ Ng for chinese rubber/sponge) and then it doesn't really matter which one is cheaper, because you simply want the one type you like. (Of course, we can try to find...
  9. Joo Sae Hyuk cutting two rubbers

    Der's trouble making nature at a fine display here... Poor USDC gonna put his head into sand... This video is a deep AI fake, deeper than deep state... Samurai cannot stand the shame of defeat... JSH is a descendant from Korean samurais... He'd never ever touch scissors...
  10. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    An experience I wanted to share... This weekend I played two team matches, one on Saturday evening, for our A team, level "divize". We won tightly, but I've made only 1 win and 3 loses and 2 of those loses were 2:3 and the win was 3:2 too. Anyway we won and it was time to celebrate. I didn't...
  11. Weak Forehand & Weak Flick Technique - Rubber change - harder, softer what?

    Sorry for the late reply, by now you have most likely not only bought the rubbers, but already spent them ;-) Anyway, if I had to order the rubbers, I'd say: 1. RX soft 2. R7 or R7 soft (hard to pick) 3. RX Also, as others suggested, the Hexer Grip or PowerGrip could be good for you. I'd say...
  12. H3 not so tacky?

    Loki Rxton 9 lifts and holds the ball for 2-4 secs before it drops. Did about 10 measurements now. Tackiness is good, I wouldn't want more actually. Edit: I switched back from Xiom J&H Z 52.5. It was not bad at all, sponge hardness and responsiveness just as I like, but the top-sheet felt a bit...
  13. Winning G wave 120 / 80

    I thought these are shoes ;-)
  14. Is my strength also my biggest weakness?

    I was also thinking along these lines... Do you play in a team in some competition? Ideally where your season percentage is bellow 50%... If you play against better players, every weakness is self evident... Without it, it is harder to see but not impossible. I agree with the points about...
  15. Weak Forehand & Weak Flick Technique - Rubber change - harder, softer what?

    Hey Danttgeek, you have like 3 variables here: 1. the sponge hardness 2. the top-sheet thickness 3. whether the top-sheet is grippy or tacky or something in between You want to do the FH flick. There you won't be able to generate really much power, so you don't want very hard rubber, I'd say...
  16. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    This feeling when you actually do put everything into the stroke but the rubber just doesn't convert it to spin. Utter total disappointment and depression. Get me from this misery ;-) Thin top-sheets need to be banned ASAP. Long live Loki, Long live H3.
  17. Matches from a good angle to learn from where pros use W968

    Super angle from "Just Call Me Tom". Glad I could watch it.
  18. Post your latest EJ purchase

    Xiom J&H Z 52.5... I often get into position, where I am unable to make a stroke good enough to get from Rxton 9 (or H3 H41 or H40) what I need to get. The Xiom Z 52.5 feels softer, both its top-sheet and sponge are slightly softer than Rxton 9, and it is livelier (the Rxton 9, due to dense...
  19. My FIRST Day competing in Germany

    I have to say, if, just if, anybody of you, by chance, by a big chance, would organize a TTD tournament in Germany, anywhere in Germany, that would be ultra-massive, and I would definitely come and pay hefty covering entrance fee to play and drink beer with you.
  20. My FIRST Day competing in Germany

    Right. These are "short-time" adjustments, the fasting & diet is more "longer term". If you fast for 6-7 days, it takes another 6-7 days to feel like the strength was regained. I'm not speaking about muscle loss, there is none, if not stretched too long, but you do feel weaker. It is an amazing...
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