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Is this design finished? https://www.instagram.com/donictabletennis/reel/DF-OcJRtF0w/ "EQUIPMENT CHECK: first insights into the new Zhang Jike blade. Stay tuned, you will receive more information shortly. ⏳ ⚠QUESTIONS: Which veneer setup have we chosen? Any name ideas?⚠" And in the video it...

I would say that this is typical for all ESN rubbers (ESN produces every rubber Made in Germany) . When I used to play with ESN rubbers on BH like Vega Pro, BlueStorm Z2, V>15, V>11 etc. usually the sponge failed first (no power, no arc but a bit booster could rejuvenate the sponge for some...

"WTT is finalising the implementation of this rule in the WTT Handbook, with the first eligible event being WTT Champions Incheon 2025 (1 – 6 April)." We just have to wait and see what they actually implement.

"Olympic gold medallists will be granted a prestigious opportunity to compete in all four WTT Grand Smashes and six WTT Champions events, ensuring they remain at the heart of the WTT Series. This special privilege will be valid for four years following their Olympic triumph, celebrating their...

Some sort of pips/anti? Than it might be from Germany https://www.noppenladen.shop/ They sell specially treated pips and antis.

https://www.borussia-duesseldorf.com/en/tt-school/home "Training observation of the professional players (depending on the date) Free entrance to the home game of Borussia Düsseldorf during the course (date-dependent)" https://www.zugbruecke.de/en/tabletennisschool/ "Star athletes keeping to...

Contact point/racket before and after contacting the ball (YT still has the TT friendly option to pause the video and use . and , to step forward and backward through the frames)

Exactly. My problem is that I started back in the 1980s. Long strokes everywhere. Stopped playing for too long and started again a couple of years back. So my default mode still is a somewhat long stroke. It is powerful but the higher I'm playing the more often these shots are returned with...

If you have the time or need to loop e.g. heavy backspin than starting more from the side (and using hip rotation etc.) is a good option to generate the required space to accelerate but not so much if we want to stay in a fast rally. I'm currently trying to break this habit myself and also to...

One additional data point: I still have my old (from the 1980s) Persson Powerplays which are perfectly fine to play. Blades were never sealed and we used speed glued, normal rubber cement or bicycle glue. Koto top plies became darker, more yellowish over the years but this is afaik just natural...

Yep, sometimes one has to read between the lines or watch a couple of other videos to understand what they actually mean. FH wrist action when looping: Wang Kai vs Fang Bo

Exactly. Nothing changed during my nearly 30 year TT hiatus... Some can play against anti or long pips regardless how these were treated and some don't.

Don't know why their website isn't working here but their catalogue is still online https://flbook.com.cn/c/VubLi8CH4p By pricing the ranking would be Arthur, than Telson, Rxton and Kirin (works for all blades if I didn't miss something) but there are some rubbers like the Kirin K5 which are...

That's not a very expensive blade to modify. What you could try is using some strong thread or wire. Starting at the head facing part of the handle (my used blades tend to have a small/tiny, easier to access gap at this part) and "saw"/pull the thread/wire through. Worked for me on a V14Pro and...

Soft despite being an outer carbon. Blue Advance and Crazy Victory 1 are on my list or maybe the national version (729 NB49) if I can find a good deal. No Inner carbon blades for me. My BH doesn't like them (at least the ones I could try) ;)

Depending on store three to four 729 Blue ALC = half a Viscaria in Germany ;) V14Pros are "light" 87g and 88g, the 729 Blue ALCs in use are all over 90g. V14Pro have a thinner top ply, ALC kicks in earlier and they are overall a bit faster. 729 Blue ALC feels a bit softer and I find it easier...

Wow... I thought I had a lot of setups... Main setups (all setups with H3N 39 OS on FH): - 2x 729 Blue ALC with H3N 37 OS on BH Test setups: - 2x 729 Blue ALC, 1x Codexx EL Pro 52 (heavily boosted), 1x 729 Taichi 39 in/37 out on BH - 1x Loki Telson CNF with Telson 100 on BH Fallback/old setup...

Hard to tell without pictures or videos. Usually your first method should work if you're pinching just slightly and your blade's handle and wings fit to your hand 1) The second method should not be used because it always reduces how much and easily you can use your wrist especially when playing...

Some of the topspin is converted to forward motion. How much depends a lot on the table's surface and the ball used.

This is something Tiefenbacher and Durey (The Impact of the Table Tennis Ball on the Racket) already did in 1994 but I haven't looked through all the other studies' references and searched for it. T&D keep the well known coefficient of restitution (which they call E_par) and introduce T_par the...