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Just for the fun: Did someone posted this video from DiegoTTTube before? Blade in the first test looks like an Avalox BT555 or BT550

Do we talk about the top 100 players in the world or amateurs? I'm still using a YEO as my main blade but test different inner and outer blades because the higher level I'm playing the more I'm forced to play further away from the table. That's still doable with the YEO but can be exhausting...

The softer EL Pro 52 is just another hybrid albeit one that I quite liked but it is not a rubber "I can decide if I want to hit/loop through the ball or do a light brush on the ball. I have a choice." like JJ Ng said or as I would say: (hybrid) rubbers like the Codexx prefer a certain kind of...

According to DHS' catalog from 2022 / https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iXr1Ngo01p3dv9d9j3NkRo7k3l3CrAWC/view H8 is only available in 39°, 40° and 41°. So if mid-hard = 40° it would definitely be to hard for my BH...

Try a nicely boosted H3 37 on your BH for some months or watch Liang Jingkun and you want this "stability and reliability and confidence" on your BH too ;) I've too played with tensor rubbers on my backhand and won't look back. What comes close to a boosted H3 on FH is currently imo a boosted...

If you're currently using H8-80 on your BH than boosting the H3 37 helps to get more speed on low power shots and even more top end spin. How many layers? Depends on the booster and your playing style. H3 37 with say three or four layers Seamoon is a great backhand rubber but only if I don't...

Try a Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive (YEO). Afaik Yasaka was first and then Stiga copied it with their Intensity ;) Same structure as the Intensity, inexpensive, good feeling, faster than the Intensity, and not that high throw as far as I can tell. At least throw angle is not the main difference...

Not again yet ;) They wait for the next layer... Unboosted these hard/mid-hard Dragon Fs were a bit too hard for my backhand and to hybrid-like for my FH. @ESN: Thanks but no thanks. First the factory boosting vanishes and one can either dump the rubber or has to boost it and than a couple of...

This should not happen even with rubber protector still on. At least I leave the protective film on the rubber for the first booster layer and remove it for the second layer. What sometimes happens is that the booster gets between topsheet and sponge and one gets some bumpy swelling of the...

One normal rubber on one side for serves and on the other side an ultra sticky rubber? Just catch the serve or serve return, move to the opponents side and wait some minutes for the ball to drop ;)

Never played with an Offensive S but know how the similar Korbel plays... depending on the weight of the blade there can be quite a difference e.g. Korbel can weigh anything from 80g to 100g (Clipper is in the same range), YEO from 86g to way over 90g. Offensive S and YEO do have a standard...

What's the problem with pips? I started playing TT when both sides could have the same color and perfectly hidden serves were perfectly legal. As long as the returned balls are predictable one can come up with good tactics against pips and win matches. No, it's not easy to play against but it is...

The top one is a V14Pro bought in late 2020 from Playa PingPong, the bottom one a 729 Blue Arylate. My V14Pro's top plies are very thin. Had to glue them back on two or three times after some service returns ;) Colors are a bit off. Might try to take some new pictures tomorrow or try a different...

I would guess that the top blade is the V14 Pro and the bottom blade is the Viscaria. Edit: I took a closer look at both pictures and would like to revise my guess ;) Top = Viscaria, bottom = V14Pro Like to guess too? One blade is a V14 Pro the other one is not a Viscaria.

How much backspin from the serve should there be left on the ball if one hits the ball as fast as the guys in these videos do? They are all "overriding" the spin and this is also the best option to return such a flick: Loop or flick. Getting the angle right to return such a flick with a more or...

That's even better than the previous videos. Just pause the video and step through the frames... Point of contact is

0:35 or 1:07 pause video and use comma and dot to step through the frames: Contact is on the side of the ball. Not below. Now think about the ball's axis of rotation and direction. The axis is not parallel to the table but tilted and rotation is clockwise (same as pendulum serve) so when the...

Timestamp 0:17 His partner serves, coach Meng flicks but his partner does not care about the incoming spin and the direction the ball travels and contacts the ball at the wrong point. That's it. Nothing special. Timestamps 1:35, 3:56 or 5:12: same as before... 1. assume a pure topspin ball...

Pause the video (space) and use the comma and dot keys to step through the frames. No backspin as far as I can see. Just try it at home. With penhold grip generating backspin is easy but with shakehand grip I can't bend my wrist enough (only if I hold the racket like I do for a reserve pendulum...

Good question. Had both Revolution normal viscosity and Neottec Neofix at that time. The #80 sponge is that brittle although this H8-80 is the softest I've got. Feels more like 35 instead of 37.