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TT11/Nittaku/DHS surprised me earlier this year when I got some Nittaku H3 Neo OS (NR-8701): as shiny as the old H3s and I think as tacky (didn't have some old shiny ones at hand to compare to only newer matte ones) but they were also heavier than my usual 39° H3s (around 50g to 51g cut vs 43g...

I would also like to see some footage. "2 years" of training and being able to fully control/utilize a Viscaria SALC with D09C and K3 is possible but hard. To get good speed and especially spin the sponge of D09C and K3 must be activated/utilized. Both K3 = 53° ESN = 40° DHS and D09C = 54° ESN...

I can only repeat myself here. When I started playing TT in the 1980s we had to deal with 1) same color rubbers on both sides, 2) all sorts of perfectly legal hidden serves, 3) all sorts of treated rubbers be it inverted, short or long pips. Today? There are shops like...

Forgot that TTC Grenzau and ASV Grünwettersbach are also within your 150 km radius ;) https://www.zugbruecke.de/tischtennis-schule/tt-angebote/ https://www.asv-tt.de/

Mannheim = Baden-Württemberg = "Wir können alles. Außer Hochdeutsch." 1) Back to TT: around 130 km from Mannheim lies Saarbrücken, 1. FC Saarbrücken. Don't know how easy it is to watch them train, TTBL final is on July 9. in Düsseldorf, but maybe it is possible (I don't know but would like to...

What I would like to see are reviews of smaller, less known brands (at least less well known in Europe or the US). Loki, Stuor, Lemuria, Haitian, Neottec, Tmount, Sunflex (although many might play a blade made by them), Nexy, and the brand/manufacturer who made the blade Lin Gaoyuan used...

Found some pictures from my Triple Extra experiment. From what I remember the TE had no dome (maybe a slight dome?) when fresh and did not shrink (maybe a bit but definitely not as much as some ESN rubbers) the two or three times I tried it on different blades. Stored it in a ziploc/freezer bag...

Maybe easier with this rubber. I once managed to completely remove the topsheet of a Triple Extra by accidentally leaving it in the sun for too long. Maybe the booster to flatten the reverse dome helped too.

https://documents.ittf.sport/sites/default/files/public/2022-02/ITTF_HB_2022_clean_v1_0.pdf "3.5.2.1 Players and coaches or other advisers shall refrain from behaviour that may unfairly affect an opponent, offend spectators or bring the sport into disrepute, such as abusive language...

W968 might be one of the most expensive blades one could buy new but Butterfly also makes custom blades for their players that are not available on the market or just try to get a black tag Viscaria. Maybe this unused first gen Viscaria https://www.ebay.com/itm/304834630075 for just 25000 USD...

Not that I know of... The Yinhe Pro 5w is a YEO clone, so is the Stiga Intensity or the Pongori TTW 900 OFF- https://www.decathlon.se/p/306200-155991_bordtennisstomme-ttw-900-off-.html (I'm tempted to try that myself to see how similar/different it is to my YEOs ;)) Grip tape could work but...

Just hearing the sound again after so many years brought back memories. Thank you :) Would be interesting to know how you would rate speed and spin compared to your normal setup (and of course which rubbers were used).

The only outer blades found in their 2022 catalog are the TG506X (outer ALC) and TG506A (outer "A-Fiber") + the cheaper versions PG6X and PG6A.

https://tomorrowtabletennis.com/events Saturday, 10. June 2023, 14:00 to 20:15, DJK Franz-Sales-Haus Essen http://maps.google.com/?q=261%20Steeler%20Stra%C3%9Fe%20Essen,%20NRW,%2045138%20Deutschland Invitation only. 16 players including Miikka and Otto from Pongfinity, Full list of players...

Handle type could also be an issue... I can't play (at least FH) with a straight handle because I feel that the racket could fly out of my hand so I grip much tighter than I do with a flared handle. Much too tight to loop or to change fast from FH to BH grip. Even flared handles are not all...

I'll try to explain why I don't like G-1: 1. at that time I was using mainly slower 5-ply blades. This combined with the high throwing G-1 results in much safety when looping/opening up etc. but also gives the opponents easy chances to finish. 2. short game where the G-1 can be quite...

Some reviewers (https://forum.tt-news.de/showthread.php?t=407102) say that the Donic True Carbon Inner feels like a slower Viscaria. The Yinhe Pro 01 is only a bit thinner, more flexible and slower than a Yinhe V14Pro but the V14Pro itself is quite a fast blade (at least as fast as the Timo Boll...

Skachkov Carbon or Baum Esprit = two Viscaria-style outer carbon blades from Donic with a larger head (160 mm x 152 mm). Good blades especially for their price. According to reviews the Donic True Carbon Inner (TCI) is a tamed down Viscaria. Normal head size, lighter, quite flexible/thin...

Just watch the TTBL final 2022 and listen to Jörg Roßkopf's comment on the Nittaku Premium balls (which are considerably better than the J-Top)... can be played harder and have a bit less spin than the balls that are usually used in the TTBL (mostly some rebranded DHS balls). Roßkopf also...

What an amazing evening! First Hina Hayata vs Wang Yidi and now Jeon Ji-hee/Shin Yu-bin vs Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha. "Channeling their inner Xu Xin's out here" :)