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NL, is that really the play of a 1600 player? Your play honestly doesn't look that threatening, and even I can see weaknesses that I would exploit, and that I've exploited in people who play similarly. One of the better players I've known plays nigh exactly like you do in the video, it's...

Yes. I haven't tried anything like MX-P or Tenergy. However I think hard rubber/tacky topsheet does what I want it to do, so I don't see how my game would really benefit from top end Euro/Jap rubber based on what I've heard about them. I've played with mid-end and low-end Euro rubber and didn't...

And I'm back. Played some more and did some self hitting. I'm starting to feel the ball somewhat. I don't think it's an exaggeration if I say that up until recently, I couldn't feel much anything at all on the contact apart from just a vague "The ball contacted" at varying degrees of hardness...

I haven't played with a proper high end soft non-tacky rubber, but I'm very fond of medium-hard/hard tacky. The spin is good, especially on serves. My stroke is long naturally, so I think I'm suited for hard tacky. Although I think I would really want a tensor rubber on my backhand for the...

Played some TT today. I won't be back for some time, but I got some spare time now. I happened to pick up not one but two broken balls from my ammo storage and we were forced to play with them. They're not dead, but they have a small crack that causes inconsistency. So in other words, we were...

For a long time, I believed that all people are more or less equal, with equal opportunity, intelligence and whatnot. I'd been brought up on that whole premise. Boy, how wrong was I. For the past years, I've been learning that it more or less means that all people should be treated fairly and...

The photo's a bit dated, but I think it's close enough. I've been told that I have a striking smile.

Oh damn, this is a thread about non-table tennis things so you can show a different side of yourself, but I'm pretty sure that everyone here knows that I suck without me having to say it out loud. :rolleyes: Honestly, I don't think anything else I could say about myself would be interesting to...

Well, I'm going to keep it short and cut out my life story, because no one gives a shit. I'd watched limited amounts of table tennis before I ever got exposed to it, and I had an idea that China is good at it. A few summers ago, when...

Damnit, Carl. The suspense is killing us.

NL, that makes sense. Just playing the probabilities and to the opponents' weaknesses. Although I've done the same thing (Backspin when the opponent is bad at attacking backspin, when I could have topspinned), I don't think I would have thought of it in the moment. So it didn't make much sense...

Perhaps I'm over-estimating my opponent and other people. I know I miss "easy" balls sometimes, too. I've seen top level pros miss "easy balls". In theory, blocking like that is a bad idea. However real life seems to mostly run on probabilities and everything is in a state of chaos, so it's...

Funny. Vila is doing what I've been doing lately when my block got better and I can read people's stronger shots and push some shots that I probably can't attack with my current ability. I regarded blocking like that farther from the table as a mistake and pushing in a way that sets up the...

I have the same issue. People just don't like warming up where I play, and I play like shit if I'm not warmed up. Personally, I start off slow and with less quality and effort to get warmed up. In a tournament you can't do that, so my advice would be to do shadow strokes if you can't do...

I was gone for some time, technical problems and more important matters, but I'm back. ;) Today was pretty good. Small improvement all-round, and my stance is becoming easier on my back: I'm standing more on my toes and using my leg muscles more, without tiring myself out. I'm also doing...

Is that a valid example? He is already moving towards the forehand before the ball leaves the racket, his limbs are long and he has tremendous footwork in the first place. I can't even move my feet as fast as he does. Your "footwork for an emergency" is more what I mean. He is cross stepping...

A short distance cross-step is either a mistake, or when it's legit, it's just on the limits of "Do I cross step or shuffle step...". I am not a very good player with good eyes, and my cross step is confident enough, so I will usually cross step into the ball if I'm not entirely sure. My hitting...

I don't know about other blades, but my Allround Evo FL measures: Length from top of handle to bottom: 10cm Width top: 2.6cm Width wing beginning: 2.6cm Width middle of plastic label: 2.9cm Width bottom: 3.4cm Thickness 2.6cm or so at bottom.

I don't understand how having a pretty good cross-step for a relatively very low level player is something comparable to taking on dozens of grown men in unarmed combat and wooing the hottest woman you've ever seen. :rolleyes: You didn't even let me get to the part where I cross-step...

I want all my essential crap to download too, but there's only so much bandwidth available. As a serious question: what do you think I am doing? A half assed shuffle step? Falling into the ball and stumbling?